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ProxMenuxvsSonatype Nexus

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

ProxMenuxSonatype Nexus
Score62/10064/100
Rank in category#2 of 15 in Backup Management#2 of 11 in Package Management
GitHub stars3 2412 689
Stars, last 30 days—+34
Stable releases, 12 months530
Latest releasev1.2.7 · 26 Oct 2026release-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026
SetupModerateModerate
Official Docker imageNoYes
LicenseGPL-3.0EPL-1.0
Main languagePythonJava

Which one should you pick?

Sonatype Nexus scores 64/100 against 62/100 for ProxMenux, so it is the safer default.

Sonatype Nexus ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 5 for ProxMenux.

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

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