# Sonatype Nexus Repository vs Yarn

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Yarn

| Attribute | Sonatype Nexus Repository | Yarn |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 53.7 (42% (low)) | 61.7 (71% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 18 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 94 | 13,468 |
| adoption.github_stars | 2,628 | 8,100 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 9,559,608 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A centralized repository for organizing, storing, and distributing software binaries, containers, and machine learning models across development pipelines. Supports multiple package ecosystems and provides enterprise-grade security, access control, and artifact traceability. | Yarn is a package manager that functions as both a package and project manager, supporting everything from simple projects to industry monorepos for open source developers and enterprise users. |
| features.capabilities | `{"role":"private_hosted_registry","ecosystem":"polyglot","deployment":"both","open_source":"open_core","pricing_model":"free","upstream_proxy":true,"package_formats":"multi","private_packages":true,"vuln_license_scanning":true,"supply_chain_integrity":true}` | `{"role":"manager_client","ecosystem":"js","deployment":"cli_local","workspaces":true,"open_source":"oss","pricing_model":"free","package_formats":"multi","private_packages":true}` |
| integrations.count | 10 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Maven"},{"name":"npm"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Hugging Face"},{"name":"PyPI"},{"name":"NuGet"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"Codespaces"}]` | - |
| language.primary | Java | TypeScript |
| license.spdx | EPL-1.0 | BSD-2-Clause |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"free","summary":"Free tier available (Free Nexus Repo)","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.sonatype.com/products/sonatype-nexus-repository","retrievedAt":"2026-08-01T15:39:44.091Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://yarnpkg.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T18:17:55.345Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.cadence_days | 10 | 15 |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.95.2-01","date":"2026-08-22T05:01:39Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.95.2-01"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.90.5-01","date":"2026-08-17T20:42:30Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.90.5-01"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.95.1-01","date":"2026-08-13T20:27:02Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.95.1-01"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.95.0-07","date":"2026-08-06T22:16:26Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.95.0-07"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.94.1-06","date":"2026-07-24T23:20:47Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.94.1-06"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.94.0-12","date":"2026-07-14T14:10:19Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.94.0-12"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.90.4-01","date":"2026-07-02T16:38:37Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.90.4-01"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.93.2-01","date":"2026-06-25T22:20:14Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.93.2-01"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.93.1-04","date":"2026-06-19T19:21:56Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.93.1-04"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.93.0-06","date":"2026-06-05T00:19:14Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.93.0-06"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.92.3-01","date":"2026-05-27T10:36:14Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.92.3-01"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.92.2-01","date":"2026-05-14T00:11:01Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.92.2-01"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.92.1-05","date":"2026-05-12T23:59:55Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.92.1-05"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.91.1-04","date":"2026-04-20T20:15:15Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.91.1-04"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.90.3-03","date":"2026-04-08T18:55:51Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.90.3-03"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.91.0-07","date":"2026-04-07T20:16:34Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.91.0-07"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.90.2-06","date":"2026-03-24T18:34:24Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.90.2-06"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.90.1-01","date":"2026-03-06T22:00:24Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.90.1-01"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.90.0-21","date":"2026-03-06T02:42:04Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.90.0-21"},{"url":"https://github.com/sonatype/nexus-public/releases/tag/release-3.89.1-02","date":"2026-02-12T17:50:13Z","type":"stable","version":"release-3.89.1-02"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.18.0","date":"2026-07-29T07:56:33Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.18.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.17.1","date":"2026-07-08T16:48:56Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.17.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.17.0","date":"2026-06-15T08:28:48Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.17.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.16.0","date":"2026-06-02T07:11:32Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.16.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.15.0","date":"2026-05-19T22:20:46Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.14.1","date":"2026-04-17T06:00:10Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.14.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.14.0","date":"2026-04-16T15:45:42Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.14.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.13.0","date":"2026-03-03T02:12:57Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.13.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.12.0","date":"2025-11-23T11:09:03Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.12.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.11.0","date":"2025-11-07T13:52:43Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.11.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.10.3","date":"2025-09-23T09:42:00Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.10.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.10.2","date":"2025-09-18T17:57:07Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.10.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.10.1","date":"2025-09-18T12:53:06Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.10.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.10.0","date":"2025-09-18T09:18:24Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.10.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.9.4","date":"2025-08-26T07:12:31Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.9.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.9.3","date":"2025-08-20T12:15:54Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.9.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.9.2","date":"2025-06-03T20:25:28Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.9.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.9.1","date":"2025-04-11T09:04:22Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.9.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.9.0","date":"2025-04-09T14:12:16Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.9.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry/releases/tag/%40yarnpkg/cli/4.8.1","date":"2025-03-30T08:45:27Z","type":"stable","version":"@yarnpkg/cli/4.8.1"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.sonatype.nexus%3Anexus-plugin-api&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=%40yarnpkg%2Fparsers&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Package Registries)

| Capability | Sonatype Nexus Repository | Yarn |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Role | Private hosted registry | Package manager client |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| Ecosystem / language | Polyglot | JavaScript |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Deployment | Both | CLI-local |
| **Formats** |  |  |
| Package formats supported | Many formats | Many formats |
| **Hosting** |  |  |
| Private / scoped packages | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upstream proxy / caching | ✓ | - |
| **Resolution** |  |  |
| Lockfile / deterministic installs | - | - |
| Workspaces / monorepo | - | ✓ |
| Content-addressable store | - | - |
| **Supply chain** |  |  |
| Supply-chain integrity | ✓ | - |
| Vulnerability / licence scanning | ✓ | - |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Openness | Open-core | Open-source |
| **Pricing** |  |  |
| Pricing model | Free / OSS | Free / OSS |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T17:01:27.316Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*