Portals! (Local Web Server)Hello this is a tiny utility I made for myself and people who have followed my
$30 webcraft guide (as well as anyone else on a mac)! It's a tiny local web hosting manager for your computer; it will transform any folder on your computer into a local website! (So you can code your site offline and still know everything is working)
Features:- Just drag a folder from anywhere on your computer!
- Has hot-buttons to open the folder in your browser AND Finder
- Let's you share your site with anyone on your local network!
- Remembers your folders between restarts!
- Turns everything off neatly when you quit!
- Uses Python HTTP under the hood - will pick the latest python you have installed!
- Gives you random somewhat supportive messages??
Screenshot:
Download: 
Download Me Here! (Intel - MacOS 10.5+) Download Me Here! (Apple Silicon - macOS 11+) EXTRA note,
if you are on an older MacOS (such as 10.6), *optional* I recommend installing a newer version of Python. Download and install the latest
MacPorts (select the your OS version - For 10.6 it's "Snow Leopard"). Then open a terminal and run "sudo port install python313", agree to everything, and when its done run "sudo port select --set python3 python313" - This will inform Portals to use a newer python version that is quite a bit faster!
EXTRA note,
if you are on a modern MacOS, you may get unverified developer security alerts! Crtl-Click on it, then select Open. Failing that, put Portals.app in your Applications folder, then open terminal and run this "sudo xattr -rds com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Portals.app" - it may or may not help
(I do not plan to pay apples developer fees to resolve this)
Updates:I uploaded version 1.1 on 23/02/2026 It adds:
- A native Apple Silicon build
- A new Portal menubar item, plus keyboard shortcuts for all features
- A lot of small fixes for UI quirks
- Fixed issues with darkmode on macs that have darkmode
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