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Chainguard builds secure container images that eliminate CVEs from the start. Java, Python, and Go. Postgres, Redis and Nginx. And everything in between.

Build faster? Or be more secure? Why not both.

Open Source Security That Opens Possibilities

Take advantage of an open source world with a secure software foundation that unlocks your full business potential.

Reduce Risk

Benefit from rapidly patched, maintained, and updated open source software that remediates vulnerabilities across the software development lifecycle.

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Unlock Compliance

Meet compliance standards for FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, PCI-DSS, SOC2, and CIS benchmarks without sacrificing developer productivity and business innovation.

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Innovate Faster

Unlock developer productivity and innovation with a secure software foundation helps deliver business growth.

Hear From the Field

Trusted By

The world's leading companies trust Chainguard.

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Chainguard vs the Status Quo

Results That Speak for Themselves

See how popular Chainguard Production Images compare in size and vulnerability count with their upstream counterparts.

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    Reduced Vulnerabilities

    Remove toil and time spent investigating reports from scanners like Snyk, Trivy, and Grype.

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    Rapid Updates

    Use container images that are updated daily compared to the weeks or months that other base images take.

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    Signed by Sigstore

    Cryptographically signed with Sigstore for proof of origin and trusted assurance.

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    Plus SBOMs

    SBOMs generated at build time.

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Introduction to Chainguard Images

Enterprise software runs on open source. Ensure it runs securely with Chainguard's low-to-zero CVE container images that provide a secure software foundation for building and running applications.

Software That Developers Love and CISOs Trust

Trust, but verify.

Start Secure. Stay Secure.

Security is in our DNA at Chainguard. Our belief is that any individual security control is fallible, so we embrace a defense-in-depth approach that delivers a software foundation your organization can depend on to be secure from the start and secure throughout.

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Plans and Pricing

Choose from plans that suit developers and security teams at all levels — from solo developers to large-scale enterprise organizations.

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Don't Take Our Word for It...

“When you think about customer data, it's all about trust. And so our philosophy has always been to build security into the product in a way that the customer can focus on grabbing insight from the data and not having to worry about the security of the platform.”
Anoosh SabooriHead of Product Security, Snowflake
“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 Images help us deliver on this mission with hardened container images that lead the market in secure software development.”
Joe McCaffreyCISO, Anduril
“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.”
Sandeep JohriCEO, Checkmarx
“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.”
Andrew CunjeCISO, Appian
“We have adopted Chainguard Images 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.”
Jacob RideoutCTO, HiddenLayer
“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.”
Shaun McDonnellDirector of Platform Engineering, Shift5

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Whether you're looking for a product demo, need a specific version of an image, or want more information about our pricing, we're here to help.

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Browse a growing inventory of container images from applications and middleware, databases, development tools, and language runtimes.

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