ZOT OCI Registry
A production-ready vendor-neutral OCI-native container image registry.
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Still maintained? Yes: 182 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.1.22 (Oct 2026).
At a glance
ZOT OCI Registry quick facts
- Health score
- 94/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 2,929
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.1.22, Oct 2026
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "zot: a production-ready vendor-neutral OCI image registry - images stored in OCI image format, distribution specification on-the-wire, that's it!"
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
ZOT OCI Registry scores 94/100, #3 of 7 in File Transfer - Object Storage & File Servers: 182 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.1.22, 24 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 2,929 stars add 13.9 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 6.1 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
182 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.1.22 released 24 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 13.9 / 20
2.9k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 182
- Last 90 days
- 441
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 7 tools in File Transfer - Object Storage & File Servers by health , between sftpgo Community Edition (#2) and Zenko CloudServer (#4) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | v2.1.22 · 24 days ago |
| Stars | 2,929 |
| Open issues | 58 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | project-zot/zot ↗ |
ZOT OCI Registry vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with ZOT OCI Registry (File Transfer - Object Storage & File Servers), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harbor | 98 | 30k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| sftpgo Community Edition | 96 | 13k | AGPL-3.0 | 8 days ago |
| ZOT OCI Registry (this tool) | 94 | 2.9k | Apache-2.0 | today |
| Zenko CloudServer | 93 | 2k | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| Flare | 89 | 138 | MIT | 4 days ago |
| GarageHQ | 89 | 179 | AGPL-3.0 | 7 days ago |
ZOT OCI Registry: common questions
Is ZOT OCI Registry still maintained?
ZOT OCI Registry had 182 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, v2.1.22, is from 24 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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