Gitlab is a software package to develop and operate software.[9] GitLab includes a version control system based on Git.[10] Gitlab has features including access control,[11] bug tracking,[12] feature requests, task management,[13] and wikis[14] for projects.[15]
GitLab has over 30 million registered users, including 1 million active users.[9][16] There are more than 3,300 code contributors and team members in 60+ countries.[17]
Overview
GitLab Inc. was founded in 2014 to continue the development of an older code-sharing platform.[18][19]
GitLab offers its platform using a freemium model.[18] Since its founding, GitLab has became one of the largest only remote work companies.[20] The company employs more than 1300 people over 65 countries.[21][22]
Adoption
GitLab Forge was adopted in 2023 by the French Ministry for Education as an educational resource.[23]
Acquisitions
In March 2015, GitLab Inc. acquired Gitorious, a competitor which had over 800,000 users.[24] These users were moved to GitLab was shutdown in June 2015.[24]
In March 2017, GitLab Inc. announced the acquisition of Gitter.[25] Instead of merging, GitLab Inc. announced it would continue as its own service. Additionally, the code would become open-source no later than June.[26]
In January 2018, GitLab Inc. acquired Gemnasium, a service that helped scan for issues with libraries.[27] The features were merged into GitLab in May.[28]
In June 2020, GitLab Inc. acquired Peach Tech, specializing in "fuzz testing",[29] a security testing solution.
In June 2021, GitLab Inc. acquired UnReview, A software automation tool.[30]
In December 2021, GitLab Inc. acquired Opstrace, Inc. Creators of a software monitoring platform.[31]
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