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Best Container Registries in 2026
Container registries give development teams a way to store and distribute container images and related artifacts. Compare image scanning, immutable tags, retention policies, and replication scope to understand the controls and distribution options each entry lists. OCI artifact support may matter if you store more than container images. Included storage and maximum image size provide capacity details, while free-plan availability and paid-from pricing help frame cost. Docker Desktop, Inedo ProGet, and JFrog Container Registry are among the names to consider. Match these capabilities to what you need to store, protect, and make available across your development workflow.
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- Research read 23 Sept 2026
- How the order is worked out
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8gears Container Registry
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+18gears Container Registry combines registry management with access controls, security features, automation, and several deployment models.
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Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Free plan APILinuxWeb+1Alibaba Cloud Container Registry combines image management features with three editions that state different capacity and build allowances.
- 3
Cloudflare Serverless Registry
Free plan LinuxMacSelf-hosted+1Cloudflare Serverless Registry provides image storage and transfer through Workers and R2, with fallback retrieval from another registry.
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Chainguard Registry
Free plan LinuxSelf-hostedWebChainguard Registry offers free access with a small image allowance, while catalog plans add broader image access and a contractual CVE SLA.
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Harbor
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1Harbor combines artifact storage with access controls, scanning, and registry replication.
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Amazon Elastic Container Registry
Free plan APIWebECR covers registry storage, distribution, security controls, caching, and replication for container artifacts.
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Cloudfleet Container Registry
Free plan APILinuxWebCFCR covers container images and other OCI artifacts, with organization-level access controls and a free 5 GB storage allowance.
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Django-OCI
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hostedChoose Django-OCI if you are a Python developer building a registry around its distribution-spec API and are comfortable configuring and deploying the Django module yourself.
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Inedo ProGet
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+2ProGet combines package and container management with controls for vulnerabilities, licenses, and access.
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JFrog Container Registry
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+2JFrog Container Registry covers common container and Helm repository workflows, with proxying, virtual repositories, access controls, and search.
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KakaoCloud Container Registry
Free plan APILinuxMac+1The registry combines Docker image storage, access controls, scanning, and recovery features with Kubernetes Engine integration.
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Hiphops
Free plan APISelf-hostedWebChoose Hiphops if your team needs container distribution and software licensing for customer cloud, VPC, or on-premises environments.
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Distribution Registry
Free plan APILinuxMac+2Distribution Registry provides a free, self-hosted foundation for OCI image storage and delivery.
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Kheeper
Free plan LinuxMacWebKheeper combines a Bootc image registry with host registration and per-host storage. Check the AWS region restriction and S3 compatibility limitation before adopting its cloud workflows.
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Quay
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1Project Quay combines registry management, scanning, automation, and distribution options in an open source package.
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lazer.sh
Free plan APILinuxWeblazer.sh combines OCI compatibility with unlimited, unmetered pulls and project-level storage deduplication.
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Samsung Cloud Platform Container Registry
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+2Choose Samsung Cloud Platform Container Registry for managing container images and OCI artifacts with repository policies, scanning, and monitoring on Samsung Cloud Platform.
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Iron Bank Registry1
Free plan WebIron Bank provides a free path to hardened container images with associated security artifacts and risk information.
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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Container Registry
Free plan APILinuxWeb - 20
Satama Container Registry
Free plan APILinuxWebSatama combines image storage and organization with access controls, signing and scanning tools. Free use depends on eligibility, and additional resources may require an application.
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Singularity Registry Server
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hosted+1Singularity Registry Server offers a self-hosted registry with configurable integrations and private access options.
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Keppel
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hostedKeppel provides a federated OCI registry with tenant-aware storage, replication, scanning, and online cleanup.
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OpenRegistry
Free plan Self-hostedWebChoose OpenRegistry if you want a free, MIT-licensed container registry with OCI support and Docker CLI workflows.
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Singularity Container Services
Free plan APILinuxWebSCS may suit users who need hosted container building, sharing, and verification at no charge within its plan limits.
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Singularity Registry HPC
Free plan APILinuxSelf-hostedChoose shpc if you manage containers in a Linux cluster and want them installed as modules using Lmod or Environment Modules.
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