Compare / GlitchTip vs Sentry
GlitchTip vs Sentry
Pick GlitchTip if you want the published Sentry / Bugsnag / Rollbar / Airbrake stack (MIT Sentry-compatible box). Pick Sentry if you want that large FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0 stack and accept it is not OSI.
Facts checked 26 Oct 2026. License, language, and GitHub activity come from the catalog or the project's own repo. "Not in the catalog row" means the public catalog dump does not store that number.
GlitchTip in the catalog Sentry in the catalog Start on Railway
How they compare
| GlitchTip | Sentry | |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT License (GitLab backend; catalog) source | FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0 (not OSI) source |
| Language | Python / Django (GlitchTip backend) | Python (catalog) |
| GitHub activity | GitLab-hosted; GitHub mirror burke-software/GlitchTip has 194 stars in the catalog source | 45,645 stars in the catalog; last push 25 Oct 2026 source |
| Self-host | Published as /stacks/glitchtip-errors. Postgres. Point SENTRY_DSN at your instance. | Large self-host stack. Official self-host docs. Not the published c17 path. |
| Best for | The published Sentry / Rollbar / Airbrake replacement. | The FSL Sentry stack if GlitchTip is not enough. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
GlitchTip is the published lander — /stacks/glitchtip-errors. Canonical code is GitLab (glitchtip/glitchtip-backend, MIT). Sentry is getsentry/sentry (FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0). SigNoz is OpenTelemetry APM, not this pair. Neither has a one-click c17 Railway template.
FAQ
- Rollbar or Airbrake?
- Same published error inbox — /replace/rollbar and /replace/airbrake.
- Is Sentry open source?
- getsentry/sentry is FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0, which OSI does not list. GlitchTip is MIT.
- Are these free?
- GlitchTip is MIT. Sentry is FSL. You pay hosting.
- How do I deploy GlitchTip?
- Open /stacks/glitchtip-errors. Persist Postgres. Keep the Sentry SDK.
Related pages
Stack of the Week
Get one stack a week that replaces a SaaS bill.