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Sentry vs log
Sentry has 45,704 GitHub stars, 4,959 forks, 2,265 open issues and last shipped yesterday. log has 3,415 stars, 105 forks, 41 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. Sentry leads on adoption by 1,238% (45,704 vs 3,415 stars). Sentry is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence; log is written in Go under MIT. Sentry has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, log 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 | log | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 3.4K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Python | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-04 | 2026-10-01 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.0K | ⑂ 105 |
| 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 log if
- You want the log feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and log 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 log
Log A minimal and colorful Go logging library. 🪵 It provides a leveled structured human readable logger with a small API. Unlike [standard log ][stdlog], the Charm logger provides customizable colorful human readable logging with batteries included. Uses [Lip Gloss][lipgloss] to style and colorize the output. Colorful, human readable format. Ability to customize the time stamp format. Skips caller frames and marks function as helpers. Leveled logging. Text, JSON, and Logfmt formatters. Store and retrieve logger in and from context. Slog handler. Standard log adapter. Usage Use go get to download the dependency…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sentry or log more popular?
Sentry has 45,704 GitHub stars and log has 3,415. Sentry has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sentry and log free?
Both are open source. Sentry has no licence declared in this registry, and log is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Sentry and log?
Sentry is written in Python and log 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 log?
Choose Sentry if you want the larger community (45,704 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose log if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.