Google Cloud's universal package manager for centrally storing, managing, and securing build artifacts and dependencies, fully integrated with Google Cloud CI/CD services and runtimes.
Moment Integration
Moment Template Coming Soon.
Home Page
https://docs.cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs
Key Features
- Support for Docker images, Maven, npm, Python, Go, Apt, Yum, Helm, and generic artifact formats
- Virtual repositories for unified access across multiple upstream repositories
- Remote repositories with authenticated proxying (e.g., Docker Hub, Maven Central)
- Vulnerability scanning via Artifact Analysis (OS, Java, Go, Python, Node.js, Ruby, Rust, .NET, PHP)
- Layer-based vulnerability scanning for container image digests
- Package fingerprinting for integrity verification across Google Cloud systems
- IAM-based access control with repository-level permissions
- VPC Service Controls integration for network security perimeters
- CMEK encryption with Cloud KMS Autokey support
- Gemini Cloud Assist for AI-powered container image insights
- Multi-region and single-region repository options across 20+ locations
Background
- Successor to Google Container Registry (GCR), which was fully deprecated by mid-2025.
- Built on the OCI Distribution Specification standard.
- Deploys natively to GKE, Cloud Run, Compute Engine, and App Engine flexible environment.
- Integrates with Cloud Build, Cloud Deploy, and third-party CI/CD tools.