Bugsnag vs Errbit
Bugsnag and Errbit are both error tracking software. Bugsnag is a commercial product from SmartBear Software. Errbit is open source under MIT, with 4.3k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Bugsnag when
- Mobile app teams that care about crash-free session rates per release and want an established hosted tool.
- Pick Errbit when
- You want free self-hosted error tracking for apps that already use Airbrake clients.
Side by side
Reports errors and crashes from web and mobile apps, groups them, and tracks app stability scores per release.
A self-hosted error catcher compatible with the Airbrake API that collects exceptions from apps and groups and notifies about them.
Owned by SmartBear, so the roadmap follows a larger tools portfolio; pricing rises with event volume.
Dated and MongoDB-based, with far fewer features than Sentry or GlitchTip.
Production-ready
Usable
Cloud service
Self-hosted server
Not published
Ruby, Rails and MongoDB
Closed source, sold by SmartBear Software
Open source, MIT (permissive)
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.
No Wikipedia article of its own
4.3k GitHub stars
Not known
Established: started 16 years ago, latest release v0.11.6.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from makers' descriptions, Wikipedia, READMEs and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.