Introduction to GitHub Packages

About GitHub Packages

GitHub Packages is a platform for hosting and managing packages, including containers and other dependencies. GitHub Packages combines your source code and packages in one place to provide integrated permissions management, so you can centralize your software development on GitHub Enterprise Server.

You can integrate GitHub Packages with GitHub Enterprise Server APIs, GitHub Actions, and webhooks to create an end-to-end DevOps workflow that includes your code, CI, and deployment solutions.

GitHub Packages offers different package registries for commonly used package managers, such as npm, RubyGems, Apache Maven, Gradle, Docker, and NuGet. For more information on the different package registries that GitHub Packages supports, see "Working with a GitHub Packages registry."

You can view a package's README, as well as metadata such as licensing, download statistics, version history, and more on GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see "Viewing packages."

For more information about the configuration of GitHub Packages on GitHub Enterprise Server, see "Getting started with GitHub Packages for your enterprise."

Overview of package permissions and visibility

Permissions	Each package inherits the permissions of the repository where the package is hosted. For example, anyone with read permissions for a repository can install a package as a dependency in a project, and anyone with write permissions can publish a new package version.
Visibility	Puede publicar paquetes en un repositorio público (paquetespúblicos) para compartir con todos en su empresa, o en un repositorio privado (paquetes privados) para compartir con colaboradores o con una organización.

For more information, see "About permissions for GitHub Packages."

Supported clients and formats

GitHub Packages uses the native package tooling commands you're already familiar with to publish and install package versions.

Support for package registries

Language	Description	Package format	Package client
JavaScript	Node package manager	package.json	npm
Ruby	RubyGems package manager	Gemfile	gem
Java	Apache Maven project management and comprehension tool	pom.xml	mvn
Java	Gradle build automation tool for Java	build.gradle or build.gradle.kts	gradle
.NET	NuGet package management for .NET	nupkg	dotnet CLI
N/A	Docker container management	Dockerfile	Docker

For more information about configuring your package client for use with GitHub Packages, see "Working with a GitHub Packages registry."

Authenticating to GitHub Packages

You need an access token to publish, install, and delete private, internal, and public packages.

You can use a personal access token (PAT) to authenticate to GitHub Packages or the GitHub Enterprise Server API. When you create a personal access token, you can assign the token different scopes depending on your needs. For more information about packages-related scopes for a PAT, see "About permissions for GitHub Packages."

To authenticate to a GitHub Packages registry within a GitHub Actions workflow, you can use:

• GITHUB_TOKEN to publish packages associated with the workflow repository.
• a PAT with at least packages:read scope to install packages associated with other private repositories (which GITHUB_TOKEN can't access).

Para más información sobre el uso de GITHUB_TOKEN en flujos de trabajo de GitHub Actions, vea "Autenticación en un flujo de trabajo".

Managing packages

You can delete a private or public package in the GitHub Enterprise Server user interface. Or for repo-scoped packages, you can delete a version of a private package using GraphQL.

When you use the GraphQL API to query and delete private packages, you must use the same token you use to authenticate to GitHub Packages.

For more information, see "Deleting and restoring a package" and "Forming calls with GraphQL."

You can configure webhooks to subscribe to package-related events, such as when a package is published or updated. For more information, see the "package webhook event."

Contacting support

If you need support for GitHub Packages, please contact your site administrators.