Trow
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The facts
Each one read from Trow's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Availability
- The project README describes Trow as beta and says users can expect rough edges.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Credentials
- Proxy credentials can be configured per registry host and repository path prefix.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Trow runs inside a Kubernetes cluster, and the project provides a Helm chart.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Image caching
- Trow can cache external images locally in a cluster and proxy registries.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Image controls
- An admission webhook can control which images run in the cluster using approve and deny lists.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Installation
- A Helm chart is available for installing Trow.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The user guide describes configuring Trow with containerd and shows Podman and curl examples for pulling images.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- The project repository identifies its license as Apache-2.0.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Product
- Trow is a container registry and image cache designed to run inside Kubernetes clusters.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Registry API
- Trow implements the OCI Distribution Specification, including API methods for listing repositories and tags.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Registry standard
- Trow conforms to the OCI Distribution Specification for registries.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- Integration with vulnerability scanners and existing authentication and authorization solutions is listed as planned on the product site.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Self-hosted registry
- Trow provides a self-hosted registry for an organization’s images.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Storage limit
- Trow stores image data in files and the architecture guide says it has no option for storage such as S3.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Target users
- The README describes use cases for running a lightweight registry in Kubernetes and preventing unauthorized images from reaching the cluster.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Planned capabilities
- A distributed architecture for high availability and scalability, and full auditing and authentication of image access, are listed as coming soon or planned.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Planned integrations
- The official site lists vulnerability scanner integration and integration with existing authentication and authorization solutions as planned features.checked 11 Oct 2026
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