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Released 2026-09-20 · Windows 10/11
The DevKit is my star open-source release. It started as the pile of scripts I kept re-running across client projects — kill a stuck port, nuke node_modules, reset a broken dev server — and I kept hardening it until it became a real product: 69 dependency-free PowerShell tools, developed in public on GitHub and MIT-licensed.
One catalog, three surfaces. The always-on desktop widget keeps your machine and your project on one glass panel. The Control Center makes every tool searchable and runs it with a real form, output streaming into the run dialog as it works — no separate terminal window ever pops open. The devkit CLI is the same catalog in your terminal. Pick an Active Project once and all three surfaces work on it.
There is no magic underneath: every tool is a plain PowerShell script in the repo's tools/ folder. The widget, the Control Center, and the CLI run those exact files — and so can you, from any shell.
DevKit_4.7.0_x64-setup.exe · 4.9 MB · per-user install · runs as Administrator (one UAC prompt)
A small always-on window that lives in the tray — closing it just hides it. CPU, memory, GPU, and disk dials, running Node processes and their ports, a drawn git commit graph, open PRs and issues through your own gh CLI, MCP server status, per-project notes, and one-click tools.
Every tool is a searchable card, and each tool's manifest builds its own form. Output streams into the run dialog while the tool works — nothing pops open a separate terminal window.
A terminal menu over the same 69-tool catalog, for the days you never leave the shell. Run "devkit catalog" to print the whole list as JSON.
Scan and kill dev ports, find reserved ranges, health-check endpoints
Clear caches, remove node_modules, reinstall, run package.json scripts
Clear .next and Turbopack caches, fresh dev server, full clean
Fresh dev servers and preview builds
Cleanup, status across all repos, fork sync, standup log
Nuke containers and images, cleanup, tail logs
Edit PATH, back up and restore env vars, hosts file
Editor/repo launching, .env templates and drift checks, end-of-day close-out
Environment health check, system info export
Optimize DNS, scan networks, speed test
Disk cleanup, startup and services tuning, SFC/DISM repair, Windows Update reset
Detect and update AI CLIs, add MCP servers from a catalog or by hand, scan for missing ones
State-changing tools are badged Caution, ask for confirmation before they act, and mostly support -DryRun.
Download DevKit_4.7.0_x64-setup.exe from GitHub Releases (4.9 MB, button above).
Run the installer. It installs per-user — no admin rights needed — and uninstalls from Settings > Apps like any other Windows app.
If SmartScreen warns on first run, choose More info, then Run anyway (details below). Approve the one UAC prompt at first-run setup; DevKit always runs as Administrator.
Launch DevKit from the Start Menu — it opens the widget. Pick your project once in the widget's selector and it becomes the Active Project for the widget, the Control Center, and the CLI.
First thing to try: click the DEVKIT plate at the foot of the widget's tray rail to slide out the Control Center — if you've set the widget to float, the button sits in its title bar instead. Search a tool, hit Run, watch the output stream in.
Windows 10/11 · PowerShell 7 recommended (5.1 fallback) · Optional per tool: Node, Git, Docker Desktop, gh
Every tool is a plain PowerShell script under tools/ — clone the repo and call them directly:
.\tools\ports\Kill-Port.ps1 -Port 3000
.\tools\nextjs\Next-FullClean.ps1 -Path "C:\my-project"
.\tools\git\Git-Cleanup.ps1 -Path "C:\my-project"
.\tools\diagnostics\DevKit-Doctor.ps1
.\tools\workflow\Close-OutSession.ps1 -DryRungit clone https://github.com/st3adyp1ck/northstar-devkit.git
cd northstar-devkit\app
pnpm install
pnpm tauri build
# the devkit CLI has no installer yet and builds separately
cargo build --release -p devkit-cliDeveloper Utilities
Free, MIT-licensed utilities I build in the open to help developers ship faster.
One catalog of 69 dependency-free PowerShell tools behind three surfaces: an always-on tray widget, a searchable Control Center with live output, and the devkit CLI. Kill ports, clean caches, sync forks, tail Docker logs, edit PATH, and more — or run the plain scripts yourself.
New open-source utilities are on the way. Check back for updates.