Answers: <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>
  <blockquote>
  <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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Answers: Evan Carroll
Body: <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>
  
Tags: <github><authentication><ghcr>
Title: Can you authenticate to ghcr.io and pull down images using fine-grained access tokens?
UserDisplayName: Evan Carroll
ThreadText: # 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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