Gemfury vs Verdaccio

Gemfury is a hosted repository for public and private software packages. It supports RubyGems, npm, PyPI, Go Modules, Composer, Maven, DEB, RPM, Bower, and NuGet. Packages can be uploaded through a web interface or command line, with transfers to the repository over SSL. Private packages can be deployed through a Gemfury Repo URL using existing package-management tools and workflows. Gemfury says a secret token in the URL protects packages, and uploads, deployments, and installations use SSL. Users can share an account with coworkers; business plans add separate billing, multi-ownership, and fine-grained permission control. The Free plan costs nothing and includes unlimited collaborators, public packages, and versions, but no private packages. Personal 1C costs $9 a month for one collaborator; Team 10P costs $25 a month for unlimited collaborators and 10 private packages. Gemfury offers a 14-day trial without a credit card and says trial use has no limits. Packages are deleted one month after account cancellation and cannot be recovered.

Verdaccio is a lightweight Node.js private proxy registry for organizations managing npm packages. It keeps private packages away from public registries, proxies sources such as npmjs.org, and caches downloaded modules. Multiple registries can be chained behind one endpoint, and teams can publish modified third-party packages locally under their existing names. npm, yarn, and pnpm clients are supported. Verdaccio can run self-hosted, with an official Docker image and Kubernetes Helm support. Its default storage uses the local file system and a small built-in database. Built-in htpasswd authentication and package access rules govern access, publishing, and unpublishing. JWT tokens may be configured with expiration, while legacy tokens are not designed to expire. Plugins extend authentication, middleware, storage, UI themes, and filtering. Installation requires Node.js, a package manager, and a modern browser; version 6.x requires Node.js 22 or later, and 7.x requires Node.js 24 or later.