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Harbor

An open source trusted cloud native registry project that stores, signs, and scans content.

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Overview

Harbor is an open-source, trusted cloud-native registry project that stores, signs, and scans container images for vulnerabilities. Harbor resolves issues of security and compliance by providing policy and role-based access control, image scanning, and image signing.

✨ Key Features

  • Role-based access control (RBAC)
  • Vulnerability scanning (integrates with Clair, Trivy)
  • Content signing and validation (Notary)
  • Replication across multiple registry instances
  • Extensible API and web UI

🎯 Key Differentiators

  • Completely free and open source
  • Graduated CNCF project, ensuring vendor-neutral governance
  • Includes many enterprise-grade features out-of-the-box

Unique Value: A feature-rich, open source, and cloud-native container registry that provides enterprise-grade security and management capabilities without vendor lock-in.

🎯 Use Cases (4)

Private container registry for development and production environments Securing the container supply chain with vulnerability scanning and image signing Managing container images in a multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environment Distributing container images to edge locations

✅ Best For

  • On-premise registry for Kubernetes clusters
  • Secure image management for CI/CD pipelines
  • Replicating images between data centers

💡 Check With Vendor

Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:

  • Users looking for a fully managed, SaaS-based solution with minimal operational overhead

🏆 Alternatives

Red Hat Quay Sonatype Nexus Repository OSS JFrog Artifactory (Self-hosted)

Offers a powerful and free alternative to commercial registries, with a strong community and a focus on cloud-native principles.

💻 Platforms

Self-hosted

✅ Offline Mode Available

🔌 Integrations

Kubernetes Docker Compose Clair Trivy Notary

💰 Pricing

Contact for pricing
Free Tier Available

Free tier: Free and open source software

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