podman-container-tools/skopeo

Health v2 · maintenance only

Adoption not part of the score

11194 stars · 952 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Skopeo is a command line utility for performing operations on container images and image registries, such as copying, inspecting, deleting, and syncing images. It works with OCI and Docker v2 images without requiring root privileges or a running daemon.

Use cases

• copy a container image from one registry to another without pulling it locally
• inspect a remote image's manifest and layers without pulling it
• delete an image from a remote registry
• mirror images into an internal registry for air-gapped deployments
• sign and verify container image content
• log in to registries and manage credentials

When to choose

• you need to move or inspect container images across registries without a daemon or root access
• you want to sync images for offline or air-gapped environments
• you need to work with both OCI and Docker v2 image formats

When to avoid

• you need to build images from Dockerfiles (use Buildah or Docker instead)
• you need to run containers locally (use Podman or Docker instead)

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

cli container-runtime security developer-tools cloud-computing developer-tools security windows cli cross-platform container-images oci docker-registry image-signing image-copying registry-inspection air-gapped containers devops linux macos

Member repositories

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="podman-container-tools/skopeo")