Node Server Tray

A Windows system tray icon that lists every Node.js process currently listening on a port, so you can tell at a glance which dev servers are running when you've got several frontend projects open at once.

What you get (v0.3)

• A tray icon that scans running node.exe processes for open listening ports every few seconds.
• Click it (either button) to open a small dashboard card next to the cursor, the same way OneDrive/battery/volume do -- no native right-click menu to click through first. It lists each server's port(s), project (the process's working-directory name), and PID.
• The card follows your Windows light/dark app theme and fills with a soft green-to-sand gradient.
• Click a row to open http://localhost:<port> in your default browser.
• Click the small "✕" next to a row's PID to kill just that one process -- no need to kill every node.exe at once to free up one port.
• Refresh and Quit live as links in the card's footer; Escape or clicking elsewhere closes it.
• Hover the tray icon for a one-line tooltip summary of the active ports.

Not in yet: auto-start on login, distinguishing multiple ports on the same process by which one is actually the dev server vs. a debugger/HMR port, non-Windows support.

Requirements

• Windows 10/11.
• Python 3.10+.

Install & run

git clone https://github.com/<you>/node-server-tray.git
cd node-server-tray
python -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\pip install -e .
.venv\Scripts\node-server-tray.exe

Or run it straight from source without installing the package:

python -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\pip install pystray Pillow psutil
.venv\Scripts\python -m node_server_tray

How it works

It polls psutil for processes named node/node.exe, checks each one's open TCP connections for anything in LISTEN state, and reads the process's working directory to label it with a project name. No network calls, nothing leaves your machine.