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Athens vs Gemstash
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| Fact | Athens | Gemstash |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Go | Ruby |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Stars | 4.8k | 793 |
| Latest | v0.19.2 | v2.8.2 |
| Last push | 2026-10-05 | 2026-09-08 |
| Release cadence | about 15 days between releases | about 1 day between releases |
| Active contributors | 7 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 →
PartialAthensGo modules only, as a module proxy and cache.
PartialGemstashRuby gems only, as a private gem server and rubygems.org cache.
Athens
- v0.19.22026-10-01A rerelease of
- v0.19.12026-10-01A rerelease of
- v0.19.02026-10-01Add -verify-storage to purge checksum-mismatched modules from storage (#2145)
- v0.18.12026-07-15chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/crypto from 0.51.0 to 0.52.0 by @dependabot[bot] in
- v0.18.02026-06-14stash/redis: add cluster-mode client support for singleflight
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]
Athens
✓ signed The latest release, v0.19.2, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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Gemstash
unsigned The latest release, v2.8.2, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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