<h1>No</h1>
<p><a href="https://github.com/github/roadmap/issues/558" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Not currently anyway. There is a ticket for this #558</a></p>
<p>This is also mentioned in <a href="https://docs.github.com/en/packages/working-with-a-github-packages-registry/working-with-the-container-registry#authenticating-to-the-container-registry" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Working with the Container registry: &quot;Authenticating to the Container registry&quot;</a></p>
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<p><strong>GitHub Packages only supports authentication using a personal access token (classic). For more information, see &quot;Managing your personal access tokens.&quot;</strong></p>
</blockquote>

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Evan Carroll
<p>I want to pull down an image on the GitHub Container Registry. It requires authentication? Can I use a fine-grained access PAT for that?</p>

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Can you authenticate to ghcr.io and pull down images using fine-grained access tokens?
Evan Carroll
# Can you authenticate to ghcr.io and pull down images using fine-grained access tokens?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-11-22)

I want to pull down an image on the GitHub Container Registry. It requires authentication? Can I use a fine-grained access PAT for that?

**Tags:** github, authentication, ghcr


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2024-11-22. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

# No

[Not currently anyway. There is a ticket for this #558](https://github.com/github/roadmap/issues/558)

This is also mentioned in [Working with the Container registry: "Authenticating to the Container registry"](https://docs.github.com/en/packages/working-with-a-github-packages-registry/working-with-the-container-registry#authenticating-to-the-container-registry)

> **GitHub Packages only supports authentication using a personal access token (classic). For more information, see "Managing your personal access tokens."**


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