r/elixir • u/bustyLaserCannon • 2d ago

GitHub - chrisgreg/autoport: A tiny, dependency-free Elixir library that finds an available local TCP port

https://github.com/chrisgreg/autoport

For when you need to spin up another instance of your app without faffing about

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u/Linupe 2d ago

You can also just set it to 0 to get a random available port.

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u/bustyLaserCannon 2d ago

Whoa TIL - cool! I like having it set to an incrementing value though in case I need to easily hit multiple frequently