intro

Signed-off-by: Vadim Bauer <vb@container-registry.com>

Author: Vad1mo

README.md

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-# Harbor
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-![OCI Distribution Conformance Tests](https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/workflows/CONFORMANCE_TEST/badge.svg)
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-</br>
+# Harbor Next
 
-|![notification](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/goharbor/website/master/docs/img/readme/bell-outline-badged.svg)Community Meeting|
-|------------------|
-|The Harbor Project holds bi-weekly community calls in two different timezones. To join the community calls or to watch previous meeting notes and recordings, please visit the [meeting schedule](https://github.com/goharbor/community/blob/master/MEETING_SCHEDULE.md).|
+<p align="center"><img alt="Harbor Next" width="256px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/container-registry/harbor-next/refs/heads/main/docs/img/harbor-next-logo.svg"></p>
 
-</br> </br>
+Harbor is a CNCF graduated open-source container registry to store and manage container images and other OCI artifacts securely with policies, role-based access control, vulnerability scans and signing.
 
-**Note**: The `main` branch may be in an *unstable or even broken state* during development.
-Please use [releases](https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/releases) instead of the `main` branch in order to get a stable set of binaries.
+Harbor is hosted by the [Cloud Native Computing Foundation](https://cncf.io)
+(CNCF).
+If you are an organization that wants to help shape the evolution of Harbor,
+[reach out](https://container-registry.com/contact/) to us.
 
-<img alt="Harbor" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/goharbor/website/master/docs/img/readme/harbor_logo.png">
+# Harbor Next
 
-Harbor is an open source trusted cloud native registry project that stores, signs, and scans content. Harbor extends the open source Docker Distribution by adding the functionalities usually required by users such as security, identity and management. Having a registry closer to the build and run environment can improve the image transfer efficiency. Harbor supports replication of images between registries, and also offers advanced security features such as user management, access control and activity auditing.
+Harbor Next is a community-driven evolution of Harbor, designed to accelerate innovation and lower barriers for contributors.
+It serves as the upstream foundation for 8gcr (8gears Container Registry),
+in production at enterprises, government agencies, and cloud providers.
 
-Harbor is hosted by the [Cloud Native Computing Foundation](https://cncf.io) (CNCF). If you are an organization that wants to help shape the evolution of cloud native technologies, consider joining the CNCF. For details about whose involved and how Harbor plays a role, read the CNCF
-[announcement](https://www.cncf.io/blog/2018/07/31/cncf-to-host-harbor-in-the-sandbox/).
+We're developing Harbor Next as a [community proposal](https://github.com/goharbor/community/pull/272) with the goal of advancing the Harbor ecosystem — whether as a standalone project or as a future contribution back to CNCF Harbor.
+
+## Notable Changes in Harbor Next
+- Contributor/Maintainer ladder automation
+- Continuous delivery
+- Easy Contributor onboarding with out of the box dev environments
+- Multi-architecture artifacts
+- Scratch images with minimal size and attack surface.
+- Use of Docker Distribution V3
+- Proxy and replicate Charts in Chart Museum Format
+- Backup/replicate images straight to SFTP or S3 
+- Harbor Satellite Support
+- Versatile Helm Chart
+- Open Compose (install.sh less) supporting Docker & Podman Compose
+- Support for OpenShift,Rancher,k0s 
+- Prepending vetted features not yet upstream
+- more...
 
 ## Features
 
@@ -41,6 +48,7 @@ Harbor is hosted by the [Cloud Native Computing Foundation](https://cncf.io) (CN
 * **RESTful API**: RESTful APIs are provided to facilitate administrative operations, and are easy to use for integration with external systems. An embedded Swagger UI is available for exploring and testing the API.
 * **Easy deployment**: Harbor can be deployed via Docker compose as well Helm Chart, and a Harbor Operator was added recently as well.
 
+
 ## Architecture
 
 For learning the architecture design of Harbor, check the document [Architecture Overview of Harbor](https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/wiki/Architecture-Overview-of-Harbor).
@@ -51,6 +59,7 @@ For learning the architecture design of Harbor, check the document [Architecture
   * Part 1: [New or changed APIs](https://editor.swagger.io/?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/goharbor/harbor/main/api/v2.0/swagger.yaml)
 
 ## Install & Run
+
 **System requirements:**
 
 **On a Linux host:** docker 20.10.10-ce+ and docker-compose 1.18.0+ .
@@ -60,26 +69,6 @@ Download binaries of **[Harbor release ](https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/rele
 If you want to deploy Harbor on Kubernetes, please use the **[Harbor chart](https://github.com/goharbor/harbor-helm)**.
 
 Refer to the **[documentation](https://goharbor.io/docs/)** for more details on how to use Harbor.
-### Verifying Release Signatures
-Starting with v2.15.0, Harbor release artifacts are cryptographically signed using Cosign to ensure authenticity and integrity.
-
-Download the installers and signature bundles from the Harbor releases page.
-
-#### Quick Verification
-```bash
-# Install Cosign (v2.0+)
-brew install sigstore/tap/cosign
-
-# Verify signature
-cosign verify-blob \
-  --bundle harbor-offline-installer-v2.15.0.tgz.sigstore.json \
-  --certificate-oidc-issuer https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com \
-  --certificate-identity-regexp '^https://github.com/goharbor/harbor/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml@refs/tags/v.*$' \
-  harbor-offline-installer-v2.15.0.tgz
-```
-- *Expected output:* Verified OK
-
-- *Full verification guide:* [docs/signature-verification.md](docs/signature-verification.md)
 
 ## OCI Distribution Conformance Tests
 
@@ -127,11 +116,4 @@ For further details please see our complete [security release process](SECURITY.
 
 Harbor is available under the [Apache 2 license](LICENSE).
 
-This project uses open source components which have additional licensing terms.  The official docker images and licensing terms for these open source components can be found at the following locations:
-
-* Photon OS 1.0: [docker image](https://hub.docker.com/_/photon/), [license](https://github.com/vmware/photon/blob/master/COPYING)
-
-
 ## Fossa Status
-
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