Alternatives to regclient
A Go client and command-line tooling for inspecting, copying and managing images in Docker and OCI registries. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
regclient
A Go client and command-line tooling for inspecting, copying and managing images in Docker and OCI registries.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as regclient.
Skopeo
A command-line tool for inspecting, copying and signing container images in remote registries.
Skopeo inspects, copies, syncs and signs images between registries from the command line, but does not provide a Go library or Docker plugin.
ORAS
A command-line tool and client libraries for pushing and pulling OCI artifacts to container registries.
ORAS focuses on pushing and pulling any OCI artifact type, attaching signatures and SBOMs, with client libraries in several languages and Homebrew or winget installs.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Distribution
An open-source container registry server for storing and distributing container images and other content.
zot
Self-hosted OCI-native container image registry shipped as a single binary with no dependencies.
Harbor
A self-hosted container registry with vulnerability scanning, image signing and role-based access control.
Project Quay
A self-hostable container image registry for building, storing and distributing container images.
dive
Explore container image layers and find wasted space.
