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faasvsSonatype Nexus

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

faasSonatype Nexus
Score68/10064/100
Rank in category#1 of 7 in Serverless#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars26 2532 689
Stars, last 30 days+8+34
Stable releases, 12 months130
Latest release0.27.14 · 2 Jul 2026release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherEPL-1.0
Main languageGoJava

Which one should you pick?

faas scores 68/100 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 1 for faas.

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

Sonatype Nexus is growing faster right now (+34 stars in 30 days).

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