The Guardener

The AI agent for frictionless trusted image adoption

The Guardener intelligently rebuilds Dockerfiles layer by layer, testing as it builds, so platform teams standardize faster and developers never break stride.

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From legacy distros to production-ready Chainguard artifacts

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Adopt zero-CVE images on day one

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Remove the guesswork from package mapping

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Standardize across teams without slowing developers

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Validate every layer before it reaches production

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Continuously maintain secure-by-default artifacts as your environment evolves

Contextual analysis, not blind translation

Contextual analysis, not blind translation

The Guardener interprets your Dockerfiles with full environmental context, understanding package intent, dependencies, and functionality to make intelligent mapping decisions that simple find-and-replace tools miss.

Validated layer by layer, before it reaches production

Validated layer by layer, before it reaches production

Every rebuild is tested incrementally as it builds, catching divergence points early and ensuring functional equivalence so engineers ship with confidence, not crossed fingers.

Runs where your code lives

Runs where your code lives

Deploy the Guardener locally or via GitHub integration to unlock deeper context and telemetry, with a roadmap extending to language libraries, CI/CD tooling, and continuous dependency updates from Chainguard Factory.

Full visibility after every migration

Full visibility after every migration

Every rebuild surfaces a detailed comparison of Dockerfile size, vulnerability posture, and filesystem changes. Engineers and security stakeholders get the evidence to validate adoption and the audit trail to prove it.

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