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Sonatype Nexusvstiledesk

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

Sonatype Nexustiledesk
Score64/10051/100
Rank in category#2 of 11 in Package Management#46 of 110 in Chat
GitHub stars2 691324
Stars, last 30 days+36+0
Stable releases, 12 months301
Latest releaserelease-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 20261.2.1 · 6 Oct 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseEPL-1.0MIT
Main languageJavaMustache

Which one should you pick?

Sonatype Nexus scores 64/100 against 51/100 for tiledesk, so it is the safer default.

Sonatype Nexus ships more often: 30 stable releases in the past year, against 1 for tiledesk.

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

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

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