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Sentry vs Highlight
Sentry has 45,707 GitHub stars, 4,965 forks, 2,265 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Highlight has 9,385 stars, 706 forks, 553 open issues and last shipped 13 days ago. Sentry leads on adoption by 387% (45,707 vs 9,385 stars). Sentry is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence; Highlight is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Sentry has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, Highlight 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 (apm, 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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Side by side
| Sentry | Highlight | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 9.4K |
| License | Custom / other | Custom / other |
| Written in | Python | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-11-04 | 2026-10-23 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.0K | ⑂ 706 |
| 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 Highlight if
- You want the Highlight feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Highlight 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 Highlight
Docs Community (Support & Feedback) Feature request Bug report highlight.io: The open source, fullstack monitoring platform. highlight.io is a monitoring tool for the next generation of developers (like you!). Unlike the age old, outdated tools out there, we aim to build a cohesive, modern and fully featured monitoring solution, something we wished WE had. And it's all open source :) At a high level, highlight.io's feature set is: Session Replay Error Monitoring Logging We strive to make highlight.io as easy to install as a few lines of code in any environment. Read more about our features, values and mission…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sentry or Highlight more popular?
Sentry has 45,707 GitHub stars and Highlight has 9,385. Sentry has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sentry and Highlight free?
Neither Sentry nor Highlight declares a licence in this registry, so check each project's own repository before relying on either for a commercial use. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Sentry and Highlight?
Sentry is written in Python and Highlight 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 Highlight?
Choose Sentry if you want the larger community (45,707 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Highlight if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.