July 1, 2026
ServiceWatch v1.0.0
The first official release of ServiceWatch is finally here! We've built the ultimate lightweight, beautiful desktop GUI designed to instantly automatically discover and stream logs from all your local development projects without touching a single tab in your terminal. Here is every major feature we've packed into this initial release:
Features & Integrations
- Standalone Windows Executable: ServiceWatch is now packaged into a sleek, self-contained Windows installer (ServiceWatch Setup 1.0.0.exe) using Electron Builder and NSIS.
- Hardware Accelerated Rendering: We completely ripped out the DOM-based log viewer and replaced it with a custom WebGL terminal renderer. You can now stream 100,000+ lines of logs at a flawless 60fps without locking up the UI thread.
- Nord Color Palette: Designed with an incredibly polished dark UI. We deeply integrated the popular Nord color theme across the entire application to reduce eye strain and provide maximum developer focus.
- Custom Branding: Replaced standard UI placeholders with our beautiful new ServiceWatch `icon.jpg` asset—embedded directly into both the OS taskbar and the app's sidebar.
- Command Palette (Ctrl+P): Instantly jump between your workspaces, services, and configurations using the blazing fast built-in fuzzy search command palette.
- Regex Log Filtering: Added a persistent search bar to the Log Panel allowing you to filter high-throughput logs in real-time using regular expressions.
- Zen Mode (F11): Automatically hides the sidebar and expands your logs to full screen for 100% distraction-free debugging.
- Native SCM Integration: Added direct native hooks to the Windows Service Control Manager (SCM), allowing you to tail background daemons alongside Node/Python processes.