Harbor by goharbor

An open source trusted cloud native registry project that stores, signs, and scans content.

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Verdict 77/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 1/5 setup difficulty 2 open CVEs Last release 8 days ago

Self-host Harbor on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
77 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
1 /5
One-click deploy
GitHub stars
28k
5.2k forks

About Harbor

From the project's README at github.com/goharbor/harbor. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

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Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
83
maturity
100
community
92
security
85
sustainability
53
adoption
42

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 28k github.com/goharbor/harbor
GitHub forks 5.2k github.com/goharbor/harbor

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age10.3 yearssince Jan 2016
Last commit3 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped352last: 8 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

25 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. 2 currently open without a documented fix. Most recent: CVE-2025-30086.

What people say on Hacker News

Ready to self-host Harbor?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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