Deploy GlitchTip on Ubuntu — open-source Sentry-compatible error tracking for application crashes, performance issues, and uptime monitoring.
Grab the automated bash script from GitHub to follow along with the video.
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mhmdali94/Docker/main/dev/glitchtip/glitchtip-ubuntu.sh
chmod +x glitchtip-ubuntu.sh
sudo bash glitchtip-ubuntu.shwget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mhmdali94/Docker/main/dev/glitchtip/glitchtip-ubuntu.shchmod +x glitchtip-ubuntu.shThe script installs Docker if needed, then sets up the service automatically.
sudo bash glitchtip-ubuntu.shOpen your browser and navigate to:
http://<your-server-ip>:8000Register an admin account, create your organization and project, copy the DSN, then integrate the Sentry-compatible SDK into your application.
# Register admin account at /register
# Create Organization → Create Project → Copy DSN
# Example DSN: https://KEY@your-domain.com/PROJECT_ID
# Install Sentry SDK (Python example)
pip install sentry-sdk
# In your application
import sentry_sdk
sentry_sdk.init(dsn="https://KEY@your-domain.com/1")| Port | Purpose |
|---|---|
| 8000 | GlitchTip Web UI & API |
| 5432 | PostgreSQL (internal) |
| 6379 | Redis (internal) |
GlitchTip is a self-hosted, open-source error tracking platform that is fully compatible with the Sentry SDK. It captures unhandled exceptions, JavaScript errors, performance transactions, and uptime events from your applications, then groups similar events together so you see one meaningful alert per bug — not a flood of identical stack traces. Because GlitchTip uses the same Sentry SDK protocol, any application already instrumented with Sentry can switch by changing a single DSN URL. You get full control over your error data, no per-event pricing, and no rate limits on a server you own.
If you have ever been flooded with thousands of duplicate error emails when a bug hits production, GlitchTip is the solution. It deduplicates errors into issues, tracks frequency over time, and lets you mark issues as resolved so they re-alert only if they reoccur. Unlike log aggregators, GlitchTip understands stack traces natively — it links errors to source files, line numbers, and commit hashes so developers can fix them without detective work.
GlitchTip listens on port 8000 by default. Proxy it through Nginx Proxy Manager with HTTPS — do not expose port 8000 directly since error payloads may contain sensitive variable values. Redis (6379) and PostgreSQL (5432) are internal Docker network services and must not be accessible from outside the host. Celery workers communicate with Redis internally and require no open ports.
Sentry cloud (5K errors/month free — simplest setup, no server needed), Highlight.io (open-source, adds session replay), Rollbar (cloud, good for PHP), Bugsnag (mobile-focused). GlitchTip is the best self-hosted option when Sentry SDK compatibility and zero per-event cost are the primary requirements.
Skip GlitchTip if you have no instrumented applications — you need at least one app sending events via the Sentry SDK. Also skip it for server-level log aggregation (use Loki/Grafana instead) or infrastructure metrics (use Netdata or InfluxDB). If your error volume is minimal and you are a solo developer, Sentry's free cloud tier (5K events/month) may be simpler than running your own instance.
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Yes. GlitchTip implements the Sentry event ingestion API, which means any application already using the Sentry SDK (Python, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, Go, Java, .NET, mobile) can switch to GlitchTip by changing one environment variable — SENTRY_DSN — to point to your GlitchTip server. No code changes are required in your application.
Yes. GlitchTip supports Sentry's performance monitoring protocol, capturing transaction traces, P50/P95 latency, and slow database queries. Enable it in your SDK by setting tracesSampleRate (e.g. 0.1 for 10% sampling). Note that performance data storage can grow quickly — monitor your PostgreSQL disk usage and consider lower sampling rates on high-traffic services.
In your GlitchTip project, go to Settings → Client Keys to find your DSN. It looks like https://PUBLIC_KEY@your-domain.com/PROJECT_ID. Set this as the SENTRY_DSN environment variable in your application, or pass it directly to Sentry.init(). GlitchTip validates the DSN format on inbound events — make sure your domain matches GLITCHTIP_DOMAIN.
Yes. GlitchTip supports multiple organisations and multiple projects per organisation, each with its own DSN. Create a project per application or environment (e.g., one for production, one for staging). Team members can be invited to specific organisations with admin, member, or viewer roles. This makes one GlitchTip instance suitable for an entire agency or product portfolio.
GlitchTip supports email alerts, Slack webhooks, PagerDuty, and generic webhook integrations. Configure alerts per project at Project Settings → Alerts. You can alert on first occurrence of a new issue, on issue frequency thresholds, or on uptime monitor failures. For Telegram or ntfy alerts, use a generic webhook with a small middleware bridge.
Storage depends on your event volume. GlitchTip stores events in PostgreSQL — each event includes the full stack trace, breadcrumbs, and context, typically 5–50 KB per event. A busy application sending 10K events/day at 10 KB average needs around 36 GB/year. Configure event retention (GLITCHTIP_MAX_EVENT_LIFE_DAYS) to automatically purge old events and control database growth.
GlitchTip understands application errors natively — it parses stack traces, groups duplicates, tracks issue state (open/resolved/regressed), and provides developer workflow features. Loki treats all logs as plain text streams and requires manual queries to find errors. For application exception tracking, GlitchTip is far superior; for general log search and infrastructure events, Loki/Grafana is the right choice.
Yes. GlitchTip is released under the MIT licence, which permits commercial use including using it to monitor a paid SaaS product you sell to customers. The only requirement is that you retain the licence notice in the source if you distribute it. There is no per-seat or per-event licensing fee.