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LanLensvsSonatype Nexus

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

LanLensSonatype Nexus
Score45/10064/100
Rank in category#35 of 48 in Network Monitoring#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars1472 691
Stars, last 30 days+1+36
Stable releases, 12 months1330
Latest releasev1.6.0 · 24 Oct 2026release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherEPL-1.0
Main languagePythonJava

Which one should you pick?

Sonatype Nexus scores 64/100 against 45/100 for LanLens, so it is the safer default.

Sonatype Nexus ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 13 for LanLens.

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

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