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privtrackervsSonatype Nexus

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

privtrackerSonatype Nexus
Score50/10064/100
Rank in category#47 of 86 in File Sharing#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars8272 689
Stars, last 30 days—+34
Stable releases, 12 months030
Latest release—release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupEasyModerate
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseAGPL-3.0EPL-1.0
Main languageGoJava

Which one should you pick?

Sonatype Nexus scores 64/100 against 50/100 for privtracker, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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

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