GitLab is a software forge primarily developed by GitLab Inc. It is available as a community edition and a commercial edition.
| GitLab | |
|---|---|
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| Developer | GitLab Inc. |
| Initial release | 2011 |
| Stable release | |
| Written in | Ruby, Go and JavaScript |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | x86-64, aarch64 |
| License | Community Edition: MIT License and other software licenses[2] Enterprise Edition: Source-available proprietary software[2][3] |
| Website | about |
| Repository | |
History
editGitLab was created in 2011 by Ukrainian programmer Dmytro Zaporozhets. It was a side project, written in Ruby on Rails.[4] The company was formerly known as GitLab B.V. In July 2015, the name changed to GitLab Inc. In 2021, it became a publicly traded company on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, under the ticker symbol GTLB.[5]
In 2024, co-founder and CEO Sybren Sijbrandij stepped down to focus on cancer treatment, with Bill Staples succeeding him as CEO while Sijbrandij remained as board chairman.[6]
Components
editGitLab consists of several components, mostly interconnected by Unix sockets:[7]
- GitLab shell
- GitLab workhorse
- Nginx
- Gitaly
- Redis
- Sidekiq
- PostgreSQL
- Gitlab Puma
References
edit- ↑ "GitLab 18.11 release notes". April 16, 2026. Retrieved April 18, 2026.
- 1 2 "GitLab LICENSE file". Archived from the original on March 29, 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ↑ "GitLab Enterprise Edition LICENSE file". Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ↑ Degeler, Andrii (June 4, 2014). "How GitHub rival GitLab is building a business with just 0.1% paying customers". TNX. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
- ↑ "tickergate.com/stocks/gtlb".
- ↑ Novet, Jordan (December 10, 2025). "Former GitLab CEO raises money for Kilo to compete in crowded AI coding market". CNBC. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
- ↑ Evertse, Joost (2019). Mastering GitLab 12: implement DevOps culture and repository management solutions (1st ed.). Packt Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78953-406-1.