Documentation
Kickoutchi shows what owns your local ports, shows the process family around the target, and helps you terminate stale dev servers safely. Three ways through the swamp • pick yours.
The swamp tour
TUI walkthrough
Open the terminal UI and let Kickoutchi walk you through open ports • browse, search, sort, and use process or tree kill with live details and confirmations.
The swamp shortcut
CLI walkthrough
Use the CLI when you already know which port to clear. Tables, stable JSON, precise filters, and a fixed exit-code contract.
The big green boot
Scoped kills
Inspect first, then use tree kill for dev stacks that leave workers behind. Linux/macOS also include process-group kill for POSIX groups.
Guides
- TUI walkthroughThe swamp tour • open the terminal UI and let Kickoutchi walk you through open ports.
- CLI walkthroughThe swamp shortcut • print ports, filter precisely, and kick by port or PID from scripts.
- Scoped killsTree kill, process-group kill, and read-only inspect for cleaning process families safely.
Reference
Safety
Help
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