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openvoxvsSonatype Nexus

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

openvoxSonatype Nexus
Score53/10064/100
Rank in category#5 of 8 in Configuration Management#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars1992 691
Stars, last 30 days+0+36
Stable releases, 12 months1730
Latest release8.31.2 · 29 Oct 2026release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseApache-2.0EPL-1.0
Main languageRubyJava

Which one should you pick?

Sonatype Nexus scores 64/100 against 53/100 for openvox, so it is the safer default.

Sonatype Nexus ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 17 for openvox.

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

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

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