GitLab is an open-core DevOps platform built around Git source-code hosting with merge requests, code review, and a deeply integrated toolchain. Beyond repositories it bundles GitLab CI/CD, a package and container registry, issue tracking and planning, and security scanning in higher tiers. The Community Edition is open-source and self-hostable, while GitLab.com offers a managed SaaS with a free tier and paid Premium and Ultimate plans. It targets teams that want a single application spanning plan-to-production. It is available self-managed or SaaS and holds enterprise certifications.
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Overview
- Founded
- 2014
- Pricing tier
- Mid
- Startup-friendly
- Yes
- Enterprise-ready
- Yes
Scm
- Free tier
- Yes: Free tier on GitLab.com and self-managed CE; Premium ~$29/user/mo.
- Open-source
- Yes
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Free private repos
- Yes
- Ci cd included
- Yes
- Package registry
- Yes
- Issue tracking
- Yes
- Enterprise sso
- Yes