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Apache HopvsSonatype Nexus

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

Apache HopSonatype Nexus
Score64/10064/100
Rank in category#1 of 1 in ETL#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars1 5142 691
Stars, last 30 days+38+36
Stable releases, 12 months030
Latest release—release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0EPL-1.0
Main languageJavaJava

Which one should you pick?

Apache Hop and Sonatype Nexus score the same (64/100), so the choice comes down to the details below.

Sonatype Nexus ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for Apache Hop.

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