Show HN: Simple self-hosted Sentry alternative with a 5-minute setup
In January 2025, I started building Telebugs. It's an installable error tracker that works with Sentry SDKs.
I come from a Rails background and previously worked at an error tracking/APM company, so I figured: why not build my own? I wanted a simple, reliable tool I could own outright, without surprise bills for overages.
Telebugs is built with Rails 8, Hotwire, TailwindCSS, and SQLite. Like 37signals’ ONCE products (my inspiration), it’s pay-once: prep your hardware, run one command, and you’ll be up and running in 10 minutes (5 minutes refers to the actual installation time).
It supports push and email notifications, handles millions of errors per day (depending on hardware), runs in a single Docker container, and auto-cleans old data based on your rules. The idea is that you install it once and forget it.
I’ve shared updates on social media since day one, and today I’m launching it publicly. The whole idea of installable, self-hosted software was new to me, but building Telebugs has made web dev feel fun again.
It took 3.5 months of near-daily work to ship it solo. I now use it to track errors across all my projects.
Happy to answer any questions!
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