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Sentry vs StatusScout
Sentry has 44,806 GitHub stars, 4,857 forks, 2,265 open issues and last shipped today. StatusScout has 15 stars, 2 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped 4 months ago. Sentry leads on adoption by 298,607% (44,806 vs 15 stars). Sentry is written in Python under a custom or non-standard licence; StatusScout is written in JavaScript under a custom or non-standard licence. Sentry has attracted 11% as many forks as stars, StatusScout 13%. 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 | StatusScout | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 45K | ★ 15 |
| License | Custom / other | Custom / other |
| Written in | Python | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-20 | 2026-05-23 |
| Forks | ⑂ 4.9K | ⑂ 2 |
| 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 StatusScout if
- You want the StatusScout feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and StatusScout 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 StatusScout
StatusScout is a self hosted, source available website health and security monitor that schedules checks on security headers, SSL/TLS certificates, DNS records, exposed files and related weaknesses and alerts when something breaks, built for developers, operators and small teams who want that coverage without handing scan data to a hosted service.
read the full StatusScout overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is Sentry or StatusScout more popular?
Sentry has 44,806 GitHub stars and StatusScout has 15. Sentry has the larger community by that measure.
Are Sentry and StatusScout free?
Neither Sentry nor StatusScout declares a licence in this registry, so check each project's own repository before relying on either for a commercial use. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Sentry and StatusScout?
Sentry is written in Python and StatusScout in JavaScript. 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 StatusScout?
Choose Sentry if you want the larger community (44,806 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose StatusScout if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.