# Announcing Chainguard Custom Assembly: Image Customization Without Complexity

DevFeed: [Announcing Chainguard Custom Assembly: Image Customization Without Complexity](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-chainguard-custom-assembly-image-customization-without-complexity-12877.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/announcing-chainguard-custom-assembly-image-customization-without-complexity>)

Published: 2025-02-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [chainguard images](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard-images.md>), [open-source-security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source-security.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

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## AI overview

Chainguard announces the beta release of Custom Assembly, a product for tailoring Chainguard Images with required packages while preserving hardened builds, security practices, and CVE remediation coverage. The article explains that the product addresses complex, maintenance-heavy customization workflows involving manual image changes, Docker builds, and proprietary pipelines.

## Source excerpt

Custom Assembly is Chainguard's new image customization product that enables companies to consume zero-CVE open source software tailored to unique requirements.