docker VS self-hosted

Compare docker vs self-hosted and see what are their differences.

docker

Production...ish docker-compose image for wger (by wger-project)

self-hosted

Sentry, feature-complete and packaged up for low-volume deployments and proofs-of-concept (by getsentry)
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docker

Posts with mentions or reviews of docker. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-22.

self-hosted

Posts with mentions or reviews of self-hosted. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-05.
  • Sentry new TOS to use data to train AI with no opt-out
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Jan 2024
    This is the point where I will point out that you can self-host Sentry free of charge :) https://develop.sentry.dev/self-hosted/
  • Low cost self-hosted bug reporting?
    1 project | /r/laravel | 8 Dec 2023
    Sentry can be self hosted: https://develop.sentry.dev/self-hosted/
  • FSL: A License for the Bazaar, Not the Cathedral
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Nov 2023
    The people we're concerned about are not the hundreds of thousands of Sentry users, including those that self-host.

    We're concerned about people who have taken the software for the purposes of competing directly against us, that hinders our ability to monetize the work. Monetizing the work helps us continue improving the software and distribute it for free use, benefitting those aforementioned real users (e.g. https://github.com/getsentry/self-hosted).

  • Show HN: A open-source financial accounting alternative to QuickBooks
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Sep 2023
    > I mean no slander or disrespect to anyone involved, but there was a DataDog alternative posted sometime in the last few weeks that had a docker-compose with like 15 containers in it.

    Reminds me of Sentry: https://develop.sentry.dev/self-hosted/

    This is their example docker-compose for self-hosting: https://github.com/getsentry/self-hosted/blob/master/docker-...

    It has:

      - exim4 (smtp)
  • OpenTelemetry in 2023
    36 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Aug 2023
    > What should people use?

    I recall Apache Skywalking being pretty good, especially for smaller/medium scale projects: https://skywalking.apache.org/

    The architecture is simple, the performance is adequate, it doesn't make you spend days configuring it and it even supports various different data stores: https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/main/v9.0.0/en/setup/back...

    The problems with it are that it isn't super popular (although has agents for most popular stacks), the docs could be slightly better and I recall them also working on a new UI so there is a little bit of churn: https://skywalking.apache.org/downloads/

    Still better versus some of the other options when you need something that just works instead of spending a lot of time configuring something (even when that something might be superior in regards to the features): https://github.com/getsentry/self-hosted/blob/master/docker-...

    Sentry is just the first thing that comes to mind (OpenTelemetry also isn't simpler due to how much it tries to do), but compare its complexity to Skywalking: https://github.com/apache/skywalking/blob/master/docker/dock...

    I wish there was more self-hosted software like that out there, enough to address certain concerns in a simple way on day 1 and leave branching out to more complex options like OpenTelemetry once you have a separate team for that and the cash is rolling in.

  • Why use application stacks script installers
    1 project | /r/selfhosted | 24 Jun 2023
  • OpenObserve: Elasticsearch/Datadog alternative in Rust.. 140x lower storage cost
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Jun 2023
    Sounds interesting!

    Will you compare with qryn? Self-hosted sentry?

    qryn.metrico.in/

    https://develop.sentry.dev/self-hosted/

  • Insufficient logging
    1 project | /r/django | 11 Jun 2023
    I haven't done it in years, but technically sentry is able to be self hosted https://github.com/getsentry/self-hosted
  • Cloud Native Alternative to Sentry?
    2 projects | /r/kubernetes | 18 May 2023
  • Show HN: We built a ClickHouse-based logging service
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Apr 2023
    yes to the second https://github.com/getsentry/self-hosted/blob/23.4.0/docker-... and only after the embargo is over to the first: https://github.com/getsentry/self-hosted/blob/23.4.0/LICENSE...

    I also miss the "good old days" when running sentry was like 3 containers, not the 32 of modern Sentry

What are some alternatives?

When comparing docker and self-hosted you can also consider the following projects:

self-hosted - Deploy Revolt using Docker.

Sentry - Developer-first error tracking and performance monitoring

DockSTARTer - DockSTARTer helps you get started with running apps in Docker.

Code-Server - VS Code in the browser

nextcloud_docker - Docker setup to run Nextcloud

apprise - Apprise - Push Notifications that work with just about every platform!

Ansible-NAS - Build a full-featured home server or NAS replacement with an Ubuntu box and this playbook.

zammad-docker-compose - Zammad Docker images for docker-compose

docker-django-example - A production ready example Django app that's using Docker and Docker Compose.

ML-Workspace - 🛠 All-in-one web-based IDE specialized for machine learning and data science.

wael - A simple self-hosted weight and exercise log

JupyterLab - JupyterLab computational environment.