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ILIASvsSonatype Nexus

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

ILIASSonatype Nexus
Score61/10064/100
Rank in category#4 of 14 in Learning Management System#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars5052 691
Stars, last 30 days+-1+36
Stable releases, 12 months2230
Latest releasev11.5 · 6 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 61/100 for ILIAS, so it is the safer default.

Sonatype Nexus ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 22 for ILIAS.

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

Sonatype Nexus is growing faster right now (+36 stars in 30 days).

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