Laravel Nightwatch is the latest addition to the Laravel ecosystem — an application uptime, performance, and error monitoring tool, designed with Laravel developers in mind.
Whether you're running small projects or mission-critical applications, Nightwatch brings peace of mind, observability, and actionable alerts — all in the familiar elegance of Laravel.
🌙 What Is Laravel Nightwatch?
Laravel Nightwatch is a first-party service that provides:
- ✅ Uptime Monitoring
- 🔍 Performance Tracking
- 🛠️ Error Detection & Reporting
- 🚨 Alerting and Notifications
It keeps a watchful eye over your app’s health — 24/7 — and integrates seamlessly with the Laravel ecosystem (especially Forge, Vapor, and Envoyer).
🚀 Key Features
📶 1. Uptime Monitoring
Nightwatch pings your Laravel app from multiple global locations and alerts you when:
- The app is unreachable
- Response times exceed thresholds
- SSL certificates are about to expire
⏱️ 2. Performance Insights
Nightwatch collects metrics like:
- Request response times
- Database query speeds
- CPU & memory usage (when linked with Forge or Vapor)
🧨 3. Error Reporting
Catch and track uncaught exceptions and application errors in real-time, including:
- Exception types
- Stack traces
- Affected routes and users
📣 4. Smart Alerts
Receive instant alerts via:
- Slack
- SMS or other custom integrations
Alerts are smartly throttled to avoid noise and can be routed per project or severity.
⚙️ How It Integrates
Nightwatch plugs directly into:
- Laravel Forge for server-level metrics
- Laravel Vapor for scalable cloud app monitoring
- Envoyer for zero-downtime deployment visibility
It’s also expected to work well with apps hosted elsewhere via a lightweight installable agent or API key config.
🧪 Developer Experience
Like everything Laravel:
- Clean UI in the Laravel dashboard
- Quick setup — just add your domain and deploy
- Simple pricing and generous free tier (expected)
📦 Who Is It For?
Laravel Nightwatch is ideal for:
- Indie developers and solopreneurs
- Teams running Laravel SaaS or APIs
- Agencies managing client uptime
- Anyone who wants full-stack observability without third-party complexity
📅 Release Info
Nightwatch is expected to launch officially in 2025, with early access for Forge and Vapor users. Taylor Otwell has teased previews and UI snippets showing a polished, Laravel-native experience.
📝 Final Thoughts
Laravel Nightwatch looks to become the go-to monitoring tool for Laravel devs — offering first-party trust, deep integration, and the Laravel philosophy of beauty and simplicity. Whether you're running a solo blog or a production-grade app, Nightwatch will help you sleep better.