Container management made easy: Bitbucket Packages now generally available

Until now, the management of container images was often associated with tool changes, increased administrative effort and non-transparent costs. With the launch of Bitbucket Packages as a native container registry in Bitbucket Cloud, Atlassian now offers an elegant solution: manage source code, pipelines and container images centrally in one tool.

This feature is now generally available (GA) and offers development teams a modern, integrated solution for container management - with a clear cost structure, less complexity and consistent authorizations.

1. What is Bitbucket Packages?

Bitbucket Packages is a container registry integrated into Bitbucket Cloud that allows you to create, manage and deploy container images directly in your repository. This makes Bitbucket a complete platform for modern software development: code, CI/CD and containers in one tool.

2. Advantages: Fewer tools, more control

Better developer experience: No more constant tool changes. Manage images directly where code and pipelines live.

Cost efficiency: Fewer tools mean lower license and administration costs.

Central authorizations: Access rights for images and tags are automatically based on the repository permissions - fewer misconfigurations, more security.

3. What is available now?

• Container registry at workspace level, with repository-bound permissions
• Push & pull via Docker CLI, authenticated via Atlassian API token
• Image & tag deletion for storage optimization
• Transparent billing & usage insights directly via the workspace settings

4. Price structure at a glance

5. How to get started with Bitbucket Packages

1. Link the workspace to an Atlassian organization
2. Access the "Packages" tab in the repository
3. Manage container images directly via the Docker CLI or pipelines
4. View usage and costs transparently in Atlassian Admin

6. An outlook: What's coming next?

Atlassian is already working on further enhancements:

• Immutable tags to secure deployments
• Deeper pipeline integration for end-to-end workflows
• Support for language packages (e.g. NPM, Maven, PYPI, etc.)

Would you like to successfully integrate Bitbucket packages into your development environment?

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