Your Artifact Registry Doesn't Need 2 GB of RAM

Every team eventually needs an artifact registry. You need somewhere to push Docker images, host internal npm packages, or cache Maven dependencies so your builds don't break when a mirror goes down. The standard answer is Nexus or Artifactory. Both work. Both are also Java applications that need a JVM, a database, careful heap tuning, and at least 2 GB of RAM before they'll serve a single artifact. On a CI server that's already running builds, that memory budget hurts. One developer decided the problem was simpler than the existing solutions make it look. The result is a 32 MB Rust binary that handles seven package protocols on less than 100 MB of RAM. What Is Nora? Nora is a lightweight artifact registry built by devitway (Pavel Volkov). It supports Docker/OCI, Maven, npm, PyPI, Cargo, Go modules, and raw file hosting in a single binary. It includes a web UI dashboard, Prometheus metrics, token auth with Argon2id password hashing, S3 or local storage backends, mirror/proxy mode for a