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jamvsSonatype Nexus

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

jamSonatype Nexus
Score46/10064/100
Rank in category#8 of 12 in Privacy#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars3332 689
Stars, last 30 days+0+34
Stable releases, 12 months030
Latest release—release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITEPL-1.0
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

Sonatype Nexus scores 64/100 against 46/100 for jam, so it is the safer default.

Sonatype Nexus ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for jam.

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

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

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