SOW

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Runs on Linux, Mac, self-hosted.

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SOW is ranked #21 of 60 in artifact repository software on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted.

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Purpose: SOW is a self-contained package repository manager that creates and manages RPM/YUM and DEB/APT repositories.
Plain mode: Plain mode builds repository indexes from RPM and DEB files in a directory.
Managed mode: Managed workspaces add package membership, policy, signing, immutable generations, audit history, and publication targets.
Package storage: Managed mode stores package payloads once in a shared pool and renders metadata views for distributions and architectures.
Publication: SOW supports configured filesystem and Cloudflare R2 publication targets, with incremental changes and public visibility checks.
Signing: Managed mode supports RPM and DEB metadata signing, and RPM package signing can use the host RPM and GPG environment.
Security: R2 credentials must be provided through an environment variable or file reference; inline secrets are forbidden.
Audit and recovery: Managed mode records operations and supports recovery from interrupted writes.
Integrations: SOW builds repository metadata in-process and documents compatibility with RPM/YUM and DEB/APT clients plus filesystem and R2 publication providers.
Serving requirement: SOW writes static files and is not an HTTP server, so a separate maintained server is needed for persistent web serving.
Workspace filesystem limit: Managed workspaces require a local POSIX filesystem; NFS and other network filesystems are unsupported workspace locations.
Format limits: SOW omits SQLite rpm-md, zchunk, modulemd, source-package indexes, and MD5/SHA1 DEB manifests.
Release platforms: Release binaries target Linux and macOS on amd64 and arm64; Windows is not supported.

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Best Artifact Repository Software in 2026#21 of 60

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