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nati.vevsSonatype Nexus

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nati.veSonatype Nexus
Score48/10064/100
Rank in category#21 of 34 in File Management#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars7272 689
Stars, last 30 days—+34
Stable releases, 12 months030
Latest release—release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0EPL-1.0
Main languageKotlinJava

Which one should you pick?

Sonatype Nexus scores 64/100 against 48/100 for nati.ve, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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