|The Harbor Project holds bi-weekly community calls, to join them and watch previous meeting notes and recordings, please see [meeting schedule](https://github.com/goharbor/community/blob/master/MEETING_SCHEDULE.md).|
Harbor is an an open source trusted cloud native registry project that stores, signs, and scans content. Harbor extends the open source Docker Distribution by adding the functionalities usually required by users such as security, identity and management. Having a registry closer to the build and run environment can improve the image transfer efficiency. Harbor supports replication of images between registries, and also offers advanced security features such as user management, access control and activity auditing.
Harbor is hosted by the [Cloud Native Computing Foundation](https://cncf.io) (CNCF). If you are an organization that wants to help shape the evolution of cloud native technologies, consider joining the CNCF. For details about who's involved and how Harbor plays a role, read the CNCF
* **Cloud native registry**: With support for both container images and [Helm](https://helm.sh) charts, Harbor serves as registry for cloud native environments like container runtimes and orchestration platforms.
* **Role based access control**: Users and repositories are organized via 'projects' and a user can have different permission for images under a project.
* **Policy based image replication**: Images can be replicated (synchronized) between multiple registry instances based on policies with multiple filters (repository, tag and label). Harbor will auto-retry to replicate if it encounters any errors. Great for load balancing, high availability, multi-datacenter, hybrid and multi-cloud scenarios.
* **LDAP/AD support**: Harbor integrates with existing enterprise LDAP/AD for user authentication and management, and supports importing LDAP groups into Harbor and assigning proper project roles to them.
Download binaries of **[Harbor release ](https://github.com/vmware/harbor/releases)** and follow **[Installation & Configuration Guide](docs/installation_guide.md)** to install Harbor.
* **User Group:** Join Harbor user email group: [harbor-users@googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/harbor-users) to get update of Harbor's news, features, releases, or to provide suggestion and feedback. To subscribe, send an email to [harbor-users+subscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:harbor-users+subscribe@googlegroups.com) .
* **Developer Group:** Join Harbor developer group: [harbor-dev@googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/harbor-dev) for discussion on Harbor development and contribution. To subscribe, send an email to [harbor-dev+subscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:harbor-dev+subscribe@googlegroups.com).
* **Slack:** Join Harbor's community for discussion and ask questions: [Cloud Native Computing Foundation](https://slack.cncf.io/), channel: #harbor and #harbor-dev
* **[Live Demo](https://demo.goharbor.io)** - A demo environment with the latest Harbor stable build installed. For additional information please refer to [this page](docs/demo_server.md).
This project uses open source components which have additional licensing terms. The official docker images and licensing terms for these open source components can be found at the following locations:
