Request Inbox vs Sentry Self-Hosted

Both are self-hosted software development - testing projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Sentry Self-Hosted scores 96 against Request Inbox's 24, putting it clearly ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume and more recent releases. That measures project health, not feature fit — Request Inbox may still be the right choice if it does what you need.
Request InboxSentry Self-Hosted
Health score 24/100 96/100
Commits (11 mo) 27 17161
Commits (last 3 mo) 10 4931
Stars 6 45k
Latest release 11 Oct 2025 15 Sept 2026
Licence Apache-2.0 BUSL-1.1
Built with Docker Python
Typical RAM 1 GB 2 GB

Request Inbox

Collect and inspect HTTP requests for testing and debugging. Create and manage inboxes, capture detailed request data, configure custom responses.

24/100
At risk

Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.

Maintenance 5/40
Releases 11/25
Community 0/20
Momentum 8/15

Commit activity more than 13% of tracked projects; popularity in the bottom 1%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 0 commits 2025-11: 0 commits 2025-12: 0 commits 2026-01: 0 commits 2026-02: 0 commits 2026-03: 0 commits 2026-04: 11 commits 2026-05: 6 commits 2026-06: 3 commits 2026-07: 0 commits 2026-08: 7 commits

Sentry Self-Hosted

Powerful error tracking platform with wide language support and a robust API.

96/100
Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 40/40
Releases 25/25
Community 19/20
Momentum 12/15

Commit activity in the top 1% of tracked projects; popularity more than 96%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

2025-10: 1557 commits 2025-11: 1282 commits 2025-12: 1152 commits 2026-01: 1460 commits 2026-02: 1302 commits 2026-03: 1840 commits 2026-04: 2030 commits 2026-05: 1607 commits 2026-06: 1753 commits 2026-07: 1627 commits 2026-08: 1551 commits

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

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