GlitchTip vs HyperDX
Both are free/open-source alternatives to Sentry. Here's how they stack up — verified facts, no spin.
GlitchTip
TOP PICKA lightweight, fully open-source, Sentry-SDK-compatible error tracker.
GlitchTip is a from-scratch Django reimplementation of Sentry's original open-source codebase, built to stay simple and stay open. It accepts Sentry's own SDKs unmodified — you only change the DSN — and runs comfortably on a small VPS with Postgres (Valkey/Redis optional for extra performance). It covers error tracking, basic performance/uptime monitoring, and releases, without chasing Sentry's full APM feature set.
HyperDX
An OpenTelemetry-native observability app with error tracking, logs, traces, and session replay in one.
HyperDX (built on ClickHouse, now part of ClickStack) unifies error tracking with logs, distributed traces, metrics, and session replay in a single self-hostable app, aimed at teams who want Sentry-style error visibility plus broader observability without stitching together several tools. It's fully MIT-licensed and OpenTelemetry-native, so instrumentation isn't tied to a proprietary SDK.
Side by side
| GlitchTip | HyperDX | |
|---|---|---|
| Sovereignty Score | 93 | 89 |
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hostable | Yes | Yes |
| Local-first | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Pricing | Free to self-host; optional hosted plans from $0 (1K events/mo) to $250/mo (3M events/mo) | Free to self-host; hosted plan free up to 3GB/mo, then $20/mo for 50GB/mo plus $0.40/GB overage |
GlitchTip is Macrostack's recommended Sentry alternative, so it's our pick here.
GlitchTip
Strengths
- +Fully MIT-licensed, no Fair Source or field-of-use restrictions
- +Drop-in for existing Sentry SDKs — swap the DSN, no code changes
- +Runs on as little as 512MB RAM; Postgres is the only hard dependency
- +Actively maintained with monthly releases as of mid-2026
Trade-offs
- −Deliberately thinner feature set than Sentry — no full distributed tracing/profiling suite
- −Smaller ecosystem and community than Sentry itself
- −Frontend and backend live in separate repos, adding a small setup step
HyperDX
Strengths
- +Fully MIT-licensed with no field-of-use restrictions
- +One app covers errors, logs, traces, and session replay via OpenTelemetry standards
- +Active project (multiple 2026 releases) with a real Discord community
- +Data portability: OpenTelemetry data isn't locked to HyperDX's format
Trade-offs
- −Heavier self-host footprint than a dedicated error tracker — ClickHouse plus supporting services
- −Not a drop-in DSN swap for existing Sentry SDK code; requires OpenTelemetry instrumentation
- −Broader scope means more surface area to operate than a single-purpose tool
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Facts verified 2026-07-09. Licenses and pricing change — spotted something out of date? That's a correction we want.