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Shellporter

Open a terminal in your IDE's project directory — one hotkey, any IDE.

macOS 14+

How it works

1

Focus your IDE

Work in JetBrains, VS Code, Cursor, Xcode, or Antigravity.

2

Press the hotkey

^⌥⌘T to open a terminal at the project root.

3

You're there

Your terminal opens, already cd'd into the right directory.

Features

5+ IDEs supported

JetBrains (IntelliJ, Android Studio, Fleet, …), VS Code, Cursor, Xcode, and Antigravity. Resolved via accessibility APIs and window metadata.

5 terminals

Terminal.app, iTerm2, Ghostty, Kitty, and a custom command option for anything else.

Global hotkeys

^⌥⌘T to open the terminal, ^⌥⌘C to copy the path. Works from any app.

Menu bar only

Lives in your menu bar. No Dock icon, no window clutter. Just click or press the hotkey.

Smart project detection

Automatically figures out which project is open in your IDE. Remembers recent projects so repeat launches are instant.

Privacy-first

Fully local. No network calls, no telemetry, no analytics. Your project paths stay on your machine.

A glance at the menu

Shellporter menu bar showing detected project, IDE, terminal picker, and hotkey options