# chainctl images repos create

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Last Modified: October 15, 2026
Tags: chainctl, Reference, Product

## chainctl images repos create

Create an image repository.

```
chainctl images repos create {REPO_NAME} --parent ORGANIZATION_NAME | ORGANIZATION_ID | FOLDER_NAME | FOLDER_ID --tier=APPLICATION|BASE|FIPS|AI|DEVTOOLS|COMMERCIAL
```

### Options

```
      --description string   Description for the repo (max 255 characters).
      --parent string        The name or id of the parent location to create an image repo. Defaults to the default.group config value (env: CHAINGUARD_DEFAULT_GROUP).
      --source string        Repository ID to sync from.
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --api string         The url of the Chainguard platform API. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
      --audience string    The Chainguard token audience to request. (default "https://console-api.enforce.dev")
      --config string      A specific chainctl config file. Uses CHAINCTL_CONFIG environment variable if a file is not passed explicitly.
      --console string     The url of the Chainguard platform Console. (default "https://console.chainguard.dev")
      --force-color        Force color output even when stdout is not a TTY.
  -h, --help               Help for chainctl
      --issuer string      The url of the Chainguard STS endpoint. (default "https://issuer.enforce.dev")
      --log-level string   Set the log level (debug, info) (default "ERROR")
  -o, --output string      Output format. One of: [csv, env, go-template, id, json, markdown, none, table, terse, tree, wide]
  -v, --v int              Set the log verbosity level.
```

### SEE ALSO

* [chainctl images repos](/platform/chainctl/chainctl-docs/chainctl_images_repos/)	 - Image repo related commands for the Chainguard platform.