Why I replaced Nexus with a 32MB binary

Source: Dev.to

Every artifact registry I’ve used feels bloated. Nexus wants 4 GB RAM, Artifactory is even heavier, and I just want to store Docker images and Maven JARs.

Comparison

Tech Stack

• Built with Axum + Tokio
• No database – uses the filesystem or S3
• AtomicU64 for lock‑free metrics
• Tower middleware for authentication and rate limiting

Links

• GitHub:
• Documentation:
• Telegram:

MIT licensed, contributions welcome.