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Sentry vs nginx-module-vts
Sentry has 44,806 GitHub stars, 4,857 forks, 2,265 open issues and last shipped today. nginx-module-vts has 3,502 stars, 489 forks, 11 open issues and last shipped 8 days ago. Sentry leads on adoption by 1,179% (44,806 vs 3,502 stars). Sentry is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence; nginx-module-vts is written in C under BSD-2-Clause. Sentry has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, nginx-module-vts 14%. 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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| Sentry | nginx-module-vts | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 45K | ★ 3.5K |
| License | Custom / other | BSD-2-Clause |
| Written in | Python | C |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-12 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.9K | ⑂ 489 |
| 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 nginx-module-vts if
- You want the nginx-module-vts feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the BSD-2-Clause license terms
- Your stack matches C
- You evaluated both and nginx-module-vts 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 nginx-module-vts
nginx module vts is an open source Nginx module that tracks and exposes per virtual host traffic statistics — request counts, response codes, and traffic totals — as JSON or HTML, built for Nginx operators who need visibility into vhost traffic without running a separate metrics agent.
read the full nginx-module-vts overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sentry or nginx-module-vts more popular?
Sentry has 44,806 GitHub stars and nginx-module-vts has 3,502. Sentry has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sentry and nginx-module-vts free?
Both are open source. Sentry has no licence declared in this registry, and nginx-module-vts is licensed under BSD-2-Clause. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Sentry and nginx-module-vts?
Sentry is written in Python and nginx-module-vts in C. 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 nginx-module-vts?
Choose Sentry if you want the larger community (44,806 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose nginx-module-vts if its feature set, stack or BSD-2-Clause licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.