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Proton Mail BridgevsSonatype Nexus

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

Proton Mail BridgeSonatype Nexus
Score60/10064/100
Rank in category#11 of 33 in Communication#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars1 5752 691
Stars, last 30 days+0+36
Stable releases, 12 months1030
Latest releasev3.27.1 · 8 Oct 2026release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0EPL-1.0
Main languageGoJava

Which one should you pick?

Sonatype Nexus scores 64/100 against 60/100 for Proton Mail Bridge, so it is the safer default.

Sonatype Nexus ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 10 for Proton Mail Bridge.

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

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