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sentryvsYacy

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

sentryYacy
Score80/10062/100
Rank in category#1 of 9 in Application Performance Monitoring#18 of 41 in Search Engines
GitHub stars45 6784 086
Stars, last 30 days+839+41
Stable releases, 12 months220
Latest release26.10.1 · 28 Oct 2026—
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherOther
Main languagePythonJava

Which one should you pick?

sentry scores 80/100 against 62/100 for Yacy, so it is the safer default.

sentry ships more often: 22 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Yacy.

If you want the quickest setup, Yacy is easier to run; sentry needs more configuration.

sentry is growing faster right now (+839 stars in 30 days).

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