The World's Largest Public Container Registry | Docker

Secure, minimal container images for every team, free with enterprise features, if needed.
Share and collaborate on content privately and securely with your teammates.
Give your team near-zero CVEs and a provenance trail your security team can trust.
Protect and monitor what developers in your organization pull and from which sources.
Discover content from the publishers and open source communities, in the world’s largest public container registry.
Docker Hub is the world's largest public software artifact registry and distribution platform, managing, and sharing Docker images. Docker Hub enhances productivity by integrating with your tools and offering pre-built images and assets to speed up development workflows. You can interact with Docker Hub through its graphical interface, API, CLI tool, or MCP server for AI agent integrations.
A container registry is a centralized location for storing and sharing container images. It allows you to keep your images in one place, making it easy to distribute them across different machines or share them with others. Within a registry, images are organized into repositories, which are collections of related images (for example, different versions of a project).
Docker Hub offers a free plan called Docker Personal. With this plan, you get:
If you need more private repositories, higher pull limits, or advanced features, you can upgrade to a paid plan like Docker Pro, Team, or Business.
Yes, you can use Docker Hub as a private registry. Docker Hub supports private repositories, allowing you to store and manage container images that are only accessible to you or users you specify. This enables secure sharing and distribution of private images.
A Docker Verified Publisher is a commercial publisher on Docker Hub whose images have been verified by Docker for quality and security. The Docker Verified Publisher Program provides high-quality images from these publishers, helping development teams build secure software supply chains and minimize exposure to malicious content.
Verified Publisher images are marked with a special badge on Docker Hub, making it easy to identify trusted content. Publishers in this program benefit from enterprise-grade infrastructure, vulnerability analysis with Docker Scout, enhanced search ranking, custom repository logos, and detailed usage analytics.
You can find more here about how to become a Docker Verified Publisher and available plans.
You can store a wide range of content in Docker Hub, including:
Docker Hub helps with security and governance in several ways:
Image management and version control: Docker Hub provides tools for tagging, organizing, and managing images and artifacts, ensuring you can track versions and control distribution.
These capabilities help organizations maintain a secure software supply chain, enforce governance policies, and ensure compliance with industry standards.