Telebugs is a refreshingly simple, installable error tracking
system and a drop-in Sentry alternative that collects, groups, and
notifies you about errors in your applications. Fix bugs faster, keep
your data secure and under your control. Since you own the code and
host it yourself, you have complete freedom to customize it to fit
your needs.
Telebugs seamlessly integrates with a wide range of platforms,
including React,
Next.js,
Vue,
Angular,
Ruby on Rails,
Laravel,
Solid, Svelte, Astro, Go, Swift, Django, .NET, ASP.NET Core, and Spring Boot. See the
full list of supported
platforms to track errors across your entire tech stack.
Just install the SDK for your platform, plug in your Telebugs instance
URL, and send
your first error report in minutes.
Sentry’s biggest bug? The never-ending recurring charges. Why pay
tens, hundreds, or even thousands of dollars every month —
forever — just to track errors? It’s outrageous. And it only
gets worse as you grow. Besides, do you
really need all those features?
Competitor prices as of April 30, 2025, are estimates and may change. Check with the provider for updates.
Telebugs is one of the best software I bought this year. It made me save a lot of money I was spending on Sentry for all clients. Now I have everything I need in one place, and I paid for it just once :)
Sure — if you have a DevOps team willing to babysit it. Hosting Sentry
yourself is a mess: bloated, sluggish, and absurdly complicated.
Running
58+ services just to track errors? No thanks. Telebugs is
different. Lightweight. Simple. Fast. Easy to maintain.
Sentry can handle it for you, but it comes at a cost. Using it means
your data — with your permission — helps train their AI models.
With Telebugs, there’s no complexity to manage. It just works. Any
developer can install the SDK and start tracking
errors from day one — no AI training, no onboarding, no learning
curve. It’s that simple.
Sentry tracks errors, performance, code coverage — and everything but
the kitchen sink. We track errors. That’s it. Telebugs is designed for
one job — catching errors. No bloat, no upsells, no distractions.
Pure, simple, error tracking — done right.
As your primary error tracker. Had enough of
bloated, subscription-based tools? Telebugs is here to help. Pay
once, host it yourself, and track errors without the headaches.
As a backup for Sentry. Keep Telebugs on standby
for when Sentry goes down or hits its quota. Telebugs has no event
limits, so you can track everything.
For development and staging environments. Deploy
Telebugs on your staging servers and save Sentry’s expensive event
quotas for production.
For regulated industries. Industries like
healthcare, finance, or government often have strict data compliance
requirements. Telebugs supports compliance with regulations like
GDPR, CCPA, and PECR by allowing you to keep your error data
on-premise, ensuring it never leaves your infrastructure and
eliminating third-party data processing.
For bootstrapped companies. Eliminate a monthly
expense that grows with your success. Error tracking shouldn’t eat
into your margins as you scale.
For agencies and consultancies. Set up Telebugs
once for your client, hand over the keys, and they’re set for life.
No recurring costs to explain, no subscription renewals to manage.
As a learning tool. Own the code, study it, and
customize it to fit your exact needs. Let Telebugs’ simplicity and
efficiency inspire your team.
Because Telebugs is self-hosted software, you’ll need a few things to
get started:
A domain name. You’ll need to configure your DNS to
point to the IP address of the server where Telebugs will run.
A web server with internet access. This can be your
own machine or a cloud service like AWS or DigitalOcean. The minimum
specs are 1GB of RAM and 1 CPU core.
Some basic technical skills. We’ll give you a
single terminal command to run on your server, and it’ll handle
everything from setup to generating an SSL certificate.
We’ve created a straightforward Telebugs manual to
guide you through the setup, which should only take about 10 minutes.
Also, here’s a video showing how simple it is to install Telebugs.
Telebugs is delivered as a Docker container image. It can run on your
local hardware, in the cloud (e.g., AWS), or on a VPS like
DigitalOcean.
The following table estimates performance across different hardware
configurations, assuming linear scaling with CPU cores (though actual
performance may vary):
CPU
Est. max errors/second
Est. max errors/day
2
30
2,592,000
4
60
5,184,000
8
120
10,368,000
16
240
20,736,000
When you set up Telebugs using our
telebugs command,
we automatically configure an SSL certificate for your selected domain
or subdomain. For those with strong technical expertise, you also have
the option to deploy Telebugs directly using Docker on your internal
network.
Yes, Telebugs is just $299, once. No hidden fees, no subscriptions, no
quotas — ever. You’re not renting it; you’re buying it for
good, like adding a reliable tool to your toolbox. It’s yours to
keep.
Absolutely! Telebugs is a standalone error tracker that works with any
application capable of sending errors to a server. While we’re fully
compatible with Sentry SDKs for easy integration, you can also write
your own custom integration if you prefer. No Sentry experience
required — just start tracking errors your way.
Not at all. Only one person — whether it’s you, your IT admin, or
someone else — needs to buy Telebugs, download it, and set it up on a
server (yours or a shared one). Once it’s installed, your entire team
can access it through their browsers or phones, just like any other
collaborative tool. No extra purchases or downloads required.
Yes, one Telebugs installation can track errors from all your
company’s apps. Just send errors to the same instance on your licensed
domain — no extra licenses needed. One setup, all apps covered.
Each Telebugs installation checks in with our server once a day to see
if any updates are available. If there are, it will download and
install them automatically. You can disable this and update manually
if you prefer. As for cost — updates within the same major version
(like 1.0 to 1.1) are free. Upgrading to a new major version (like
from 1.x to 2.x) might come with a cost, but it’s entirely up to you
whether you want to make that upgrade.
Telebugs supports Progressive Web App (PWA) mode, so you can install
it on your phone and use it like a native app. It also supports push
notifications (if enabled), so you’ll get error notifications even when the
app isn’t open.
Yes, basic support is included. We’re happy to help occasionally with
simple issues, but we can’t troubleshoot complex setups or problems
caused by custom code changes. For feature requests, please
email us.
No, you cannot reuse or repurpose Telebugs’ code for other products.
While you’re welcome to review and modify the code for your own use
within Telebugs, using it outside of this scope isn’t allowed. Please
check the license agreement for more details.
Feel free to tweak the Telebugs Rails code however you like! Just keep
in mind that once you make changes, you’re on your own with those
modifications. Also, future updates might overwrite your custom
tweaks.
Absolutely, you can tweak the Rails code in Telebugs however you like!
Just keep in mind that once you modify the code, you’re responsible
for managing those changes. Be aware that future updates may overwrite
your customizations.
Each Telebugs license covers a single domain. If you want to run it on
multiple servers with different domain names, you’ll need to purchase
a separate license for each one.
First, good luck finding a way to export your data from Sentry — it’s
not exactly user-friendly. At the moment, Telebugs doesn’t support
importing data from Sentry directly. However, if you’re up for it, you
can write a custom migration script to move your data over. Just know
it’s not something we officially support (yet).
Since Telebugs is a downloadable product, we’re unable to offer
refunds. Once you download the source code, it’s yours to keep, and we
can’t retrieve it. We appreciate your understanding!
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