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aptly vs Gemstash
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | aptly | Gemstash |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Go | Ruby |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Stars | 2.9k | 793 |
| Latest | v1.6.3 | v2.8.2 |
| Last push | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-08 |
| Release cadence | about 247 days between releases | about 1 day between releases |
| Active contributors | 0 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 1 commit author on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace JFrog Artifactory. Alternatives to JFrog Artifactory →
PartialaptlyDebian packages only, with mirrors, snapshots and published repositories.
PartialGemstashRuby gems only, as a private gem server and rubygems.org cache.
aptly
Gemstash
- v2.8.22026-04-02Default to running webserver in production environment
- v2.8.12026-04-01Remove ruby2_keywords from Web class initializer
- v2.8.02026-03-31bump to Ruby >= 3.1 (3.0 is now EOL)
- v2.7.12026-03-31Reinstate nonfunctional --no-daemonize, --daemonize options that warn
- v2.7.02026-03-31Update URL to Puma's Control Server [ci skip]
aptly
unsigned The latest release, v1.6.3, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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Gemstash
unsigned The latest release, v2.8.2, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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