Zot Registry vs Angos

ZRZot Registry9.1Visit Angos9.0Visit

Higher score ZR Zot Registry #4 in Container Registries 9.1/10 Open source ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Zot Registry

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Angos #5 in Container Registries 9.0/10 Open source ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Angos

• Zot Registry fits best

  Self-hosted teams needing scalable OCI features

• Angos fits best

  Policy-driven open-source deployments

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Side by side

Feature	ZRZot Registry 9.1/10 Visit ↗	Angos 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	9.0
Ranking	#4 in Container Registries	#5 in Container Registries
Best for	Self-hosted teams needing scalable OCI features	Policy-driven open-source deployments
Pricing model	Free	Free
Starting price	Open source	Open source
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Linux	Linux
Support	Docs	Community, Docs
Integrations	6 integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Zot Registry 4/4 · Angos 4/4
Image scanning	✓	✓
OCI artifacts	✓	✓
Immutable tags	✓	✓
Retention policies	✓	✓
Specs
Replication scope	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Included storage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Maximum image size	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Supports OCI images, artifacts, Helm charts, and standard registry clients Adds Trivy scanning, retention policies, and immutable tag protection Offers mirroring, multiple storage backends, clustering, and garbage collection	CEL policies cover access control, retention, and pruning Supports immutable tags, replication, and pull-through caching Works with OIDC, mTLS, Trivy, Grype, and S3-compatible storage
Cons	Requires teams to operate it as self-hosted software Clustering uses stateless replicas with shared remote storage Vulnerability scanning is focused on stored images through Trivy	Self-hosted deployment requires teams to manage the registry environment Vulnerability scanning depends on an external Trivy or Grype service Not positioned as a hosted registry with managed operations
Our verdict	Zot Registry is an open-source, vendor-neutral registry for storing and distributing container images and other OCI artifacts. It implements the OCI Distribution Specification and runs as self-hosted software on Linux or macOS. Its… Read the review →	Angos is an open-source, self-hosted container registry for development, CI/CD, and infrastructure teams distributing Docker-compatible and OCI images. It supports the OCI Distribution Specification v1.1 and can store images on a… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Zot Registry — where it wins

  • Supports OCI images, artifacts, Helm charts, and standard registry clients
  • Adds Trivy scanning, retention policies, and immutable tag protection
  • Offers mirroring, multiple storage backends, clustering, and garbage collection

  Where it doesn't

  • Requires teams to operate it as self-hosted software
  • Clustering uses stateless replicas with shared remote storage
  • Vulnerability scanning is focused on stored images through Trivy

• Angos — where it wins

  • CEL policies cover access control, retention, and pruning
  • Supports immutable tags, replication, and pull-through caching
  • Works with OIDC, mTLS, Trivy, Grype, and S3-compatible storage

  Where it doesn't

  • Self-hosted deployment requires teams to manage the registry environment
  • Vulnerability scanning depends on an external Trivy or Grype service
  • Not positioned as a hosted registry with managed operations

• ZRZot Registry9.1/10 · Open source

  A self-hosted OCI registry with scanning, retention, mirroring, and clustering.

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• Angos9.0/10 · Open source

  An open-source registry for teams that need policy controls, caching, replication, and self-hosting.

  Visit AngosFull verdict →