GitHub Packages
GitHub Packages is an artifact and container registry from GitHub, with container images hosted through the GitHub Container Registry · github.io ↗
Leads at small business. Ranked 43 of 68 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Ranked first. Next is Sonatype Nexus Repository at 12%.
Sonatype Nexus Repository is first at 28%. 2 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
JFrog Artifactory is first at 51%.
Why models recommend it
“start with GitHub Packages (free with your plan) and migrate to JFrog Artifactory once you outgrow it”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Direct question · first choice
“Top Recommendation: Azure Container Registry (ACR) or GitHub Container Registry (GHCR)”Kimi K2 · Paraphrase question · first choice
“Start with GitHub Packages / GitLab if your stack is standard.”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Direct question · first choice
“If you want a fully managed solution with minimal setup, GitHub Packages (or Azure Artifacts) is likely your most cost-effective path.”Kimi K2 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
What gives them pause
“public registries like Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry (GHCR), or Google Artifact Registry are convenient, they pose high risks”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Negative question · warning
“only if you're very GitHub-centric and your package format needs are modest, since it is narrower in scope”GPT-5.4 mini · Direct question · warning
“you should still: Ensure they are properly configured and not publicly exposed unless necessary.”Mistral Small · Negative question · warning
“treat Docker Hub, GitHub Container Registry ghcr.io, Quay.io, etc., as untrusted intake”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as GitHub Packages, over the 163 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | 28 | Compare → | |
| 89 | 7 | Compare → | |
| 89 | 6 | Compare → | |
| 81 | 29 | Compare → | |
| 76 | 8 | Compare → | |
| 74 | 0 | View → | |
| 57 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 57 | 0 | View → | |
| 54 | 1 | View → | |
| 43 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of GitHub Packages →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on GitHub Packages's own site, not checked by Gane.
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 135 of the 163 answers that named GitHub Packages and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
333 of the 367 domain citations in answers naming GitHub Packages came from a third party's page. Thirty-four were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |