Sonatype operates at the intersection of open source software and enterprise security. The company's core business is securing the software supply chain, providing tools to manage risks from both open source components and AI. Its products are deeply embedded in modern software development workflows, from repository management to vulnerability intelligence.
The company is best known for creating and stewarding two significant assets in the developer ecosystem. Sonatype is the founder of Nexus Repository, a manager for organizing open source software. It also stewards Maven Central, the world's largest repository of Java open-source software. These products serve as foundational infrastructure for a vast number of development teams.
Sonatype's solutions are widely adopted across the industry. More than 2,000 organizations rely on its platform, a group that includes 70% of the Fortune 100. The company states that its tools are used by 15 million software developers globally, underscoring its central role in the software supply chain.
