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FileRisevsSonatype Nexus

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

FileRiseSonatype Nexus
Score59/10064/100
Rank in category#9 of 34 in File Management#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars1 0242 689
Stars, last 30 days+8+34
Stable releases, 12 months3530
Latest releasev3.38.0 · 21 Oct 2026release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITEPL-1.0
Main languageJavaScriptJava

Which one should you pick?

Sonatype Nexus scores 64/100 against 59/100 for FileRise, so it is the safer default.

FileRise ships more often: 35 stable releases in the past year, against 30 for Sonatype Nexus.

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

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