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Sentry vs sensu-go
Sentry has 45,704 GitHub stars, 4,959 forks, 2,265 open issues and last shipped yesterday. sensu-go has 1,114 stars, 182 forks, 274 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Sentry leads on adoption by 4,003% (45,704 vs 1,114 stars). Sentry is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence; sensu-go is written in Go under MIT. Sentry has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, sensu-go 16%. Sentry was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (devops, 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 | sensu-go | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 1.1K |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Python | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-04 | 2026-11-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.0K | ⑂ 182 |
| 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 sensu-go if
- You want the sensu-go feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and sensu-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 sensu-go
Sensu Go CircleCI: Sensu is an open source monitoring tool for ephemeral infrastructure and distributed applications. It is an agent based monitoring system with built in auto discovery, making it very well suited for cloud environments. Sensu uses service checks to monitor service health and collect telemetry data. It also has a number of well defined APIs for configuration, external data input, and to provide access to Sensu's data. Sensu is extremely extensible and is commonly referred to as "the monitoring router". To learn more about Sensu, please visit the website and read the documentation. What is Sensu…
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sentry or sensu-go more popular?
Sentry has 45,704 GitHub stars and sensu-go has 1,114. Sentry has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sentry and sensu-go free?
Both are open source. Sentry has no licence declared in this registry, and sensu-go is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Sentry and sensu-go?
Sentry is written in Python and sensu-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 sensu-go?
Choose Sentry if you want the larger community (45,704 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose sensu-go if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.