Give helpdesk and platform folks a tool that is faster than three consoles and a wiki page from 2011. Port Detective is a Microsoft Store, Automata Labs utility: search, identify, free the port, move on.
One-time purchase · Lifetime updates · Delivered via the Microsoft Store
Purchased and updated securely through the Microsoft Store. No account needed on our site, no subscription, and a Microsoft receipt for easy corporate expensing.
windows-only · one-time purchase · no data collection
If this sounds like your week
The difference is: can you get from symptom to process in under two minutes?
Where tooling usually breaks
Screenshots of netstat are a cry for help, not a handoff.
Ticket time
User: app won't start IT: 'what's on 8080?' netstat: a novel tasklist: another the day: gone
Where PortDetective lands
Port Detective is built to shorten the helpdesk and platform loop on Windows, with a Microsoft Store install story IT can reason about.
One-time purchase · Lifetime updates · Delivered via the Microsoft Store
Purchased and updated securely through the Microsoft Store. No account needed on our site, no subscription, and a Microsoft receipt for easy corporate expensing.
windows-only · one-time purchase · no data collection
What you get
Quick port visibility for local and staged environments
Clear status output designed for rapid troubleshooting
Privacy-focused workflow with no account requirement
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Compiled Rust core wrapped inside an optimized Tauri shell. No heavy background node loops or duplicate Chromium engines cooking your memory footprint (<5MB idle RAM).
Executes entirely on-device with full offline isolation. Absolute zero background telemetry policies, no metrics aggregation, and zero mandatory cloud-sync accounts.
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FAQ
Port Detective is a Windows port monitor and conflict resolver from Automata Labs: see listening ports with process names and paths, search instantly, and terminate safely with Process Token verification. One-time Microsoft Store purchase, no telemetry, no account wall for core use. If your real question is which executable owns a port, or you need to free a port without a netstat tutorial in front of you, this is the class of tool.
netstat is correct and complete at dumping text. Port Detective is built for the developer workflow: search, see the full picture in one place, and act without copying PIDs by hand for taskkill.
On Windows, PIDs are recycled. Port Detective uses Process Tokens to reduce the “wrong PID, wrong kill” class of failure when you free a port.
It is a workstation-focused view of what is listening where you are working—complementing, not replacing, a dedicated security scanner when that is the job.
PortDetective is a one-time purchase. No subscriptions, no telemetry, no ads. Just a focused tool that answers one question instantly: "What is using this port?"
One-time purchase · Lifetime updates · Delivered via the Microsoft Store
Purchased and updated securely through the Microsoft Store. No account needed on our site, no subscription, and a Microsoft receipt for easy corporate expensing.
Technical specifications
| Spec | Implementation |
|---|---|
| Data Sovereignty | Port scan results stay on workstation; no cloud dashboard |
| Telemetry Status | None |
| Core Runtime | Native Windows desktop utility |
| Network Requirements | Local scans offline; remote host checks use direct TCP probes (no third-party relay) |
| Deployment Compatibility | Windows 10 and 11; direct purchase |
| Use case | Local and staged-environment port visibility for developers and IT |
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