# Harbor: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 45 judge labels across 2 categories by 14 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/harbor

## 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) | 5% | 5 | 5% | 42 |
| [Container and Kubernetes security](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/cloud/container-and-kubernetes-security/index.md) | 0% | 66 | 33% | 3 |

## What the models said for it

- "or Harbor if you need a self-hosted, open-source solution with enterprise-grade security features" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Artifact registries)
- "or Harbor (if you want open-source flexibility and can manage your own infrastructure)" (MiniMax M2.5, Artifact registries)
- "Sonatype Nexus Repository Community Edition or Harbor are the best choices" (Mistral Small, Artifact registries)
- "Harbor is the strongest community-supported neutral choice." (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Artifact registries)

## And against it

- "you should still: Ensure they are properly configured and not publicly exposed unless necessary." (Mistral Small, Artifact registries)
- "Cons: High operational overhead. You must patch, scale, and maintain the database and cache." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Artifact registries)
- "This suggests caution when using Harbor without proper security hardening." (Claude Haiku 4.5, Container security)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Mistral Small | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Harbor, from 111 of the 122 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 46
- container-registry.com: 39
- ciopages.com: 37
- guptadeepak.com: 37
- g2.com: 35
- gane.ai/index: 32
- harness.io: 25
- guideflow.com: 22
- docker.com: 21
- jfrog.com: 20

### Pages cited

- https://ciopages.com/buyer-guides/container-registry-artifact-management: 37
- https://guptadeepak.com/tools/top-8-container-registries-2026: 37
- https://container-registry.com/compare: 35
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/artifact-and-container-registries/smb: 16
- https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Awesome-Artifact-Repository-Manager/blob/main/README.md: 16
- https://dev.to/wenping/how-to-choose-an-artifact-repository-nexus-artifactory-and-self-hosted-angusrepo-by-team-size-5f4g: 14
- https://github.com/abahmed/awesome-kubernetes-1/blob/master/v2-docs/registries.md: 14
- https://guideflow.com/blog/container-registry-software: 14

## In its own words

What Harbor's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: Our mission is to be the trusted cloud native repository for Kubernetes (https://goharbor.io/)
- For: organizations (https://goharbor.io/)
- Customers named: 360 Total Security, axatp, beyondsoft, boer, CERN, china-mobile, cloudstar, datayes

## What it publishes

Every page goharbor.io exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1884 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 36 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated

## 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.