# Harbor vs Pulp

**Leader by Vioscale score:** Harbor

| Attribute | Harbor | Pulp |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 63.4 (77% (high)) | 43.7 (60% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 62 | 49 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 31 | 65 |
| adoption.github_stars | 29,236 | 586 |
| deployment.options | `{"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Pulp enables developers and operators to fetch, upload, organize, and distribute software packages across on-premises infrastructure or cloud environments. It supports multiple content types through a plugin architecture and provides tools for repository management at scale. |
| features.capabilities | `{"web_ui":true,"hosting":"self","image_signing":true,"private_repos":true,"vulnerability_scanning":true}` | `{"rbac":false,"web_ui":true,"hosting":"both","sbom_support":false,"image_signing":false,"oci_compliant":true,"private_repos":true,"artifact_types":"universal","cloud_iam_native":false,"pull_rate_limits":"none","high_availability":false,"pull_through_cache":false,"replication_mirroring":false,"vulnerability_scanning":false}` |
| integrations.count | 4 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Trivy"},{"name":"Cosign"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Valkey"}]` | `[{"name":"OpenAI API"},{"name":"GitHub"}]` |
| language.primary | Go | Python |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | GPL-2.0 |
| market.availability | - | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://goharbor.io","retrievedAt":"2026-08-14T13:43:51.878Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://pulpproject.org","retrievedAt":"2026-08-16T21:32:46.974Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | 2 | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.2","date":"2026-07-02T10:04:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.15.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.2-rc3","date":"2026-07-02T03:31:08Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.2-rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.2-rc2","date":"2026-06-27T08:03:52Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.2-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.2-rc1","date":"2026-06-17T07:35:43Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.2-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.14.4","date":"2026-05-11T04:08:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.14.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.14.4-rc1","date":"2026-05-10T03:47:44Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.14.4-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.1","date":"2026-05-06T08:48:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.15.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.1-rc2","date":"2026-05-06T08:24:03Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.1-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.1-rc1","date":"2026-04-29T08:21:43Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.1-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.0","date":"2026-03-20T04:36:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.15.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.0-rc4","date":"2026-03-19T08:37:39Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.0-rc4"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.0-rc3","date":"2026-03-17T06:27:45Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.0-rc3"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.0-rc2","date":"2026-03-10T07:39:26Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.0-rc2"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.14.3","date":"2026-03-10T02:52:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.14.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.14.3-rc1","date":"2026-03-08T14:12:16Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.14.3-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.13.5","date":"2026-03-10T04:59:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.13.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.13.5-rc1","date":"2026-03-09T03:11:42Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.13.5-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.15.0-rc1","date":"2026-02-14T07:00:47Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.15.0-rc1"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.14.2","date":"2026-01-15T07:49:00Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.14.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases/tag/v2.14.2-rc2","date":"2026-01-12T17:15:03Z","type":"prerelease","version":"v2.14.2-rc2"}]` | `[{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.116.0","date":"2026-08-12T18:28:59Z","type":"stable","version":"3.116.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.105.16","date":"2026-08-12T16:55:30Z","type":"stable","version":"3.105.16"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.85.28","date":"2026-07-29T15:10:38Z","type":"stable","version":"3.85.28"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.63.45","date":"2026-07-29T15:11:51Z","type":"stable","version":"3.63.45"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.49.68","date":"2026-07-29T15:11:41Z","type":"stable","version":"3.49.68"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.115.3","date":"2026-07-28T20:41:04Z","type":"stable","version":"3.115.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.105.15","date":"2026-07-28T20:40:51Z","type":"stable","version":"3.105.15"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.105.14","date":"2026-07-28T08:02:29Z","type":"stable","version":"3.105.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.85.27","date":"2026-07-28T20:40:30Z","type":"stable","version":"3.85.27"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.73.41","date":"2026-07-28T20:40:26Z","type":"stable","version":"3.73.41"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.63.44","date":"2026-07-28T20:39:47Z","type":"stable","version":"3.63.44"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.49.67","date":"2026-07-28T20:39:20Z","type":"stable","version":"3.49.67"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.105.13","date":"2026-07-27T14:15:34Z","type":"stable","version":"3.105.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.115.2","date":"2026-07-22T12:50:08Z","type":"stable","version":"3.115.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.115.1","date":"2026-07-21T17:06:56Z","type":"stable","version":"3.115.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.115.0","date":"2026-07-21T15:16:40Z","type":"stable","version":"3.115.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.114.2","date":"2026-07-20T17:19:08Z","type":"stable","version":"3.114.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.105.12","date":"2026-07-20T17:20:16Z","type":"stable","version":"3.105.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.85.26","date":"2026-07-20T17:20:28Z","type":"stable","version":"3.85.26"},{"url":"https://github.com/pulp/pulpcore/releases/tag/3.73.40","date":"2026-07-20T17:21:51Z","type":"stable","version":"3.73.40"}]` |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |
| security.scorecard | 8.1 | - |
| security.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"}` | `{"count":2,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=pulpcore&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":"HIGH"}` |

## Capabilities (Container Registries)

| Capability | Harbor | Pulp |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Standards** |  |  |
| OCI Distribution Spec compliant | - | ✓ |
| **Scope** |  |  |
| Artifact types | - | Universal (images + language packages) |
| **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 | - | None |
| **UX** |  |  |
| Web UI / console | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| High-availability deployment | - | ✗ |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:35:38.889Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*