Comparison

GitHub Container Registry vs Harbor

On the evidence we track, Harbor leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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GitHub Container Registry32

★Harbor63

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	GitHub Container Registry	HarborLeader
Vioscale score	32 / 100low · 38%	63 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	-	✓
Modelpricing.model	commercial	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	free
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	2	4
Security
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	8.1
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgoharbor%2Fharbor%2Fsrc&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH
Reliability
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	31
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	29,236
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	62
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	2
Historyrelease.history	-	20 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	Apache-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	Go

Score

Vioscale score

GitHub Container Registry32 / 100low · 38%

Harbor63 / 100high · 77%

Pricing

Free tier

GitHub Container Registry–

Harbor✓

Model

GitHub Container Registrycommercial

Harborcommercial

Price level

GitHub Container Registry–

Harborfree

Transparent

GitHub Container Registry–

Harbor✓

Integrations

Count

GitHub Container Registry2

Harbor4

Security

Scorecard

GitHub Container Registry–

Harbor8.1

Vulnerabilities

GitHub Container Registry–

HarborCount: 1 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fgoharbor%2Fharbor%2Fsrc&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 · Max severity: HIGH

Reliability

Status page

GitHub Container Registry✓

Harbor✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

GitHub Container Registry–

Harbor31

Github stars

GitHub Container Registry–

Harbor29,236

Activity

Commits last 30d

GitHub Container Registry–

Harbor62

Release

Cadence days

GitHub Container Registry–

Harbor2

History

GitHub Container Registry–

Harbor20 items

License

Spdx

GitHub Container Registry–

HarborApache-2.0

Language

Primary

GitHub Container Registry–

HarborGo

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for container registries. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Container Registries
Capability	GitHub Container Registry	Harbor
Deployment
Hosting	-	Self-hosted only
Standards
OCI Distribution Spec compliant	-	-
Scope
Artifact types	-	-
Security
Built-in vulnerability scanning	-	✓
Image signing (Cosign/Notation)	-	✓
SBOM generation / storage	-	-
Access
Fine-grained RBAC / robot accounts	-	-
Private repositories	-	✓
Distribution
Geo-replication / mirroring	-	-
Pull-through cache / proxy	-	-
Integration
Native cloud IAM integration	-	-
Pricing
Pull-rate limits	-	-
UX
Web UI / console	✓	✓
Ops
High-availability deployment	-	-

Deployment

Hosting

GitHub Container Registry-

HarborSelf-hosted only

Standards

OCI Distribution Spec compliant

GitHub Container Registry-

Harbor-

Scope

Artifact types

GitHub Container Registry-

Harbor-

Security

Built-in vulnerability scanning

GitHub Container Registry-

Harbor✓

Image signing (Cosign/Notation)

GitHub Container Registry-

Harbor✓

SBOM generation / storage

GitHub Container Registry-

Harbor-

Access

Fine-grained RBAC / robot accounts

GitHub Container Registry-

Harbor-

Private repositories

GitHub Container Registry-

Harbor✓

Distribution

Geo-replication / mirroring

GitHub Container Registry-

Harbor-

Pull-through cache / proxy

GitHub Container Registry-

Harbor-

Integration

Native cloud IAM integration

GitHub Container Registry-

Harbor-

Pricing

Pull-rate limits

GitHub Container Registry-

Harbor-

Web UI / console

GitHub Container Registry✓

Harbor✓

Ops

High-availability deployment

GitHub Container Registry-

Harbor-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

GitHub Container Registry

A workflow automation platform that builds, tests, and deploys code with hosted runners supporting multiple operating systems and languages. Includes built-in secret management, live logging, matrix builds across multiple configurations, and integration with external tools and services.

Independently observed

Harbor

Leader

Harbor is an open source registry that secures artifacts with policies and role-based access control, ensures images are scanned and free from vulnerabilities, and signs images as trusted.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

GitHub Container Registry

Pricing not documented yet.

Harbor

Leader

Open source

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	GitHub Container Registry	Harbor
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✓	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✓	✗

Platforms

Web

GitHub Container Registry✓

Harbor✓

CLI

GitHub Container Registry✓

Harbor✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

GitHub Container Registry✓

Harbor✗

Self-hosted

GitHub Container Registry✓

Harbor✓

On-premise

GitHub Container Registry✓

Harbor✗

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

GitHub Container Registry

2 total

Jira
npm

Independently observed

Harbor

Leader

4 total

Trivy
Cosign
Redis
Valkey

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.