# Platform Features

## Cloud-native Artifact Management

Gain complete control over every package, container and software asset used across your business. Use Cloudsmith as the single source of truth for your work.

### Unlimited packages and repositories

Use Cloudsmith to store every package, container, model and dataset.

### Core package management

Use package managers or our CLI to push and pull software artifacts.

30+ formats supported

Native support for 30+ package formats, Hugging Face assets, and raw files of any type.

### Private repositories

Secure access to your software artifacts using access controls and private repos.

### Public repositories

Share your packages publicly or with customers using Cloudsmith Broadcasts.

### Multi-format repositories

Bring related artifacts together, and manage dependencies in your preferred pattern.

### Connected repositories

Link repositories together so packages resolve across them through a single endpoint.

### Container registry

Bring your containers to Cloudsmith and unlock a single source of truth for all software dependencies.

### Raw files

Manage files of any type and serve them along with your software packages.

### Proxy and cache upstream registries

Packages pulled from OSS registries pass through checks and policies en route to developers.

### Retention rules

Keep your workspace tidy and costs down by deleting unwanted packages.

### Custom domains

Wrap Cloudsmith's delivery endpoints in your own domain.

# Workflow Integrations

Connect Cloudsmith to your CI/CD platforms, configuration management tools and container registries using the CLI, REST API and official plugins.

### Cloudsmith CLI

Configure and interact with your Cloudsmith workspace without leaving the terminal.

### Cloudsmith Github action

Build software using GitHub actions and push directly to Cloudsmith.

### Terraform Provider

Cloudsmith is verified Terraform provider, enabling you to configure resources automatically.

### CircleCI orb

Publish packages to Cloudsmith with the help of our CircleCI orb.

### Webhooks

Use a range of actions taken on Cloudsmith to trigger webhooks and third-party integrations.

### Package promotion workflows

Carry out checks and then automate how packages move between your repos.

### CI/CD platforms

Publish and pull packages from GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket Pipelines, Buildkite and more.

### Configuration management

Distribute packages to your fleet with Ansible, Chef and Puppet.

### Dependency update tools

Keep dependencies current from your own repositories with Dependabot and Renovate.

### Canonical upstreams

Connect Docker Hub, Docker Hardened Images, Chainguard, RapidFort and WizOS as upstream sources.

### Slack and Microsoft Teams

Send Cloudsmith events to the channels where your teams already work.

### Datadog

Bring Cloudsmith observability data into your existing monitoring.

### IDE extensions

Work with Cloudsmith from VS Code, Cursor and Theia.

### MCP support

Use MCP through the Cloudsmith CLI to connect AI tooling to your workspace.

### Machine learning

Integrate with MLflow and AWS SageMaker to manage your models alongside your software.

# Frequently Asked Questions

1. **What is a repository in Cloudsmith?**  
A repository is a storage location for software packages and containers. Each repository has its own permissions, policies, upstream sources and retention rules, and you can create as many as you need.

2. **Can one repository hold packages of different formats?**  
Yes. Cloudsmith repositories are multi-format, so one repository can hold packages of every supported type and related artifacts can live together.

3. **What are connected repositories?**  
Connected repositories link multiple Cloudsmith repositories so packages from all of them resolve through a single repository and a single endpoint.

4. **Does Cloudsmith have virtual repositories?**  
Connected repositories are Cloudsmith's equivalent of virtual repositories.

5. **How does upstream proxying and caching work?**  
Cloudsmith can proxy packages from upstream registries such as PyPI, npmjs and Docker Hub, and optionally cache them in your repository.

6. **How do I keep repositories from growing out of control?**  
Retention rules automatically delete packages that exceed a repository's configured limits for count, age or total size.

7. **Can I serve packages from my own domain?**  
Yes. Custom domains can be account-wide, working across all repositories in your organization, or per-repository.

8. **Can I use Cloudsmith as a container registry?**  
Yes. Cloudsmith includes a Docker registry where you can push images, and you can configure upstream Docker registries and cache the images your teams request.

9. **What can I control on each repository?**  
Each repository has its own settings for access controls, upstream proxying, retention rules, Geo/IP rules, entitlement tokens, EULA enforcement, custom domains, webhooks, signing keys, license compliance and security scanning.