# Docker Distribution Registry

> Self-hosted, open-source container registry implementing the OCI Distribution Specification for managing container images and artifacts.

- **Category:** Container Registry
- **Licence:** Apache-2.0
- **Latest version:** 3.1.1
- **Open source:** oss
- **Languages:** Dockerfile
- **Platforms:** Docker, Docker Compose, Docker Swarm, Systemd
- **Tags:** Storage, Registry, Cncf, Oci, Distribution, Docker Registry, Golang, Self Hosted, Apache 2.0, Container Images

## Description

Distribution Registry is an open-source container registry implementing the OCI Distribution Specification. It runs as a stateless, scalable server for storing and sharing container images. You can deploy it locally for development or configure it for production use with TLS encryption, access controls, various storage options like S3 or Azure, Redis caching, and mirroring capabilities. Major platforms use it as their foundation.

## Links

- [Homepage](https://github.com/distribution/distribution-library-image)
- [Website](https://distribution.github.io/distribution/)
- [Docker](registry)
- [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/distribution/distribution)
- [CNCF Slack](https://slack.cncf.io/)
- [Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/docker+registry)
- [Docker Hub Official Image](https://hub.docker.com/_/registry)

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