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Free Docker registries

Since Docker announced that it would remove unused images from Docker Hub, I’ve been interested in listing places where I could host mine. As it’s for personal purposes, I’m interested in free plans. Here’s what I found.

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Since Docker announced that it would remove unused images from Docker Hub, I’ve been interested in listing places where I could host mine. As it’s for personal purposes, I’m interested in free plans. Here’s what I found.

Provider

Private?

Monthly limit

Details

Storage

Transfer

Docker Hub

1

  • Anonymous: 100 pulls / 6 hours
  • Authenticated: 200 pulls / 6 hours

GitLab

10Gb

  • Storage quota is per-project
  • Quota includes all artifacts, including code

GitHub

GitHub Container Registry is currently in public beta and subject to change. During the beta, storage and bandwidth are free

AWS
  • First year only
  • 500Mb storage

50Gb
  • Anonymous: 500Gb
  • Authenticated: 5Tb

IBM Cloud

500Mb

5Gb

Here are some additional options with their associated pricing model:

Provider Pricing

JFrog
  • Can be hosted on Google Cloud, AWS or Azure
  • Pricing depends on provider

 Google
  • Storage
  • Transfer

Azure
  • Storage
  • Build time (?)

Quay
  • Monthly subscription
  • Number of private repositories