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Introduction to GitHub Packages In this article About GitHub Packages About billing for GitHub Packages Supported clients and formats Authenticating to GitHub Packages Managing packages Contacting support
GitHub Packages is a software package hosting service that allows you to host your software packages privately or publicly and use packages as software dependencies in your GitHub projects.
GitHub Packages is available with GitHub Free, GitHub Pro, [GitHub Free for organizations, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, GitHub Enterprise Server 3.0 or higher, and GitHub AE.
GitHub Packages is not available for private repositories owned by accounts using legacy per-repository plans. Also, accounts using legacy per-repository plans cannot access the Container registry since these accounts are billed by repository. For more information, see “GitHub's products.”
About GitHub Packages GitHub Packages is a platform for hosting and managing packages, including containers and other dependencies. GitHub Packages combines your source code and packages in one place to provide integrated permissions management and billing, so you can centralize your software development on GitHub.
You can integrate GitHub Packages with GitHub APIs, GitHub Actions, and webhooks to create an end-to-end DevOps workflow that includes your code, CI, and deployment solutions.
GitHub Packages offers different package registries for commonly used package managers, such as npm, RubyGems, Apache Maven, Gradle, Docker, and NuGet. GitHub's Container registry is optimized for containers and supports Docker and OCI images. For more information on the different package registries that GitHub Packages supports, see “Working with a GitHub Packages registry.”
Diagram showing packages support for the Container registry, RubyGems, npm, Apache Maven, NuGet, and Gradle
You can view a package's README, as well as metadata such as licensing, download statistics, version history, and more on GitHub. For more information, see “Viewing packages.”
Overview of package permissions and visibility Permissions The permissions for a package are either inherited from the repository where the package is hosted or, for packages in the Container registry, they can be defined for specific user or organization accounts. For more information, see “Configuring a package’s access control and visibility.” Visibility You can publish packages in a public repository (public packages) to share with all of GitHub, or in a private repository (private packages) to share with collaborators or an organization. For more information, see “About permissions for GitHub Packages.”
About billing for GitHub Packages GitHub Packages usage is free for public packages. For private packages, each account on GitHub.com receives a certain amount of free storage and data transfer, depending on the product used with the account. Any usage beyond the included amounts is controlled by spending limits. If you are a monthly-billed customer, your account will have a default spending limit of 0 US dollars (USD), which prevents additional usage of storage or data transfer after you reach the included amounts. If you pay your account by invoice, your account will have an unlimited default spending limit. For more information, see “About billing for GitHub Packages.”
Supported clients and formats GitHub Packages uses the native package tooling commands you're already familiar with to publish and install package versions.
Support for package registries Language Description Package format Package client JavaScript Node package manager package.json npm Ruby RubyGems package manager Gemfile gem Java Apache Maven project management and comprehension tool pom.xml mvn Java Gradle build automation tool for Java build.gradle or build.gradle.kts gradle .NET NuGet package management for .NET nupkg dotnet CLI N/A Docker container management Dockerfile Docker For more information about configuring your package client for use with GitHub Packages, see “Working with a GitHub Packages registry.”
For more information about Docker and the Container registry, see “Working with the Container registry.”
Authenticating to GitHub Packages You need an access token to publish, install, and delete packages.
You can use a personal access token (PAT) to authenticate to GitHub Packages or the GitHub API. When you create a personal access token, you can assign the token different scopes depending on your needs. For more information about packages-related scopes for a PAT, see “About permissions for GitHub Packages.”
To authenticate to a GitHub Packages registry within a GitHub Actions workflow, you can use:
GITHUB_TOKEN to publish packages associated with the workflow repository. a PAT to install packages associated with other private repositories (which GITHUB_TOKEN can't access). For more information about GITHUB_TOKEN used in GitHub Actions workflows, see “Authentication in a workflow.”
Managing packages You can delete a package in the GitHub.com user interface or using the REST API. For more information, see the “GitHub Packages API.”
When you use the GraphQL API to query and delete private packages, you must use the same token you use to authenticate to GitHub Packages. For more information, see “Deleting and restoring a package” and “Forming calls with GraphQL.”
You can configure webhooks to subscribe to package-related events, such as when a package is published or updated. For more information, see the “package webhook event.”
Contacting support If you have feedback or feature requests for GitHub Packages, use a GitHub Packages feedback discussion.
Contact GitHub Support about GitHub Packages using our contact form if:
You experience anything that contradicts the documentation You encounter vague or unclear errors Your published package contains sensitive data, such as GDPR violations, API Keys, or personally identifying information
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