Dev Servers
See every dev server running on your Mac, grouped by project. Kill, restart, open, or start servers without leaving Raycast, and keep a live count in your menu bar.
Commands
- Dev Servers: a live dashboard of everything running, grouped by project.
- Start Dev Server: spin up a server from a Finder selection, a recent project, or any folder.
- Dev Servers Menu Bar: the running count in your menu bar, with quick actions in the dropdown.
Dashboard
- Auto-detects Vite, Next.js, SvelteKit, Astro, Nuxt, Webpack, Remix, Shopify CLI, Bun, and anything else running out of
node_modules
- Groups servers by project; git worktrees collapse into one section with per-row branch tags
- Kill one server (
⌃X), a whole project (⌃⇧X), or everything (⌃⌥X); bulk kills ask first
- Restart (
⌘⇧R) with the right package manager, detected from the lockfile (npm, pnpm, yarn, bun)
- Shows portless custom domains, real favicons, uptime, and framework tags
- Open in browser, editor (
⌘E), or terminal (⌘T); copy the URL, network URL for phone testing (⌘⌥C), or port (⌘⌥P)
- View any server's startup log (
⌘L), live-tailed while open
- Auto-refreshes on your interval; search by project, branch, or port
Start Dev Server
- Works from a Finder selection (multi-folder too), a picker of recently seen projects, or the native folder dialog
- Finds the right script automatically:
dev, start, develop, then monorepo names like dev:web
- Shopify support: themes start with
shopify theme dev (with automatic port fallback when 9292 is taken), app roots with shopify app dev, and Hydrogen storefronts through their normal scripts
- If a server doesn't bind a port within 15 seconds, the toast escalates with a View Startup Log action so you can see what went wrong
- First-run note for Shopify: run
shopify theme dev --store <your-store> once in a terminal so the CLI remembers your store; a background spawn can't answer its login prompt
Menu Bar
- Live count of running servers next to the icon (toggleable)
- Each server gets a submenu: open, restart, kill, copy URL or port, editor, terminal
- Projects running several servers get a one-click kill-all item ("Kill Both Servers", "Kill All 3 Servers")
- A Start section lists your recent projects, ranked by how often you start them
- Starts hand off to the dashboard so you see the usual progress toast
Preferences
Pick your terminal and editor apps once (shared by all commands), set the dashboard refresh interval and row accessories, choose whether new servers auto-open in the browser, and toggle the menu bar count.
How it differs from Port Manager
Port Manager is built around ports; Dev Servers is built around projects. It shows only dev servers, knows their framework and package manager, and can restart or start them. The two are complementary.
