get-port
Get an available TCP port (by sindresorhus)
polo
Polo is a zero configuration service discovery module written completely in Javascript. (by mafintosh)
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| get-port | polo | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | - | |
| 849 | 247 | |
| - | - | |
| 4.6 | 0.0 | |
| about 1 month ago | about 9 years ago | |
| JavaScript | JavaScript | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
get-port
Posts with mentions or reviews of get-port.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-10.
- Can I check if port is available for use from a non root account?
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Open range of ports for Homebridge plugins
One plugin in particular (Nest-Cam https://www.npmjs.com/package/homebridge-nest-cam), seems to be trying to open different ports every time you click on the camera preview to start the live stream (the plugin uses this system https://www.npmjs.com/package/get-port)
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Concurrent database tests in Node.js
It works similarly for the webserver. The database models get passed to endpoints via the request context. So to run isolated integration tests against the webserver, we start a transaction, start a new webserver using the transaction as the database on an available port, run the test, stop the webserver, and roll back the transaction.
polo
Posts with mentions or reviews of polo.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
We haven't tracked posts mentioning polo yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing get-port and polo you can also consider the following projects:
ipify - Get your public IP address
DHCP - A DHCP server and client written in pure JavaScript
getmac - Get the mac address of the current machine you are on via Node.js
download - Download and extract files
netcat - :computer: Netcat client and server modules written in pure Javascript for Node.js.
mineflayer - Create Minecraft bots with a powerful, stable, and high level JavaScript API.
DrawThe.Net - drawthe.net draws network diagrams dynamically from a text file describing the placement, layout and icons. Given a yaml file describing the hierarchy of the network and it's connections, a resulting diagram will be created.