# ZOT OCI Registry

> ZOT OCI Registry is a free, open-source app you can self-host in the object storage category. A production-ready vendor-neutral OCI-native container image registry. It has 2,839 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and ships a Docker image. It is a self-hosted alternative to Docker Hub.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/project-zot/zot |
| Website | https://zotregistry.dev/ |
| Demo | https://zothub.io/ |
| GitHub stars | 2,839 |
| Forks | 280 |
| Open issues | 51 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| License type | Open source |
| Language | Go |
| Docker image | Yes |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Categories | Object Storage |
| Commits, last 12 months | 378 |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Latest release | v2.1.21 (Sep 6, 2026) |
| Created | Jun 21, 2019 |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained |
| Archived | No |

Topics: zot, opencontainers, oci, distribution-spec, kubernetes, oci-distribution, helm

## Install

ZOT OCI Registry ships a Docker image; follow the README at https://github.com/project-zot/zot for the image name and environment variables.

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## ZOT OCI Registry replaces

- [Docker Hub alternatives](https://appsgit.com/alternatives/docker-hub): The default public registry for hosting and sharing container images.

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