3 Best Open Source Alternatives to Artifactory

3 open source alternatives100% OSI-approved licensesUpdated June 2026

Looking to replace Artifactory? These open source alternatives give you the same core workflow without the lock-in - free to use, often self-hostable, and auditable on GitHub. Compare licenses, languages and project activity, then switch on your own terms.

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1.Harbor

28.7kApache-2.0Go Self-host
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Harbor is an open source cloud native registry for storing, signing, and scanning content. It extends Docker Distribution with security, identity, and management features for container images and Helm charts, giving teams a registry close to their build and runtime environments.

  • Registry for container images and Helm charts
  • Role based access control through projects
  • Policy based replication with repository, tag, and label filters
  • Vulnerability scanning with deployment policy checks
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2.Verdaccio

17.7kMITTypeScript Self-host
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Verdaccio is a Node.js private npm registry for local or self-hosted package publishing and installation. It starts without a separate database by using its own small database, and it can proxy other registries such as npmjs.org while caching downloaded modules along the way.

  • Private npm registry with no separate database required
  • Proxy registry support with cached downloaded modules
  • Package publish, unpublish, dist-tag, and deprecate workflows
  • User registration, password changes, ownership transfer, and tokens
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3.Nexus Repository

2.5kEPL-1.0Java Self-host
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Sonatype Nexus Repository Core is a centralized binary repository manager for internal and third-party binaries, components, and packages. It acts as a single source of truth for development tools, with visibility across the software delivery lifecycle and repository formats for Maven, raw, and APT.

  • Centralized repository for binaries, components, and packages
  • Maven, raw, and APT repository formats in Core
  • Embedded H2 database for small workloads
  • Java application creates database and file blobstore

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