# detect-port

**Repository Path**: mirrors_node-modules/detect-port

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: detect-port
- **Description**: Node.js module to detect available ports of the system.
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-19
- **Last Updated**: 2025-09-06

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# detect-port

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> Node.js implementation of port detector

## Who are using or has used

- ⭐⭐⭐[eggjs/egg](//github.com/eggjs/egg)
- ⭐⭐⭐[alibaba/ice](//github.com/alibaba/ice)
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- ⭐⭐⭐[gatsbyjs/gatsby](//github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby)
- ⭐⭐⭐[electron-react-boilerplate/electron-react-boilerplate](//github.com/electron-react-boilerplate/electron-react-boilerplate)
- ⭐⭐⭐[zeit/micro](//github.com/zeit/micro)
- ⭐⭐⭐[rails/webpacker](//github.com/rails/webpacker)
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[For more](//github.com/node-modules/detect-port/network/dependents)

## Usage

```bash
npm i detect-port
```

CommonJS

```javascript
const { detect } = require('detect-port');

detect(port)
  .then(realPort => {
    if (port == realPort) {
      console.log(`port: ${port} was not occupied`);
    } else {
      console.log(`port: ${port} was occupied, try port: ${realPort}`);
    }
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.log(err);
  });
```

ESM and TypeScript

```ts
import { detect } from 'detect-port';

detect(port)
  .then(realPort => {
    if (port == realPort) {
      console.log(`port: ${port} was not occupied`);
    } else {
      console.log(`port: ${port} was occupied, try port: ${realPort}`);
    }
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.log(err);
  });
```

## Command Line Tool

```bash
npm i detect-port -g
```

### Quick Start

```bash
# get an available port randomly
$ detect

# detect pointed port
$ detect 80

# output verbose log
$ detect --verbose

# more help
$ detect --help
```

## FAQ

Most likely network error, check that your `/etc/hosts` and make sure the content below:

```bash
127.0.0.1       localhost
255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
::1             localhost
```

## License

[MIT](LICENSE)

## Contributors

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