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Sentry vs go-grpc-middleware
Sentry has 45,704 GitHub stars, 4,959 forks, 2,265 open issues and last shipped yesterday. go-grpc-middleware has 6,760 stars, 746 forks, 83 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Sentry leads on adoption by 576% (45,704 vs 6,760 stars). Sentry is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence; go-grpc-middleware is written in Go under Apache-2.0. Sentry has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, go-grpc-middleware 11%. 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 | go-grpc-middleware | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 6.8K |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Python | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-04 | 2026-10-06 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.0K | ⑂ 746 |
| 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 go-grpc-middleware if
- You want the go-grpc-middleware feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and go-grpc-middleware 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 go-grpc-middleware
Go gRPC Middleware This repository holds gRPC Go Middlewares: interceptors, helpers and utilities. Middleware gRPC Go has support for "interceptors", i.e. middleware that is executed either on the gRPC Server before the request is passed onto the user's application logic, or on the gRPC client either around the user call. It is a perfect way to implement common patterns: auth, logging, tracing, metrics, validation, retries, rate limiting and more, which can be a great generic building blocks that make it easy to build multiple microservices easily. Especially for observability signals (logging, tracing, metrics)…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sentry or go-grpc-middleware more popular?
Sentry has 45,704 GitHub stars and go-grpc-middleware has 6,760. Sentry has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sentry and go-grpc-middleware free?
Both are open source. Sentry has no licence declared in this registry, and go-grpc-middleware is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Sentry and go-grpc-middleware?
Sentry is written in Python and go-grpc-middleware in Go. 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 go-grpc-middleware?
Choose Sentry if you want the larger community (45,704 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose go-grpc-middleware if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.