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fogprojectvsSonatype Nexus

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

fogprojectSonatype Nexus
Score63/10064/100
Rank in category#1 of 15 in Backup Management#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars1 6902 689
Stars, last 30 days+18+34
Stable releases, 12 months1530
Latest release1.5.10.2518 · 11 Oct 2026release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0EPL-1.0
Main languagePHPJava

Which one should you pick?

Sonatype Nexus scores 64/100 against 63/100 for fogproject, so it is the safer default.

Sonatype Nexus ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 15 for fogproject.

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

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