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Nexus Repository OSS

Universal artifact repository manager

Developer Tools & Git ★ 2.7k stars Medium setup EPL-1.0

Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS is a self-hosted artifact manager supporting Maven, npm, Docker, PyPI, and many more formats. It centralizes binary storage and proxies public registries.

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Key features

  • Many package formats
  • Proxy and host repositories
  • Cleanup policies
  • LDAP integration

Strengths

  • Released under the EPL-1.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (2.7k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Java

Is Nexus Repository OSS secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Nexus Repository OSS's latest release (release-3.96.4-01). OSV.dev lists 61 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-77124, published 2026-09-02 (42 days ago), fixed in 3.96.0

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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