Enterprise Harbor Distribution, Built for Production
8gears Container Registry (8GCR) is a hardened, enterprise-grade distribution of Harbor, the CNCF-graduated open-source container registry. Built and maintained by the team behind years of Harbor contributions and production operations, 8gears Container Registry delivers a turnkey registry with enterprise features, long-term support, and operational best practices baked in.
8gears Container Registry is for teams that need more than upstream Harbor offers out of the box.
Harbor is excellent and we help maintain it. But running it in production at scale exposes gaps that 8gears Container Registry fills.
| Capability | Upstream Harbor | 8gears Container Registry |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-tenant project isolation | Basic (RBAC per project) | Advanced (org-level tenancy, quotas, policies) |
| Enterprise SSO / IdP integration | OIDC, LDAP | OIDC, LDAP, SAML 2.0, group sync |
| Automated backup & disaster recovery | Manual | Built-in, scheduled, tested |
| Upgrade path & patch management | DIY | Managed rolling upgrades |
| Security hardening & CIS benchmarks | Community best-effort | Pre-hardened, continuously audited |
| Long-term support (LTS) | Latest release only | LTS branches with backported fixes |
| Vendor support & SLA | Community forums | Dedicated support with SLA |
| Compliance reporting | None | Audit logs, export, compliance dashboards |
Integrate with OIDC, LDAP, Active Directory, or SAML 2.0. Automated group synchronization and fine-grained RBAC at the organization, project, and repository level.
Secretless image pull and push with verifiable, short-lived credentials, eliminating static secrets and enabling continuous, identity-based access control. Works with Kubernetes, OpenShift, FluxCD, GitHub, GitLab, AWS, Azure, GCP and more.
Built-in backup and disaster recovery, managed rolling upgrades, garbage collection scheduling, and health monitoring. Prometheus metrics and Grafana dashboards ship out of the box.
Organization-level tenancy with per-tenant quotas, network policies, and storage backends. Ideal for ISVs, managed service providers, and large enterprises.
Advanced audit log shipping and event-based integrations with Kafka, SQS, SNS, Pub/Sub, webhooks, and search indexes. Enterprise usage management, vulnerability reporting, and quota controls.
LTS branches with backported security fixes, managed upgrades, and dedicated vendor support with SLA. Focus on shipping software, not maintaining infrastructure.
Key capabilities delivered in 8gears Container Registry releases.
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Additional Artifact Support | Maven, NPM, PyPi, Cargo and many more |
| Geo-Replication Enhancements | Multi-region active-active replication with conflict resolution |
| Message Broker Integration | Event streaming to Kafka, SQS, SNS, Pub/Sub, webhooks, and search indexes |
| Advanced Audit Log Shipping | Centralized audit log export with OpenTelemetry support for analytics, reporting, and compliance |
| Advanced Vulnerability Management | Enhanced vulnerability scanning, reporting, and remediation workflows |
| Running Images Visibility | View which images are actively running across your clusters directly in Harbor |
| Smart Image Retention Policies | Intelligent retention rules that factor in image usage, age, and dependency graphs |
| Vulnerability Image Patching | Directly patch container images without rebuilds |
| Automated Image Builds | Build container images directly from source repositories on push or schedule |
Choose the deployment model that fits your organization.
We run 8gears Container Registry for you on our infrastructure. Fully managed, always updated, zero ops burden.
8gears Container Registry deployed and managed on your cloud account, whether AWS, Azure, GCP, or any Kubernetes cluster.
Run 8gears Container Registry on your own infrastructure with a commercial license. Full control, our patches and support.
Start with a free trial or talk to our team about your requirements.