Cloud Native Buildpacks

Buildpack Registry

The Cloud Native Buildpacks registry indexes published buildpacks for discovery and reuse. It mirrors metadata for buildpack packages stored in OCI registries and exposes a browseable catalog at registry.buildpacks.io.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://github.com/buildpacks/registry-api
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APIReference
https://github.com/buildpacks/registry-api#endpoints

Other Resources

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Registry
https://registry.buildpacks.io/
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Source Code
https://github.com/buildpacks/registry-api
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Specification
https://github.com/buildpacks/spec/blob/main/extensions/buildpack-registry.md
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AgentSkill
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/buildpacks/refs/heads/main/skills/buildpacks-publish-a-buildpack-to-the-registry.md

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: buildpacks:registry
name: Buildpack Registry
tags:
- Discovery
- Registry
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
humanURL: https://registry.buildpacks.io/
properties:
- url: https://registry.buildpacks.io/
  type: Registry
- url: https://github.com/buildpacks/registry-api
  type: Source Code
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/buildpacks/registry-api
- type: APIReference
  url: https://github.com/buildpacks/registry-api#endpoints
- type: Specification
  url: https://github.com/buildpacks/spec/blob/main/extensions/buildpack-registry.md
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/buildpacks-publish-a-buildpack-to-the-registry.md
description: The Cloud Native Buildpacks registry indexes published buildpacks for discovery and reuse.
  It mirrors metadata for buildpack packages stored in OCI registries and exposes a browseable catalog
  at registry.buildpacks.io.
baseURL: https://registry.buildpacks.io/api/v1