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Sentry vs debug
Sentry has 45,704 GitHub stars, 4,959 forks, 2,265 open issues and last shipped yesterday. debug has 11,457 stars, 997 forks, 96 open issues and last shipped 22 days ago. Sentry leads on adoption by 299% (45,704 vs 11,457 stars). Sentry is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence; debug is written in JavaScript under MIT. Sentry has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, debug 9%. Sentry was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Sentry | debug | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 11K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Python | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-04 | 2026-10-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.0K | ⑂ 997 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Sentry if
- You weight community size — 46K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick debug if
- You want the debug feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and debug fits your workflow better
About Sentry
Users and logs provide clues. Sentry provides answers. What's Sentry? Sentry is the debugging platform that helps every developer detect, trace, and fix issues. Code breaks, fix it faster. Official Sentry SDKs JavaScript Electron React Native Python Ruby PHP Laravel Go Rust Java/Kotlin Objective C/Swift C\ /F\ C/C++ Dart/Flutter Perl Clojure Elixir Unity Unreal Engine Godot Engine PowerShell Resources Documentation Discussions (Bugs, feature requests, general questions) Discord Contributing Bug Tracker Code Transifex (Translate Sentry\!)
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About debug
debug A tiny JavaScript debugging utility modelled after Node.js core's debugging technique. Works in Node.js and web browsers. Installation Usage debug exposes a function; simply pass this function the name of your module, and it will return a decorated version of console.error for you to pass debug statements to. This will allow you to toggle the debug output for different parts of your module as well as the module as a whole. Example app.js : Example worker.js : The DEBUG environment variable is then used to enable these based on space or comma delimited names. Here are some examples: Windows command prompt…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sentry or debug more popular?
Sentry has 45,704 GitHub stars and debug has 11,457. Sentry has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sentry and debug free?
Both are open source. Sentry has no licence declared in this registry, and debug is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Sentry and debug?
Sentry is written in Python and debug in JavaScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Sentry or debug?
Choose Sentry if you want the larger community (45,704 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose debug if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.