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Sentry vs Statusnook
Sentry has 45,704 GitHub stars, 4,959 forks, 2,265 open issues and last shipped yesterday. Statusnook has 988 stars, 32 forks, 12 open issues and last shipped 2.0 years ago. Sentry leads on adoption by 4,526% (45,704 vs 988 stars). Sentry is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence; Statusnook is written in Go under MIT. Sentry has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, Statusnook 3%. 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 | Statusnook | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 46K | ★ 988 |
| License | Custom / other | MIT |
| Written in | Python | Go |
| Last push | 2026-11-04 | 2024-10-31 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.0K | ⑂ 32 |
| 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 Statusnook if
- You want the Statusnook feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You evaluated both and Statusnook 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 Statusnook
Effortlessly deploy a status page and start monitoring endpoints in minutes Deployment paths Standalone Quickly deploy Statusnook with managed TLS. Requires ports 80 and 443 Reverse proxy Deploy Statusnook behind Caddy, NGINX, etc. Docker CLI compose.yaml One click cloud templates Binaries amd64 and arm64 Linux binaries can be found on the Releases page. Configuration Statusnook has the following configuration options: Web UI based config Text based config (YAML) via the settings page, or on push via GitHub Learn more about configuration Gallery
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sentry or Statusnook more popular?
Sentry has 45,704 GitHub stars and Statusnook has 988. Sentry has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sentry and Statusnook free?
Both are open source. Sentry has no licence declared in this registry, and Statusnook is licensed under MIT. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Sentry and Statusnook?
Sentry is written in Python and Statusnook 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 Statusnook?
Choose Sentry if you want the larger community (45,704 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Statusnook if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.