COMPARISONS.md

Registry Comparisons

Feature	vsr	npm	GitHub	Verdaccio	JSR	jFrog	Sonatype	Cloudsmith	Buildkite	Bit
License	FSL-1.1-MIT	Closed Source	Closed Source	MIT	MIT	Closed Source	Closed Source	Closed Source	Closed Source	Closed Source
Authored Language	JavaScript	JavaScript	Ruby/Go	TypeScript	Rust	-	-	-	-	-
Publishing	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Installation	✅	✅	✅	✅	✴️	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Search	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Scoped Packages	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Unscoped Packages	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
Proxying Upstream Sources	✅	❌	✴️	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
Hosted Instance	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Hosted Instance Cost	$	-	$$$$	-	-	$$$$	$$$$	$$$$	$$$	$$$
Self-Hosted Instance	✅	❌	✴️	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌
Self-Hosted Instance Cost	🆓	-	$$$$$	$	$	$$$$$	$$$$$	-	-	-
Hosted Public Packages	⏳	✅	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
Hosted Private Packages	⏳	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
Hosted Private Package Cost	-	$$	🆓	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	🆓
Granular Access/Permissions	✅	✴️	❌	✅	❌	✴️	✴️	✴️	✴️	❌
Manifest Validation	✅	✴️	❌	❌	✴️	✴️	✴️	❌	❌	❌
Audit	🕤	✴️	❌	✴️	✴️	✴️	✴️	✴️	❌	❌
Events/Hooks	🕤	❌	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Plugins	🕤	❌	❌	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌
Multi-Cloud	🕤	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Documentation Generation	🕤	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	✴️
Unpackaged Files/ESM Imports	🕤	❌	❌	❌	✴️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Variant Support	🕤	❌	❌	❌	✴️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

Legend:

• ✅ implemented
• ✴️ supported with caveats
• ⏳ in-progress
• 🕤 planned
• ❌ unsupported
• $ expense estimation (0-5)