PortlessBar

Quiet signal

Your Portless apps, one click away from the macOS menu bar

Launched 1mo ago

Signal

Velocity

What this means

30%Vote pace is below typical for Developer Infrastructure.

Running at 30% of comparable launches.

+68%Launching in a 68% WoW growing category.

Menu Bar Apps had 47 launches this week vs 28 last.

10Founder Conviction Index: 10 — low signal.

Few of the conviction sub-signals (reputation, velocity, buyer-intent, tagline clarity) are firing yet.

Prediction

Top-5 finish probability

today

Projected end-of-day votes

3range 2–4

Trajectory

stable

Vote pace holding steady.

Speed vs peers

0.3×

14 Developer Infrastructure launches

About

A free, open-source macOS companion for Portless. Open registered local apps from your menu bar, toggle the proxy without stopping your dev servers, and launch at login. Native Swift, no account or analytics. Requires macOS 14+ and Portless.

AI Summary

PortlessBar is a free, open-source macOS tool that allows users to access registered local apps from the menu bar and manage proxy settings without interrupting development servers. It requires macOS 14+ and Portless, and is built in native Swift without the need for accounts or analytics.

Attention & discussion velocity

Performance

Velocity0

Vote pace vs average

Momentum0

Sustained over 6h

Virality0

Spread × engagement

Engagement—

not measured

Signal sources

2 of 6 active

Launch tracking7 readings since we picked it up
AI analysisDeveloper Infrastructure
Comment intelligencethread not yet analysed
Outside discussionnot checked — domain is a storefront or shared
Revenue signalsno match on this domain
Editorial scoringbelow the signal threshold for this pass

A source that found nothing is a measurement. A source that has not run is a gap. Neither means the launch lacks the thing.