NORA

Spec sheet

Product

NORA (No-nonsense Open Registry for Artifacts) is an open-source, multi-protocol artifact registry built with Rust.Read 9 Oct 2026 · getnora.dev

Deployment

The maker documents running NORA with Docker and provides a Kubernetes Helm chart.Read 9 Oct 2026 · getnora.dev

License

The maker describes NORA as open source under the MIT License and free forever.Read 9 Oct 2026 · getnora.dev

Authentication

The quick start shows enabling authentication with an htpasswd file, and says authentication can be enabled with NORA_AUTH_ENABLED=true.Read 9 Oct 2026 · getnora.dev

Client integrations

The quick start demonstrates using Docker, npm, Go modules, and Helm OCI with a NORA registry.Read 9 Oct 2026 · getnora.dev

Curation

Its curation layer supports blocklists, allowlists, CVE blocking, and integrity verification.Read 9 Oct 2026 · getnora.dev

Curation integration

The maker documents Dozor as a companion tool that creates OSV advisory blocklists for NORA to enforce.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Curation modes

Curation can be set to off, audit, or enforce; enforce mode blocks matching requests with a 403 response.Read 9 Oct 2026 · getnora.dev

Maintainer

The repository says NORA was created and is maintained by Pavel Volkov.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Proxy and cache

NORA can transparently proxy upstream registries and cache artifacts locally.Read 9 Oct 2026 · getnora.dev

Registry formats

The documentation lists support for 13 formats, including Docker, Maven, npm, PyPI, Cargo, Go, and Raw.Read 9 Oct 2026 · getnora.dev

Startup and footprint

The documentation describes a single binary with no database or Java dependency, a startup time of about three seconds, and a binary under 23 MB.Read 9 Oct 2026 · getnora.dev

Storage integration

The maker lists AWS S3, Ceph RGW, and other S3-compatible backends for storage.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Support for air-gapped use

NORA includes a mirror CLI for offline synchronization in air-gapped environments.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Artifact repository software#42 of 647.7