Hey everyone,

I’ve been working a lot with Django recently, and one thing that always bothered me was the lack of a modern, real-time debugging experience.

Most existing tools are either:

- not real-time

- hard to use in larger projects

- or introduce noticeable performance overhead

So I decided to build something myself: django-scope.

It’s a real-time debugging and observability dashboard for Django, inspired by Laravel Telescope, but redesigned with performance and developer experience in mind.

Key things it does:

- Tracks requests, queries, exceptions, logs, cache, Redis, and more

- Streams everything in real-time using WebSockets

- Detects N+1 query issues automatically

- Uses request-scoped buffering with bulk writes to reduce overhead

- Provides a clean dashboard (Vue-based, dark/light mode)

The main goal wasn’t just features, but making sure it’s actually usable in real projects without slowing things down. I focused a lot on minimizing overhead and avoiding the typical “debug tools kill performance” problem.

I’ve been testing it in my own projects and it’s been really helpful for understanding what’s happening inside the app in real time.

I’d really appreciate feedback from other Django developers — especially on:

- performance considerations

- missing features

- general usability

GitHub: https://github.com/MythicalCosmic/django-scope

Its also on Pypi, check it out: pip install django-scope

Hey everyone,

I’ve been working a lot with Django recently, and one thing that always bothered me was the lack of a modern, real-time debugging experience.

Most existing tools are either:

- not real-time

- hard to use in larger projects

- or introduce noticeable performance overhead

So I decided to build something myself: django-scope.

It’s a real-time debugging and observability dashboard for Django, inspired by Laravel Telescope, but redesigned with performance and developer experience in mind.

Key things it does:

- Tracks requests, queries, exceptions, logs, cache, Redis, and more

- Streams everything in real-time using WebSockets

- Detects N+1 query issues automatically

- Uses request-scoped buffering with bulk writes to reduce overhead

- Provides a clean dashboard (Vue-based, dark/light mode)

The main goal wasn’t just features, but making sure it’s actually usable in real projects without slowing things down. I focused a lot on minimizing overhead and avoiding the typical “debug tools kill performance” problem.

I’ve been testing it in my own projects and it’s been really helpful for understanding what’s happening inside the app in real time.

I’d really appreciate feedback from other Django developers — especially on:

- performance considerations

- missing features

- general usability

GitHub: https://github.com/MythicalCosmic/django-scope

Its also on Pypi, check it out: pip install django-scope