Introducing the Self-Serve Catalog Experience

Back in June, Chainguard introduced a new licensing model called Catalog Pricing. Under this new model, customers have unlimited access to Chainguard’s entire catalog of 1700+ minimal, secure-by-design container images, all 10k+ packages, and 50-100 new image builds per month.

For customers on the Catalog model, access to the images they need should be as simple as clicking a button. Today, Chainguard is making that a reality by introducing the Self-Serve Experience into general availability.

That means no more provisioning requests, no waiting for approvals, and no friction between your team and the images you need. Organization owners can browse Chainguard's catalog of over 1,700 images and add, rename, or remove them directly from their console. New images are typically ready in your organization's registry within minutes.

Need a different version of Node for testing? Want to standardize on a specific Python build? Just click and LFG! Check out a short demo below:

How it works

Browse the catalog from your console. Every image you’re entitled to based on your subscription plan is available to add to your organization. Search for what you need and add it to your registry with a single click.

Does your team need a Node for multiple services across different environments? Add the Node image, and all upstream-supported tags will become accessible within minutes. If your team happens to reference their Node image as “node-internal,” simply use the rename feature to align with your team's preferences.

Over time, your catalog grows. For example, you may have added PostgreSQL for a project that's now decommissioned, or Python is no longer needed after consolidating your services. Simply remove them. Your organization registry stays clean and relevant to what your team actually uses.

Everything is available in the Chainguard Console, through our API, or via chainctl. There are no tickets to file, and there is no waiting for approval. Organization owners have the controls they need to manage images the way their teams work.

Chainguard customers like SecondFront are already seeing value:

Chainguard's self-serve catalog experience allows our platform team to move faster when testing or updating services because adding a new image only takes a few clicks. It’s removed a lot of friction from our development cycle.

Getting started

The Self-Serve Experience is available now for all Catalog customers. Log in to the Chainguard console and navigate to your organization's image catalog. From there, you can browse available images, add what you need, and start managing your registry on your own terms. What used to take hours or days now happens in minutes.

Questions about the Self Serve Experience or your subscription plan? Reach out to your Chainguard account team. And read our documentation to learn more.