install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install docker-credential-helper

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%

sudo zypper install docker-credential-secretservice

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · docker-credential-secretservice · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Platform keystore credential helper for Docker

Project links

Commands and aliases

docker-credential-pass
docker-credential-secretservice

history

Project history and usage

Docker Credential Helpers is Docker's suite of helper binaries and Go libraries for storing registry credentials in native platform stores rather than plain Docker config JSON.

Project history

The repository was created to house the helper programs that Docker can invoke through its credential-store protocol. The README describes helpers for macOS Keychain, Linux Secret Service, Windows Credential Manager, and pass, plus libraries for client applications and for implementing new helpers.

The tag history begins with v0.1.0 in 2016 and continues through the 2020s. Its development has stayed intentionally narrow: it maintains small platform-specific executables, a common credentials protocol with store/get/erase/list commands, and build/release machinery for distributing helper binaries.

Adoption history

The helper suite became part of normal Docker desktop and CLI workflows because Docker config supports a credsStore setting in ~/.docker/config.json. Users often encounter it indirectly when Docker Desktop or a package manager installs docker-credential-osxkeychain, docker-credential-wincred, docker-credential-secretservice, or docker-credential-pass.

How it is used

Users configure Docker with a credsStore value such as osxkeychain, secretservice, wincred, or pass. Docker then calls the corresponding docker-credential-* program to store, retrieve, erase, and list registry secrets. Other command-line applications can also call helpers through the Go client package documented by the project.

Why package nerds care

This is a classic small package with outsized operational effect: it is not the Docker daemon, but it determines whether registry authentication is stored in a system keychain or leaks into config files. It also explains why Docker packages often need platform-specific credential-helper binaries alongside the main CLI.

Timeline

2016: v0.1.0 tagged for the Docker credential helper suite.
2017: v0.5.x releases continue early helper development.
2022: v0.7.0 appears after a long 0.6.x line.
2024: v0.8.x releases continue maintenance of the helper binaries.
2026: v0.9.8 is tagged in the upstream repository.

Related projects

Related projects include Docker CLI and Docker Engine, platform credential stores such as macOS Keychain, Secret Service, Windows Credential Manager, and pass, and service-specific helpers such as Amazon ECR Docker Credential Helper.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for docker-credential-helper. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 2 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.docker/config.json

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`docker-credential-pass`	cli	global executable
`docker-credential-secretservice`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version0.9.8

manager updated2026-06-08

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.9.8

https://github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:docker-credential-helper
Version	0.9.8
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/docker-credential-helper
Homepage	https://github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers
Repository	https://github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers
Upstream docs	https://github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers/archive/refs/tags/v0.9.8.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-08T21:10:10Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	go, pkgconf
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	docker-credential-helper
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

zypper92%

docker-credential-secretservice 0.7.0-1.12

Leverage Docker credentials with libsecret

http://www.docker.io

sudo zypper install docker-credential-secretservice

License: MIT
Category: System/Management
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: docker-credential-secretservice
9 dependencies
2 provides
installed executable or alias match
Matched by: Docker Credential Secretservice

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: docker-credential-secretservice from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/docker-credential-helper.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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