Patch the past
Build the future
1,700+ trusted container images to eliminate your vulnerabilities and mitigate malware.
The world’s leading companies trust Chainguard
Why Chainguard?
Open source that unlocks mission-critical business priorities
Unite your engineering, security, and compliance priorities by standardizing your open source software on Chainguard artifacts.
Secure open source
Minimal, trusted components for every developer and every stack.
Reduce costly developer toil
Engineers are a precious resource meant for building, not patching.
Simplify compliance
Maintain continuous compliance at a lower total cost of ownership.
Accelerate revenue
Unblock iterative innovation and get to market faster than the competition.
Platform overview
Trusted open source artifacts for every layer of your modern software stack

Chainguard Containers
Minimal, customizable, zero-CVE container images with a best-in-class SLA for CVE remediation.

Chainguard Libraries
A guarded catalog of malware-resistant language libraries to protect against supply chain attacks.

Chainguard VMs
Minimal, zero-CVE VM images purpose-built to serve as container hosts and optimized for your cloud.
Powered by Chainguard OS and Factory
A next-gen Linux distro with nano-level updates. A bot-powered software factory run by open source experts. With both, we assemble, harden, and distribute 100,000+ secure artifacts daily.
Results that speak for themselves
A secure foundation for software development and deployment
Hear from our customers
“It's a remarkable thing when you introduce Chainguard [Containers] and see the vulnerability count plummet. Watching various applications go from hundreds or even thousands of vulnerabilities down to zero overnight is a really powerful testament to what Chainguard [Containers] can do. And we would not have been able to get [to FedRAMP High] in time without their support.”
“Anduril is redefining what defense contractors look like, in part by implementing commercial technology and moving at the pace of relevance. Doing so while remaining compliant in a highly regulated environment is extremely challenging. Chainguard [Containers] help us deliver on this mission with hardened container images that lead the market in secure software development.”
“With Chainguard, we're able to meet and maintain stringent compliance requirements for software vulnerabilities, and their Images product seamlessly integrates within our developer workflows, delivering instant results, and secure outcomes.”
“Our partnership with Chainguard enabled us to meet or exceed the rigorous standards required in highly regulated industries and government sectors where we serve our customers. By reducing the burden of patching and hardening associated with managing supply chain risks, we can increase our developers' focus on driving innovation in support of our customers' missions.”
“We have adopted Chainguard [Containers] to reduce the burden of vulnerability triage on our developers so they can focus on building and establishing a secure avenue for the broad adoption of AI technologies. We are thrilled to see Chainguard expand its offering to include AI and ML workloads and look forward to working together to bring secure AI innovation to the forefront.”
“With Chainguard STIG-ready Images, our platform engineers are able to save months of engineering effort when it comes to audit and compliance readiness. A process that was once grueling and toilsome now just takes a couple of minutes.”
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