diff --git a/cmd/registry/config-torrent.yml b/cmd/registry/config-torrent.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..215b4288
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/registry/config-torrent.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+version: 0.1
+log:
+  fields:
+    service: registry
+storage:
+  cache:
+    blobdescriptor: inmemory
+  torrent:
+    rootdirectory: /var/lib/registry
+http:
+  addr: :5000
+  headers:
+    X-Content-Type-Options: [nosniff]
+auth:
+  absent
+health:
+  storagedriver:
+    enabled: true
+    interval: 10s
+    threshold: 3
diff --git a/cmd/registry/main.go b/cmd/registry/main.go
index 09a09260..170a965b 100644
--- a/cmd/registry/main.go
+++ b/cmd/registry/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	_ "net/http/pprof"
 
 	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry"
+	_ "github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/auth/absent"
 	_ "github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/auth/htpasswd"
 	_ "github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/auth/silly"
 	_ "github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/auth/token"
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/storage/driver/middleware/redirect"
 	_ "github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/storage/driver/oss"
 	_ "github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/storage/driver/s3-aws"
+	_ "github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/storage/driver/swarm"
 	_ "github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/storage/driver/swift"
 )
 
diff --git a/registry/auth/absent/access.go b/registry/auth/absent/access.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..826cb78c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/registry/auth/absent/access.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package auth
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/auth"
+)
+
+type accessController struct{}
+
+var _ auth.AccessController = &accessController{}
+
+// Authorized returns a non-nil error if the context is granted access and
+// returns a new authorized context. If one or more Access structs are
+// provided, the requested access will be compared with what is available
+// to the context. The given context will contain a "http.request" key with
+// a `*http.Request` value. If the error is non-nil, access should always
+// be denied. The error may be of type Challenge, in which case the caller
+// may have the Challenge handle the request or choose what action to take
+// based on the Challenge header or response status. The returned context
+// object should have a "auth.user" value set to a UserInfo struct.
+func (a *accessController) Authorized(ctx context.Context, access ...auth.Access) (context.Context, error) {
+	return context.WithValue(ctx, "auth.user", &auth.UserInfo{Name: "leet hax0r"}), nil
+}
+
+func newAccessController(options map[string]interface{}) (*accessController, error) {
+	return &accessController{}, nil
+}
+
+func init() {
+	f := func(options map[string]interface{}) (auth.AccessController, error) {
+		return newAccessController(options)
+	}
+	auth.Register("absent", auth.InitFunc(f))
+}
diff --git a/registry/storage/driver/swarm/driver.go b/registry/storage/driver/swarm/driver.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8de5ba74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/registry/storage/driver/swarm/driver.go
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+package swarm
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/storage/driver"
+	"github.com/distribution/distribution/v3/registry/storage/driver/factory"
+)
+
+const driverName = "torrent"
+
+func init() {
+	factory.Register(driverName, &torrentDriverFactory{})
+}
+
+// torrentDriverFactory implements the factory.StorageDriverFactory interface.
+type torrentDriverFactory struct{}
+
+var _ factory.StorageDriverFactory = (*torrentDriverFactory)(nil)
+
+func (f *torrentDriverFactory) Create(map[string]interface{}) (driver.StorageDriver, error) {
+	return New(), nil
+}
+
+// torrentDriver implements the driver.StorageDriver interface
+type torrentDriver struct{}
+
+var _ driver.StorageDriver = (*torrentDriver)(nil)
+
+func New() *torrentDriver {
+	return &torrentDriver{}
+}
+
+// Name returns the human-readable "name" of the driver, useful in error
+// messages and logging. By convention, this will just be the registration
+// name, but drivers may provide other information here.
+func (t *torrentDriver) Name() string {
+	return driverName
+}
+
+func (t *torrentDriver) Delete(ctx context.Context, path string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// GetContent retrieves the content stored at "path" as a []byte.
+// This should primarily be used for small objects.
+func (t *torrentDriver) GetContent(ctx context.Context, path string) ([]byte, error) {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+// PutContent stores the []byte content at a location designated by "path".
+// This should primarily be used for small objects.
+func (t *torrentDriver) PutContent(ctx context.Context, path string, content []byte) error {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+// Reader retrieves an io.ReadCloser for the content stored at "path"
+// with a given byte offset.
+// May be used to resume reading a stream by providing a nonzero offset.
+func (t *torrentDriver) Reader(ctx context.Context, path string, offset int64) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+// Writer returns a FileWriter which will store the content written to it
+// at the location designated by "path" after the call to Commit.
+func (t *torrentDriver) Writer(ctx context.Context, path string, append bool) (driver.FileWriter, error) {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+// Stat retrieves the FileInfo for the given path, including the current
+// size in bytes and the creation time.
+func (t *torrentDriver) Stat(ctx context.Context, path string) (driver.FileInfo, error) {
+	return &swarmFile{}, nil
+}
+
+// List returns a list of the objects that are direct descendants of the
+// given path.
+func (t *torrentDriver) List(ctx context.Context, path string) ([]string, error) {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+// Move moves an object stored at sourcePath to destPath, removing the
+// original object.
+// Note: This may be no more efficient than a copy followed by a delete for
+// many implementations.
+func (t *torrentDriver) Move(ctx context.Context, sourcePath string, destPath string) error {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+// URLFor returns a URL which may be used to retrieve the content stored at
+// the given path, possibly using the given options.
+// May return an ErrUnsupportedMethod in certain StorageDriver
+// implementations.
+func (t *torrentDriver) URLFor(ctx context.Context, path string, options map[string]interface{}) (string, error) {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
+
+// Walk traverses a filesystem defined within driver, starting
+// from the given path, calling f on each file.
+// If the returned error from the WalkFn is ErrSkipDir and fileInfo refers
+// to a directory, the directory will not be entered and Walk
+// will continue the traversal.  If fileInfo refers to a normal file, processing stops
+func (t *torrentDriver) Walk(ctx context.Context, path string, f driver.WalkFn) error {
+	panic("not implemented") // TODO: Implement
+}
diff --git a/registry/storage/driver/swarm/file.go b/registry/storage/driver/swarm/file.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c856e1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/registry/storage/driver/swarm/file.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package swarm
+
+import "time"
+
+type swarmFile struct{}
+
+// Path provides the full path of the target of this file info.
+func (f *swarmFile) Path() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+// Size returns current length in bytes of the file. The return value can
+// be used to write to the end of the file at path. The value is
+// meaningless if IsDir returns true.
+func (f *swarmFile) Size() int64 {
+	return 0
+}
+
+// ModTime returns the modification time for the file. For backends that
+// don't have a modification time, the creation time should be returned.
+func (f *swarmFile) ModTime() time.Time {
+	return time.Now()
+}
+
+// IsDir returns true if the path is a directory.
+func (f *swarmFile) IsDir() bool {
+	return false
+}