When comparing Gitlab Container Registry vs ProGet, the Slant community recommends Gitlab Container Registry for most people. In the question“What are the best docker image private registries?” Gitlab Container Registry is ranked 1st while ProGet is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose Gitlab Container Registry is:
Good integration into the repository you build your docker images out of. Just activate it for your repo and you're done. Most of the time new projects/repo have it on by default.
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Pros
Pro Integration into GitLab
Good integration into the repository you build your docker images out of. Just activate it for your repo and you're done. Most of the time new projects/repo have it on by default.
Pro Free
Pro Docker support
Read more about Docker support.
Pro Management
Also offers management options such as who downloaded which package.
Pro Self hosted
No need for IIS or Apache server, except when using it as a Docker server.
Cons
Con Tight integration into GitLab
If you're not building your docker images via GitLab CI, it's kinda hard to push images to the registry.
Con Docker garbage collection
Gitlab has very poor docker garbage collection management by default. One must read a good portion of the documentation to know what to do, so that garbage collection kicks in.
Con SQL Server
All Inedo products require an instance of SQL Server (the Hub can download and install a SQL Express instance if needed)
Con Windows only
Although a Docker hosted Linux version exists.