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Sentry vs Keep
Sentry has 45,704 GitHub stars, 4,959 forks, 2,265 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Keep has 12,483 stars, 1,543 forks, 609 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Sentry leads on adoption by 266% (45,704 vs 12,483 stars). Sentry is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence; Keep is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence. Sentry has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, Keep 12%. Sentry was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (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 | Keep | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 12K |
| License | Custom / other | Custom / other |
| Written in | Python | Python |
| Last push | 2026-11-04 | 2026-11-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.0K | ⑂ 1.5K |
| 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 Keep if
- You want the Keep feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches Python
- You evaluated both and Keep 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 Keep
The open source AIOps and alert management platform Single pane of glass, alert deduplication, enrichment, filtering and correlation, bi directional integrations, workflows, dashboards. Docs · Try it out · Report Bug · Book a Demo · Website 🔍 Single pane of glass Best in class customizable UI for all your alerts and incidents 🛠️ Swiss Army Knife for alerts Deduplication, correlation, filtering and enrichment 🔄 Deep integrations Bi directional syncs with monitoring tools, customizable workflows ⚡ Automation GitHub Actions for your monitoring tools 🤖 AIOps 2.0 AI powered correlation and summarization See full…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sentry or Keep more popular?
Sentry has 45,704 GitHub stars and Keep has 12,483. Sentry has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sentry and Keep free?
Neither Sentry nor Keep 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 Keep?
Sentry is written in Python and Keep 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 Keep?
Choose Sentry if you want the larger community (45,704 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Keep if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.