GitLab - Wikipedia

GitLab

Developer	GitLab Inc.
Initial release	2011; 15 years ago (2011)

Stable release	18.8^[1] / 15 January 2026; 21 days ago (15 January 2026)

Repository	gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab
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.gitlab.com

GitLab is a software forge primarily developed by GitLab Inc. It is available as a community edition and a commercial edition.

History

GitLab was created in 2011 by Ukrainian programmer Dmytro Zaporozhets as a side project written in Ruby on Rails.^[4]

GitLab consists of different components, mostly interconnected by Unix sockets:^[5]

^ "GitLab 18.8 released with GitLab Duo Agent Platform now generally available". January 15, 2026. Retrieved January 17, 2026.
^ ^a ^b "GitLab LICENSE file". Archived from the original on March 29, 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
^ "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.
^ Evertse, Joost (2019). Mastering GitLab 12: implement DevOps culture and repository management solutions (1st ed.). Packt Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78953-406-1.