For the complete documentation index, see llms.txt.

Getting Started

What is Chainguard?
An overview of Chainguard: its mission to be the secure source for open source, its products (Containers, Libraries, and OS), and the Factory that builds them.
Getting started with Guardener
Install the Chainguard App and link your Chainguard organization to your GitHub organization to start using Guardener.
Get started with Chainguard Checks
Sign up for Chainguard Checks, add a .chainguard/ci.yaml file to a repository, and see your first checks run on a GitHub pull request.
Get started with Chainguard Workspaces
Sign up for Chainguard Workspaces, open your first development session, and learn how to detach from it and return.
Quickstart for Chainguard Containers
An end-to-end walkthrough of Chainguard Containers: pull a free container, run a small Node.js application on it, and verify the image's signature and SBOM.
Set up Chainguard Checks and Chainguard Workspaces
How Chainguard Checks and Chainguard Workspaces work together, and how to sign up for both with chainctl develop init and give teammates access.
Onboard your teams
Onboard your teams to Chainguard Containers and Chainguard Libraries: what your organization can pull, how subscriptions differ, and how to retrieve SBOMs and provenance.