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dub-linksvsSonatype Nexus

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

dub-linksSonatype Nexus
Score74/10064/100
Rank in category#1 of 23 in URL Shortener#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars24 9762 689
Stars, last 30 days+161+34
Stable releases, 12 months030
Latest release—release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherEPL-1.0
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

dub-links scores 74/100 against 64/100 for Sonatype Nexus, so it is the safer default.

Sonatype Nexus ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for dub-links.

If you want the quickest setup, Sonatype Nexus is easier to run; dub-links needs more configuration.

dub-links is growing faster right now (+161 stars in 30 days).

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