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Distribution

Toolkit to pack, ship, store and deliver container content

Developer Tools & Git ★ 10.6k stars Easy setup Apache-2.0

Distribution is the reference implementation of the OCI registry and the engine behind Docker Registry. It provides a simple, scalable self-hosted container image registry.

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Key features

  • OCI-compliant registry
  • Pluggable storage backends
  • Lightweight and fast
  • Foundation of many registries

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available

Is Distribution secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Distribution's latest release (v3.1.2). OSV.dev lists 7 past advisories for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-85747, published 2026-10-13 (1 day ago), fixed in 3.1.2

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

Distribution replaces

Self-hosted Docker Hub alternatives

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SelfHostIndex: 94 · excellent

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