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    zot - A scale-out production-ready vendor-neutral OCI-native container image/artifact registry (purely based on OCI Distribution Specification)

    kubernetes
    distribution-spec
    helm
    oci
    oci-distribution
    opencontainers
    Go
    Apache-2.0
    2.9K stars
    297 forks
    2.9K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 3, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest today, with 108 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Implements a vendor-neutral OCI-native container image and artifact registry based on the OCI Distribution Specification.
    • Enables scalable, production-ready container image storage and distribution without vendor lock-in using open OCI standards.
    • Use for hosting private container registries in Kubernetes environments to manage OCI-compliant images securely.
    • Use for building scalable artifact repositories that support Helm charts and other OCI artifacts in cloud-native workflows.
    • Use for integrating with CI/CD pipelines requiring a lightweight, standards-compliant registry for container image distribution.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    Apache 2.0

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present
    • Code of conduct: present

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    From the README

    zot: a production-ready vendor-neutral OCI image registry - images stored in OCI image format, distribution specification on-the-wire, that's it!

    Documentation for zot is located at: https://zotregistry.dev

    Code of conduct details are here.

    Excerpt from the project-zot/zot README on GitHub (Apache-2.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Sep 5: +9

    +244 stars over 60 days across 6 snapshot days; best day +9 on Sep 5.

    Forks

    297+27

    Open issues

    97+9

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