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netxmsvsSonatype Nexus

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

netxmsSonatype Nexus
Score55/10064/100
Rank in category#19 of 48 in Network Monitoring#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars4172 691
Stars, last 30 days+0+36
Stable releases, 12 months1530
Latest releaserelease-6.2.4 · 2 Sept 2026release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseOtherEPL-1.0
Main languageC++Java

Which one should you pick?

Sonatype Nexus scores 64/100 against 55/100 for netxms, so it is the safer default.

Sonatype Nexus ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 15 for netxms.

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

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

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