About

8gears Container Registry is the leading Harbor-based container registry as a service, built and operated by the core maintainers and contributors of the Harbor project.

Our deep expertise and commitment to the open-source community have earned the trust of leading enterprises, cloud providers, and public sector organizations who rely on our expertise managing and supporting their container registries.

Our Story

As early adopters of cloud-native technologies, we faced a recurring challenge:finding a container registry that truly met the demands of enterprise-level workflows. In 2013, Docker Hub was the go-to option, but it lacked the essential features we needed.

With Portus, we found an open-source container registry designed for teams and organizations. We recognized its potential and became active contributors, expanding its capabilities to fit the needs of our customers. This hands-on experience led us to launch our own Container Registry as a Service (SaaS) offering in 2016, alongside our cloud-native consulting business.

By 2020, our user base had grown significantly, and we recognized the need for an even more robust foundation. We switched our software stack to Harbor, a powerful open-source registry, to better meet the evolving demands of our customers. Our involvement with Harbor as both maintainers and contributors has made us experts in container registries and has since become our main business focus.

Today we stand as pioneers in the container registry space, driven by our own first-hand experience across different industries and enterprises.

Our Gols

As containerization becomes essential for modern software development, the need for advanced container registry solutions that go beyond basic functionality is rapidly increasing. We empower enterprises, Cloud Providers, and ISVs to leverage the full potential of containers by providing a secure, scalable, and feature-rich container registry platform tailored to their unique requirements.

8gears Container Registry is the solution for:

• Organizations seeking a centralized hub to manage all containerized workloads, regardless of cloud provider or registry.
• Teams and departments needing a collaborative and efficient way to share and manage container images.
• Businesses operating across multiple cloud providers or hybrid environments, ensuring seamless container deployment and management.
• Companies leveraging containers for IoT and edge computing, where reliability and performance are critical.
• Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) who distribute software through container images, streamlining delivery and simplifying updates.