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Sentry vs otelbin
Sentry has 44,806 GitHub stars, 4,857 forks, 2,265 open issues and last shipped today. otelbin has 579 stars, 28 forks, 53 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Sentry leads on adoption by 7,639% (44,806 vs 579 stars). Sentry is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence; otelbin is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0. Sentry has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, otelbin 5%. 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 | otelbin | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 45K | ★ 579 |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | Python | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-19 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.9K | ⑂ 28 |
| 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 otelbin if
- You want the otelbin feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and otelbin 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.
read the full Sentry overview →
About otelbin
OTelBin is a browser based editor and verifier for OpenTelemetry Collector pipeline configuration, built for engineers and platform teams who write, review, or document collector configs and need to see what a pipeline actually wires together before it runs.
read the full otelbin overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sentry or otelbin more popular?
Sentry has 44,806 GitHub stars and otelbin has 579. Sentry has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sentry and otelbin free?
Both are open source. Sentry has no licence declared in this registry, and otelbin is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Sentry and otelbin?
Sentry is written in Python and otelbin 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 otelbin?
Choose Sentry if you want the larger community (44,806 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose otelbin if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.