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Sentry vs HyperDX
Sentry has 44,806 GitHub stars, 4,857 forks, 2,265 open issues and last shipped today. HyperDX has 9,903 stars, 471 forks, 187 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Sentry leads on adoption by 352% (44,806 vs 9,903 stars). Sentry is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence; HyperDX is written in TypeScript under MIT. Sentry has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, HyperDX 5%. 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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| Sentry | HyperDX | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 45K | ★ 9.9K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Python | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.9K | ⑂ 471 |
| 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 HyperDX if
- You want the HyperDX feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and HyperDX 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.
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About HyperDX
HyperDX is an open source observability platform that unifies session replays, logs, metrics, traces, and errors. It is built on ClickHouse and OpenTelemetry, and it is positioned as a core component of ClickStack. The project lives in the open source infrastructure and operations ecosystem, especially around log management, application monitoring, frontend monitoring, Kubernetes, and APM.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sentry or HyperDX more popular?
Sentry has 44,806 GitHub stars and HyperDX has 9,903. Sentry has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sentry and HyperDX free?
Both are open source. Sentry has no licence declared in this registry, and HyperDX is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Sentry and HyperDX?
Sentry is written in Python and HyperDX 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 HyperDX?
Choose Sentry if you want the larger community (44,806 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose HyperDX if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.