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MedusaJsvsSonatype Nexus

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

MedusaJsSonatype Nexus
Score83/10064/100
Rank in category#1 of 27 in E-commerce#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars36 9902 689
Stars, last 30 days+539+34
Stable releases, 12 months1830
Latest releasev2.22.1 · 23 Oct 2026release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherEPL-1.0
Main languageTypescriptJava

Which one should you pick?

MedusaJs scores 83/100 against 64/100 for Sonatype Nexus, so it is the safer default.

Sonatype Nexus ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 18 for MedusaJs.

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

MedusaJs is growing faster right now (+539 stars in 30 days).

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