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regclient

Command-line tools for working with container registries

Developer Tools & Git ★ 1.9k stars Easy setup Apache-2.0

regclient is an open-source set of tools, including regctl, for interacting with OCI container registries without a Docker daemon. It supports copying, mirroring, and inspecting images for self-hosted registries.

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Key features

  • Daemonless registry access
  • Image mirroring
  • Manifest inspection
  • Registry cleanup

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Active community (1.9k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Go

Is regclient secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect regclient's latest release (v0.11.6). OSV.dev lists 2 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-2026-49349, published 2026-08-12 (63 days ago), fixed in 0.11.5

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

regclient replaces

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