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Sentry vs evlog
Sentry has 44,806 GitHub stars, 4,857 forks, 2,265 open issues and last shipped today. evlog has 1,858 stars, 62 forks, 19 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Sentry leads on adoption by 2,312% (44,806 vs 1,858 stars). Sentry is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence; evlog is written in TypeScript under MIT. Sentry has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, evlog 3%. 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 | evlog | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 45K | ★ 1.9K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Python | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.9K | ⑂ 62 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Sentry if
- You weight community size — 45K 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 evlog if
- You want the evlog feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and evlog fits your workflow better
About Sentry
Sentry is an open source debugging platform for detecting, tracing, and fixing software issues in real time. It lives in the developer infrastructure ecosystem and provides error tracking and performance monitoring across languages, frameworks, and runtime environments.
read the full Sentry overview →
About evlog
evlog is an MIT licensed, TypeScript first logging library that emits one wide event per operation — full request context plus a duration — for Nuxt and Next.js teams and for the AI coding agents that read their logs.
read the full evlog overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sentry or evlog more popular?
Sentry has 44,806 GitHub stars and evlog has 1,858. Sentry has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sentry and evlog free?
Both are open source. Sentry has no licence declared in this registry, and evlog is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Sentry and evlog?
Sentry is written in Python and evlog in TypeScript. 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 evlog?
Choose Sentry if you want the larger community (44,806 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose evlog if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.