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Sentry vs opentelemetry-go
Sentry has 45,704 GitHub stars, 4,959 forks, 2,265 open issues and last shipped yesterday. opentelemetry-go has 6,593 stars, 1,532 forks, 166 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Sentry leads on adoption by 593% (45,704 vs 6,593 stars). Sentry is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence; opentelemetry-go is written in Go under Apache-2.0. Sentry has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, opentelemetry-go 23%. 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 | opentelemetry-go | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 6.6K |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Python | Go |
| 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 opentelemetry-go if
- You want the opentelemetry-go feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and opentelemetry-go 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 opentelemetry-go
OpenTelemetry Go OpenTelemetry Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. It provides a set of APIs to directly measure performance and behavior of your software and send this data to observability platforms. Project Status Progress and status specific to this repository is tracked in our project boards and milestones. Project versioning information and stability guarantees can be found in the versioning documentation. [^1]: Compatibility OpenTelemetry Go ensures compatibility with the current supported versions of the Go language: Each major Go release is supported until there are two newer major releases…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sentry or opentelemetry-go more popular?
Sentry has 45,704 GitHub stars and opentelemetry-go has 6,593. Sentry has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sentry and opentelemetry-go free?
Both are open source. Sentry has no licence declared in this registry, and opentelemetry-go is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Sentry and opentelemetry-go?
Sentry is written in Python and opentelemetry-go 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 opentelemetry-go?
Choose Sentry if you want the larger community (45,704 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose opentelemetry-go if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.