Harbor, a CNCF graduated open-source project, is a secure, versatile platform for managing container images and OCI artifacts. With 50k+ public and many private instances, it's an industry standard. Key Features:

Enterprise-Grade: Rich feature set, far exceeding typical CSP offerings. RBAC: Granular user, team, & project-level access control. IAM Integration: Seamlessly integrates with OIDC & LDAP. Security: Vulnerability scanning & image signing. Automation: Image replication, retention, & proxy. Flexibility: RESTful API, IaC (Terraform/Pulumi), GitOps support. UI: Intuitive web interface.

Harbor vs. Other Solutions:

Cloud Provider Registries: Tied to their IAM, less flexible. Artifact Management Solutions are not container-image focused.

Benefits for Organizations:

Central Management: One place for all images. Security & Compliance: Robust features. Efficiency: Automate DevOps processes. Cost Savings: Optimized storage, self-service. Collaboration: Share access to images securely across the whole organization. Flexibility: Multi-cloud, hybrid, on-premise.

8gears Container Registry:

Use of a proven and battle tested application and technology stack with the most popular container registry Operational excellence on multiple Cloud Providers Trusted by various enterprises and government agencies In-depth understanding of the underlying application stack Project maintenance and regular contributions Individualization through various customization and extension options