# docker/docker-credential-helpers

Programs to keep Docker login credentials safe by storing in platform keystores

Repository: https://github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/docker-credential-helpers
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-26T16:46:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3859, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 31, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1310, forks 195 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:19.919080+00:00)

## What it is
A suite of Go programs that store Docker login credentials in native platform keystores (e.g., macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager, libsecret) instead of plaintext config files. It integrates with Docker via the credsStore option in ~/.docker/config.json and exposes a client package for other CLI apps.

## Use cases
- store docker registry credentials in the OS keychain instead of plaintext
- secure docker login secrets on macOS with osxkeychain
- integrate credential storage into my own CLI application
- avoid storing registry passwords in ~/.docker/config.json
- manage docker credentials on Windows with the credential manager

## When to choose
- you use Docker CLI and want credentials kept in the native OS keystore
- you need a standard credential-helper protocol for container registry auth in your own tooling

## When to avoid
- you need secrets management beyond Docker registry credentials
- your platform has no supported native keystore helper

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: auth, secrets-management, security, cli
- domain: developer-tools, security
- platform: windows, go, cli
- tags: docker, credential-helpers, keychain, container-registry, secrets-storage, containers, devops, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- docker/docker-credential-helpers (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:19.919080+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:49:54.618253+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:19.919080+00:00, sha 7012c3e8990e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.