GitLab

GitLab is a software development platform that combines Git repository hosting, code review and CI/CD in a single application.

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GitLab started in 2011 as an open-source project by Dmitriy Zaporozhets and others, and it is developed by GitLab Inc., which he co-founded with Sid Sijbrandij. It brings together the tools needed to build and ship software, including Git repository hosting, code review through merge requests, issue tracking and CI/CD pipelines. GitLab Inc. went public on the Nasdaq in 2021.

GitLab is available as the GitLab.com cloud service and as a self-managed edition that organizations run on their own servers. It follows an open-core model, with core features released as open source and advanced features offered for a fee, and it includes a set of AI features called GitLab Duo. Along with GitHub, it is one of the best-known Git hosting platforms.

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