Harbor
Harbor is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Object Storage category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in Go. It is a self-hosted alternative to Docker Hub and ships a Docker image. It has 29,613 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 29,613
- Forks
- 5,396
- Open issues
- 711
- Commits, last 12 months
- 431
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v2.14.6Oct 23, 2026
- Created
- Jan 28, 2016
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 431 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases5 releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors25 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 431 |
| Latest release | v2.14.6 (Oct 23, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 5 |
| Releases, all time | 370 |
| Open issues | 711 |
| Open pull requests | 239 |
| Good first issues | 2 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Jan 28, 2016 |
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About Harbor
Cloud native image registry that stores, signs, and scans content.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/goharbor/harbor.
Topics
- cncf
- container
- registry
- helm
- cloud-native
- containers
- docker
- kubernetes
- cncf-project
- container-management
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Is Harbor free and open source?
Yes. Harbor is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Harbor with Docker?
Yes. Harbor provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Harbor?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Harbor include SeaweedFS, sftpgo Community Edition and ZOT OCI Registry. Harbor itself is a self-hosted alternative to Docker Hub.
Is Harbor actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Harbor was on Oct 26, 2026 with 431 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v2.14.6, published Oct 23, 2026. It had 711 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.