Quay.io public repositories (Red Hat)

quay.ioRegistrystorage/quay-io-public-repositoriesJSON compare report an error provider JSON

Free allowance: "We offer unlimited storage and serving of public repositories" — Red Hat's own support article.
Verdict: ★ qualifiesusable as stated; the read path was probed
Cost: free tier
Identity: anonymous?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
Binding limit: noneno named constraint binds
Evidence: reported4 sources; a third party said so
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05

Free tier	"We offer unlimited storage and serving of public repositories" — Red Hat's own support article. Every paid plan is priced only by private-repo count and lists 'Unlimited public repos'; a free account gets unlimited public repos, private repos require a 30-day trial then a paid plan. unit unlimited; metered on stored-bytes
Price	none stated
Identity	anonymous (inferred, not read) not published
Egress	Included in 'unlimited storage and serving of public repositories' — no per-GB line item exists for public repos on any plan. Served over quay.io's own CDN edge.
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	Every paid plan is priced only by private-repo count and lists 'Unlimited public repos'; a free account gets unlimited public repos, private repos require a 30-day trial then a paid plan (30 days)
Interface	oci oci
Tooling	oras push / docker push / skopeo; Cosign/notation signing supported natively.
Composes with	N public repos x N free Red Hat accounts. Repos are namespaced per user/org, so one account already gives effectively unbounded blob count; orgs are free to create.
Reliability	Hosted multitenancy means a noisy-neighbour throttle is possible but not documented; no data-expiry policy on public repos, so blobs persist indefinitely.
Parsed numbers	has-free-tier 1

Evidence 4

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	access.redhat.com/articles/quayio-help	read live: 'Can I use Quay for free? Yes! We offer unlimited storage and serving of public repositories.'
2026-10-21	quay.io/plans/	read live: every tier lists 'Unlimited public repos'; Developer is $15/mo for 5 private repos, i.e. no free private tier, 30-day trial only
2026-10-21	quay.io/v2/	probe: GET -> 401 with WWW-Authenticate: Bearer realm="https://quay.io/v2/auth",service="quay.io" (correct challenge); then GET https://quay.io/v2/prometheus/busybox/manifests/latest -> 200, 736 bytes anonymous
2026-10-21	quay.io/v2/probe/blobs/uploads/	probe: POST -> 404 (anonymous write refused)

Unknown values 3

per object cap notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
per object cap stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
retention notes: the field may be stated in a source that was not read