An open source trusted cloud native registry project that stores, signs, and scans content.
Built on Distribution, with a web UI, users and policies on top.
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 30k
- Latest
- v2.15.3
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
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Distribution
The toolkit to pack, ship, store, and deliver container content
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| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor | Full replacement | 30k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v2.15.3 | 2026-10-06 |
| zot | Full replacement | 2.8k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v2.1.21 | 2026-10-06 |
| Kraken | Partial | 6.8k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Go | v0.1.31 | 2026-10-06 |
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zot - A scale-out production-ready vendor-neutral OCI-native container image/artifact registry (purely based on OCI Distribution Specification)
OCI distribution spec, with storage deduplication and sync from other registries.
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 2.8k
- Latest
- v2.1.21
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
P2P Docker registry capable of distributing TBs of data in seconds
Serves the registry API and spreads image layers peer to peer across large clusters, with S3, GCS or HDFS behind it.
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 6.8k
- Latest
- v0.1.31
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
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- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 11k
- Last push
- 2026-10-05