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ferrisharevsSonatype Nexus

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ferrishareSonatype Nexus
Score49/10064/100
Rank in category#50 of 86 in File Sharing#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars3352 689
Stars, last 30 days+0+34
Stable releases, 12 months130
Latest releasev1.1.3 · 6 Jan 2026release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITEPL-1.0
Main languageRustJava

Which one should you pick?

Sonatype Nexus scores 64/100 against 49/100 for ferrishare, so it is the safer default.

Sonatype Nexus ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for ferrishare.

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

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