GitLab Package Registry vs Temps

GitLab Package Registry lets projects publish packages for downstream projects to use as dependencies. It can be private or public for supported package managers and is available on GitLab.com, GitLab Self-Managed, and GitLab Dedicated within Free, Premium, and Ultimate. Generally available formats include Generic packages, Helm, Maven, npm, NuGet, and PyPI; Composer and Conan are beta, while Debian, Go, and Ruby gems are experiments. Conda, CRAN, RPM, and Swift are not supported. A project can host multiple package types, including packages built from a monorepo. GitLab CI/CD can build or import packages, with jobs authenticating through CI_JOB_TOKEN, and the registry can be administered through an API. Project roles govern access; protection rules can restrict pushes or deletions for supported formats. Publication and deletion audit events are available when enabled, but require Premium or Ultimate. The dependency proxy is a beta feature on those paid tiers. GitLab is all-remote and has no physical headquarters.

Temps is a self-hosted deployment platform that combines deployment and developer tools in one Rust binary. It supports git-push deployments, pull request preview URLs, and zero-downtime rollouts. Its analytics cover visitors, custom events, session replay, and funnels, while OpenTelemetry ingestion handles traces, logs, and metrics. Temps also provides log history, continuous uptime monitoring, and real-user Web Vitals per page. Through its dashboard, it provisions PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, and RustFS services. Analytics and operational data remain on the operator's infrastructure; telemetry is off by default. Temps says application secrets and credentials are encrypted before they reach the database using a key generated at installation and held by the operator. Self-hosting is available now, while Temps Cloud plans are marked coming soon. The self-hosted plan costs nothing. Listed cloud plans start at $29 a month, but are also marked coming soon. Temps states it is not SOC 2 certified. Temps Fleet desktop installers are available for macOS, Windows 10 or later, and 64-bit Linux.