--- title: Laravel SMS Catcher: A Local Dashboard for SMS Notifications description: Laravel SMS Catcher is a local development package that intercepts outgoing SMS notifications and displays them in a phone-inspired dashboard, similar to how... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/laravel-sms-catcher-a-local-dashboard-for-sms-notifications-ht7mjitnf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Laravel SMS Catcher: A Local Dashboard for SMS Notifications | daily.dev og:description: Laravel SMS Catcher is a local development package that intercepts outgoing SMS notifications and displays them in a phone-inspired dashboard, similar to how... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/laravel-sms-catcher-a-local-dashboard-for-sms-notifications-ht7mjitnf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ht7mJITNF.png og:image:alt: Laravel SMS Catcher: A Local Dashboard for SMS Notifications og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Laravel SMS Catcher: A Local Dashboard for SMS Notifications **[Laravel News](https://daily.dev/sources/ln)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Laravel SMS Catcher is a local development package that intercepts outgoing SMS notifications and displays them in a phone-inspired dashboard, similar to how Mailpit works for email. It hooks into Laravel's notification system, captures messages to a flat JSON file in the logs directory (no database setup needed), and provides a visual inbox with phone-style mockups, light/dark themes, and device size previews. The dashboard is blocked on production by default and is configurable via environment variables and a publishable config file. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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