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Sonatype Nexusvsuncompressed

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

Sonatype Nexusuncompressed
Score64/10047/100
Rank in category#2 of 11 in Package Management#71 of 118 in Media Server
GitHub stars2 691213
Stars, last 30 days+36+0
Stable releases, 12 months301
Latest releaserelease-3.97.2-02 · 23 Oct 2026v1.0.0 · 4 Apr 2026
SetupModerateAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesNo
LicenseEPL-1.0MIT
Main languageJavaShell

Which one should you pick?

Sonatype Nexus scores 64/100 against 47/100 for uncompressed, so it is the safer default.

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

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

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

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