Chainguard Surpasses 500 Million Container Build Manifests
The industry's fastest-growing container image catalog exceeds 2,000 projects, 340,000 image versions, and 27,000 unique underlying packages, offering broad software supply chain coverage
KIRKLAND, Wash., Feb. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Chainguard, the trusted source for open source, today announced it has surpassed more than 500 million unique container build manifests through its automated software factory, which produces millions of builds each month. The milestone highlights Chainguard's unmatched scale and engineering rigor, and its role in redefining how open source software is built, secured, and deployed for organizations around the world. With more than 500 million unique container build manifests, Chainguard is the leading solution that provides engineering teams with all of the trusted open source they need to build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk.
"Securing the entire software supply chain requires deep technical prowess and automation," said Dan Lorenc, CEO and Co-Founder of Chainguard. "Our software factory continuously rebuilds every open source component that engineering teams rely on directly from source and maintains these components continuously over time. The depth and breadth of our software catalog means teams that build with Chainguard never have to choose between speed and trust."
Chainguard's software catalog offers unmatched scale and automation
As organizations increasingly depend on open source software to power critical infrastructure, Chainguard has emerged as the go-to provider for continuously rebuilt, transparently maintained container images that eliminate risk across the software supply chain. Behind this innovation is the Chainguard Factory, an automated build system similar to a software assembly line, which continuously monitors, rebuilds, and delivers secure versions of open source projects. Last week, Chainguard announced a supercharged second generation of its software factory driven by DriftlessAF, a resilient, self-correcting system that leverages traditional and agentic AI-powered reconciliation bots to deliver trusted open source at massive scale. To date, the company has delivered:
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Chainguard continuously adds new projects and versions across both x86_64 and aarch64 architectures to its software catalog at no additional cost to full catalog customers, ensuring they receive a stronger security posture and broader coverage over time. Chainguard's software catalog continues to expand in both breadth and value, delivering compounding benefits to customers:
"At Second Front, we make it faster and easier to deliver secure, compliant software to government teams and missions where security is non-negotiable," said Jeff Davis, Senior Staff Platform Engineer at Second Front. "Access to Chainguard's full catalog gives us access to an extensive library of secure, trusted open source images. No surprises, no hoops to jump through, just the freedom to move fast with security and trust built in."
Improving Chainguard Containers with new features
Chainguard continues to invest heavily in its container images product, delivering meaningful improvements that enhance usability, adoption, and lifecycle management:
Together, these improvements reinforce Chainguard's commitment to delivering container images that are not only secure by default, but also easier to adopt, operate, and maintain at scale.
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About Chainguard
Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk. Its customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Snap Inc., and Snowflake. Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital. For more information, visit: https://www.chainguard.dev/
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