Node Telescope — Laravel Telescope for Node.js

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A debugging and monitoring dashboard that gives you full visibility into your Node.js application.

If you come from the Laravel world, you probably loved Telescope. It gave you a clean dashboard to monitor requests, exceptions, queries, logs, and more. I wanted that same experience in Node.js, so I built Node Telescope.

What Is Node Telescope?

Node Telescope is an open-source debugging and monitoring dashboard for Node.js applications. It mirrors Laravel Telescope feature-for-feature, with 18 watchers that capture everything from HTTP requests and database queries to exceptions, logs, cache operations, queued jobs, outgoing mail, and more.
It ships with a beautiful React 19 dashboard (built with Tailwind CSS) that updates in real-time via WebSocket. You can even replay any captured request directly from the dashboard to debug issues on the fly.

Zero-Config Quick Start

Getting started takes just a few lines. Here is an Express example:
npm install @node-telescope/express @node-telescope/storage-sqlite
Then add the middleware to your app and visit http://localhost:3000/__telescope. That is it - SQLite auto-creates, all watchers are enabled, and the dashboard is served automatically.

Node Telescope also supports NestJS and Fastify out of the box with dedicated adapter packages.

Framework & Storage Support

It works with three major Node.js frameworks: Express (v4 & v5), NestJS (v10 & v11), and Fastify (v5). For storage, you can choose between SQLite (zero-config default, great for development), PostgreSQL (production-ready with JSONB and connection pooling), or MongoDB (document storage with TTL indexes).

Secure by Default

Security is built in from the start. Node Telescope auto-disables in production, masks PII (passwords, tokens, credit card numbers), filters sensitive headers, and supports a custom authorization gate for dashboard access. No eval, no server-side template rendering - the dashboard is a pre-built static SPA with CSP headers.