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GitLab
DeveloperGitLab Inc.
Release2011; 15 years ago (2011)
Stable release
18.11[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 16 April 2026; 2 months ago (16 April 2026)
Written inRuby, Go and JavaScript
Operating systemCross-platform
Platformx86-64, aarch64
Available inEnglish
Type
LicenseCommunity Edition: MIT License and other software licenses[3]
Enterprise Edition: Source-available proprietary software[3][4]
Websiteabout.gitlab.com Edit this on Wikidata
Repository

GitLab is a software forge primarily developed by GitLab Inc. It is available as either a free software "Community" edition or a proprietary software "Enterprise" edition.

History

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GitLab was created in 2011 by Ukrainian programmer Dmytro Zaporozhets. It was a side project, written in Ruby on Rails.[5]

Components

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GitLab consists of several components, mostly interconnected by Unix sockets:[6]

References

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  1. "GitLab 18.11 release notes". April 16, 2026. Retrieved April 18, 2026.
  2. "GitLab 14 Delivers Modern DevOps in One Platform". DevPro Journal. July 12, 2021. Archived from the original on January 30, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "GitLab LICENSE file". Archived from the original on March 29, 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  4. "GitLab Enterprise Edition LICENSE file". Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  5. Degeler, Andrii (June 4, 2014). "How GitHub rival GitLab is building a business with just 0.1% paying customers". TNX. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  6. Evertse, Joost (2019). Mastering GitLab 12: implement DevOps culture and repository management solutions (1st ed.). Packt Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78953-406-1.
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