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lufinvsSonatype Nexus

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lufinSonatype Nexus
Score45/10064/100
Rank in category#62 of 86 in File Sharing#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars2342 689
Stars, last 30 days—+34
Stable releases, 12 months030
Latest release—release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseMITEPL-1.0
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

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

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

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

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