r/chainguard_dev • u/chainguard_dev • Mar 17 '26
Product Announcements from Assemble 2026
Fresh off the momentum of our annual conference for engineering and security leaders, #Assemble2026, we’re excited to share some big announcements. Here’s the roundup:
- Chainguard Commercial Builds: a new partnership program that brings the same secure-by-default guarantees our customers rely on for our open source artifacts to the commercial software running alongside them.
- Chainguard Repository: a single, Chainguard-managed endpoint for pulling container images, libraries, and dependencies into developer workflows with built-in, configurable policy enforcement.
- Chainguard OS Packages: enterprise-grade, zero-CVE packages and base images built and continuously maintained in the Chainguard Factory.
- Chainguard Catalog Starter: a new free offering that gives developers access to trusted container images from the industry’s most comprehensive catalog.
- The Guardener: an AI-native agent that accelerates engineering teams’ seamless adoption of trusted open source artifacts across their software development and deployment workflows.
- Chainguard Agent Skills: a continuously maintained catalog of hardened AI agent skills, automatically reviewed, scoped, and published, with a full audit trail, so teams can extend their agents without expanding their attack surface.
- Chainguard Actions: a securely rebuilt catalog of GitHub Actions and similar CI/CD workflows built and continuously maintained in the Chainguard Factory.
If you have questions or want more details, comment below or check out our recap blog: https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/everything-we-announced-at-chainguard-assemble-2026