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Sentry vs ProxMenux
Sentry has 44,806 GitHub stars, 4,857 forks, 2,265 open issues and last shipped today. ProxMenux has 2,981 stars, 156 forks, 15 open issues and last shipped today. Sentry leads on adoption by 1,403% (44,806 vs 2,981 stars). Sentry is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence; ProxMenux is written in TypeScript under GPL-3.0. Sentry has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, ProxMenux 5%. 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 | ProxMenux | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 45K | ★ 3.0K |
| License | Custom / other | GPL-3.0 |
| Written in | Python | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-09-20 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.9K | ⑂ 156 |
| 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 ProxMenux if
- You want the ProxMenux feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the GPL-3.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and ProxMenux 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 ProxMenux
ProxMenux is a menu driven Proxmox VE toolkit, licensed GPL 3.0, that pairs an interactive terminal interface for post install and backup/restore work with a self hosted web dashboard for continuous health monitoring, built for homelab operators who run Proxmox on their own hardware.
read the full ProxMenux overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sentry or ProxMenux more popular?
Sentry has 44,806 GitHub stars and ProxMenux has 2,981. Sentry has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sentry and ProxMenux free?
Both are open source. Sentry has no licence declared in this registry, and ProxMenux is licensed under GPL-3.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Sentry and ProxMenux?
Sentry is written in Python and ProxMenux 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 ProxMenux?
Choose Sentry if you want the larger community (44,806 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose ProxMenux if its feature set, stack or GPL-3.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.