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JmalCloudvsSonatype Nexus

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

JmalCloudSonatype Nexus
Score50/10064/100
Rank in category#7 of 15 in File Storage#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars4102 689
Stars, last 30 days—+34
Stable releases, 12 months930
Latest releasev2.16.9 · 4 Aug 2026release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseMITEPL-1.0
Main languageJavaJava

Which one should you pick?

Sonatype Nexus scores 64/100 against 50/100 for JmalCloud, so it is the safer default.

Sonatype Nexus ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 9 for JmalCloud.

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

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