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Open Home Foundation Matter ServervsSonatype Nexus

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

Open Home Foundation Matter ServerSonatype Nexus
Score56/10064/100
Rank in category#42 of 104 in Home Automation#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars4022 689
Stars, last 30 days+0+34
Stable releases, 12 months630
Latest releasev1.5.5 · 24 Oct 2026release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseApache-2.0EPL-1.0
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

Sonatype Nexus scores 64/100 against 56/100 for Open Home Foundation Matter Server, so it is the safer default.

Sonatype Nexus ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 6 for Open Home Foundation Matter Server.

If you want the quickest setup, Sonatype Nexus is easier to run; Open Home Foundation Matter Server needs more configuration.

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

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