Push it. Sell it.
Breakwater is a secure access layer for your container images. License-aware auth, customer-specific credentials, and a hardened path from docker pull to paid delivery—available as a managed service or self-hosted on your infrastructure.
$ docker login registry.breakwaterapp.com
Username: acme-co-prod
Password: ••••••••••••••••
$ docker pull registry.breakwaterapp.com/acme/app:2.1.0
> policy: enterprise
> status: allowed (active subscription)
Built for licensed container distribution
Breakwater sits in front of your container registry to enforce license, plan, and subscription rules at pull time. No more custom glue code or leaky access tokens.
License-aware auth
Tie access directly to subscriptions, plans, or license keys. Change a customer's status and their pull access updates in real time.
Customer-specific credentials
Issue scoped credentials per customer, project, or environment. Rotate and revoke without disturbing other accounts.
Observability & audit
See who pulled what, when, and under which license. Exportable logs for security, support, and finance.
How Breakwater fits into your stack
Keep your existing registry. Breakwater adds an authorization layer that speaks your customer and license model.
Connect your registry
Point Breakwater at your existing Docker/OCI registry (self-hosted or cloud). No need to restructure your images.
registry: ghcr, ECR, Harbor, …
Model plans & licenses
Sync your billing or license system. Define which plans or licenses map to which images and tags.
plans: starter, pro, enterprise
Issue credentials, start pulling
Your customers authenticate via Breakwater. Each pull is checked against active licenses before the registry is touched.
docker login registry.breakwaterapp.com
Developer-first by design
A clean API, webhooks, and CLI tools so Breakwater can plug into the systems you already run—billing, CRM, CI/CD, and support.
- REST + webhook integrations for your billing system.
- CLI for issuing credentials and debugging policies.
- Audit-friendly logs and export formats.
Be the first to test Breakwater
We're working with a small group of vendors who distribute their product as containers. Tell us a bit about your setup and we'll reach out with details.
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