# GHCR: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 1 category by 3 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ghcr

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Artifact and container registries](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/artifact-and-container-registries/index.md) | 0% | 24 | 0% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "GitHub's legacy `docker.pkg.github.com` registry was sunset on February 24, 2025; use GHCR (`ghcr.io`) instead." (GPT-6 Luna, Artifact registries)
- "GitHub-heavy startup-like culture → GitHub Packages + GitHub Container Registry" (Grok 4.20, Artifact registries)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named GHCR, from 5 of the 5 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- ciopages.com: 2
- docs.cloud.google.com: 2
- github.com: 2
- learn.microsoft.com: 2
- sonatype.com: 2
- ayedo.de: 1
- cisa.gov: 1
- cloud.google.com: 1
- cloud.ibm.com: 1
- container-registry.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/container-registry-artifact-management: 2
- https://docs.cloud.google.com/artifact-registry/docs/overview: 2
- https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Awesome-Artifact-Repository-Manager/blob/main/README.md: 2
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-registry/secure-container-registry: 2
- https://ayedo.de/en/posts/harbor-die-referenz-architektur-fur-sichere-und-souverane-container-registries: 1
- https://cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-12/ESF_SECURING_THE_SOFTWARE_SUPPLY_CHAIN_DEVELOPERS.pdf: 1
- https://cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-08/ESF_SECURING_THE_SOFTWARE_SUPPLY_CHAIN%20RECOMMENDED%20PRACTICES%20FOR%20MANAGING%20OPEN%20SOURCE%20SOFTWARE%20AND%20SOFTWARE%20BILL%20OF%20MATERIALS_508.pdf: 1
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/hardening-code-pipelines-and-ci-cd-infrastructure: 1

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.