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Sentry vs django-silk
Sentry has 45,608 GitHub stars, 4,939 forks, 2,265 open issues and last shipped today. django-silk has 4,996 stars, 378 forks, 130 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Sentry leads on adoption by 813% (45,608 vs 4,996 stars). Sentry is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence; django-silk is written in Python under MIT. Sentry has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, django-silk 8%. Sentry was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (django, monitoring), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
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 | django-silk | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 5.0K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Python | Python |
| Last push | 2026-10-20 | 2026-10-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.9K | ⑂ 378 |
| 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 django-silk if
- You want the django-silk feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and django-silk 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 django-silk
Silk Silk is a live profiling and inspection tool for the Django framework. Silk intercepts and stores HTTP requests and database queries before presenting them in a user interface for further inspection: Contents Requirements Installation Features Configuration Authentication/Authorisation Request/Response bodies Meta Profiling Recording a fraction of requests Ignoring specific paths Limiting request/response data Clearing logged data Contributing Development Environment Requirements Silk has been tested with: Django: 5.2, 6.0, 6.1 Python: 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15 Installation Via pip into a…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sentry or django-silk more popular?
Sentry has 45,608 GitHub stars and django-silk has 4,996. Sentry has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sentry and django-silk free?
Both are open source. Sentry has no licence declared in this registry, and django-silk is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Sentry and django-silk?
Sentry is written in Python and django-silk in Python. 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 django-silk?
Choose Sentry if you want the larger community (45,608 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose django-silk if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.