5 simple things you can do with GitHub Packages to level up your workflows

GitHub Packages, introduced in 2019, integrates a package and container registry directly into GitHub repositories, allowing developers to centralize their development workflows by using industry-standard package managers like npm, Gradle, Maven, RubyGems, NuGet, and Docker. This integration simplifies dependency management, credential centralization, and permissioning while offering features like download statistics and usage history for hosted packages. GitHub also supports Docker and OCI images with native container registry capabilities, enabling streamlined CI/CD processes and standardized base image usage. Automation through GitHub Actions further enhances package management by allowing developers to automate workflows and secure them using GITHUB_TOKEN, which provides time-limited access tokens for enhanced security. Additionally, GitHub offers private package hosting with specific storage and transfer limits, ensuring private registries remain confidential.