The latest articles on DEV Community by Ali Hassan (@ali_hassan_260b1ff0c18c52). https://dev.to/ali_hassan_260b1ff0c18c52 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3857777%2F1ae5b751-422f-4f99-a46a-78fab8849dfd.jpg https://dev.to/ali_hassan_260b1ff0c18c52 en Ali Hassan Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:27:31 +0000 https://dev.to/ali_hassan_260b1ff0c18c52/node-telescope-laravel-telescope-for-nodejs-2dj5 https://dev.to/ali_hassan_260b1ff0c18c52/node-telescope-laravel-telescope-for-nodejs-2dj5 <p>A debugging and monitoring dashboard that gives you full visibility into your Node.js application.</p> <p>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.</p> <h2> What Is Node Telescope? </h2> <p>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.<br> 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.</p> <h2> Zero-Config Quick Start </h2> <p>Getting started takes just a few lines. Here is an Express example:<br> <code>npm install @node-telescope/express @node-telescope/storage-sqlite</code><br> Then add the middleware to your app and visit <code>http://localhost:3000/__telescope.</code> That is it - SQLite auto-creates, all watchers are enabled, and the dashboard is served automatically.</p> <p>Node Telescope also supports NestJS and Fastify out of the box with dedicated adapter packages.</p> <h2> Framework &amp; Storage Support </h2> <p>It works with three major Node.js frameworks: Express (v4 &amp; v5), NestJS (v10 &amp; 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).</p> <h2> Secure by Default </h2> <p>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.</p> <h2> Try It Out </h2> <p>Node Telescope is open source under the MIT license. Check out the repo, give it a star, and let me know what you think!</p> <p>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/alihassan161820/NodeJs-Telescope" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/alihassan161820/NodeJs-Telescope</a></p> <h1> node #javascript #typescript #webdev </h1> monitoring node opensource showdev