GitLab

Gitlab is a software package to develop and operate software.[8] GitLab includes a version control system based on Git.[9] Gitlab has features including access control,[10] bug tracking,[11] feature requests, task management,[12] and wikis[13] for projects.[14]

GitLab
Available inEnglish
Traded as
Area servedWorldwide
OwnerGitLab Inc.
Founder(s)
  • Dmytro (or Dmitriy) Zaporozhets
  • Sytse "Sid" Sijbrandij
Key people
https://pea-t14.jimdofree.com/%E0%B8%94-%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%99-%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A1/
IndustrySoftware
RevenueIncrease US$424.3 million (2022)[1]
Operating incomehttps://pea-t14.jimdofree.com/%E0%B8%94-%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%99-%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A1/ Decrease US$-211.4 million (2022)[1]
Net incomehttps://pea-t14.jimdofree.com/%E0%B8%94-%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%99-%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A1/ Decrease US$-172.3 million (2022)[1]
Total assetshttps://pea-t14.jimdofree.com/%E0%B8%94-%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%99-%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A1/ Increase US$1.169 billion (2022)[1]
Total equityhttps://pea-t14.jimdofree.com/%E0%B8%94-%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%99-%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A1/ Decrease US$771.0 million (2022)[1]
Employees1,630 (January 2022)[2]
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Launched2014; 12 years ago (2014)[3]
Current statusOnline
Written inRuby, Go and Vue.js
[1][4]
Initial release2011; 15 years ago (2011)
Written inRuby, Go and JavaScript
Operating systemCross-platform
Platformx86-64, ARMhf
LicenseCommunity Edition: MIT License and other software licenses[6]
Enterprise Edition: Source-available proprietary software[6][7]

GitLab has over 30 million registered users, including 1 million active users.[8][15] There are more than 3,300 code contributors and team members in 60+ countries.[16]

Overview

GitLab Inc. was founded in 2014 to continue the development of an older code-sharing platform.[17][18]

GitLab offers its platform using a freemium model.[17] Since its founding, GitLab has became one of the largest only remote work companies.[19] The company employs more than 1300 people over 65 countries.[20][21]

Adoption

GitLab Forge was adopted in 2023 by the French Ministry for Education as an educational resource.[22]

Acquisitions

In March 2015, GitLab Inc. acquired Gitorious, a competitor which had over 800,000 users.[23] These users were moved to GitLab was shutdown in June 2015.[23]

In March 2017, GitLab Inc. announced the acquisition of Gitter.[24] Instead of merging, GitLab Inc. announced it would continue as its own service. Additionally, the code would become open-source no later than June.[25]

In January 2018, GitLab Inc. acquired Gemnasium, a service that helped scan for issues with libraries.[26] The features were merged into GitLab in May.[27]

In June 2020, GitLab Inc. acquired Peach Tech, specializing in "fuzz testing",[28] a security testing solution.

In June 2021, GitLab Inc. acquired UnReview, A software automation tool.[29]

In December 2021, GitLab Inc. acquired Opstrace, Inc. Creators of a software monitoring platform.[30]

GitLab Media

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 GitLab Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results. ir.gitlab.com (15 March 2023). Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  2. GitLab Inc. 2021 Annual Report (Form 10-K). SEC.gov (8 April 2022)U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  3. GitLab hauls in $268M Series E on 2.75B valuation (17 September 2019).
  4. Sijbrandij, Sid. GitLab goes public on Nasdaq a $10 billion IPO. CNBC (October 14, 2021). Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  5. GitLab 14 Delivers Modern DevOps in One Platform. DevPro Journal (July 12, 2021). Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  6. 6.0 6.1 GitLab LICENSE file. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  7. GitLab Enterprise Edition LICENSE file. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  8. 8.0 8.1 GitLab goes public on Nasdaq a $10 billion IPO (in en-US). CNBC (October 14, 2021). Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  9. Learn Git - GitLab (in en). Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  10. Control access and visibility - GitLab (in en). Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  11. Issues - GitLab (in en). Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  12. Tasks - GitLab (in en). Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  13. Wikis - GitLab (in en). Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  14. Snippets - GitLab (in en). Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  15. Goled, Shraddha. GitLab To Go Public: Tracing The Company's Highs & Lows. Analytics India Magazine (September 22, 2021). Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  16. About GitLab (in en-us). about.gitlab.com. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  17. 17.0 17.1 Albert-Deitch, Cameron. How This Startup Made $10.5 Million in Revenue With Every Single Employee Working From Home. Inc.com (13 November 2018). Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  18. Novet, Jordan. Y Combinator-backed GitHub competitor GitLab raises $1.5M. VentureBeat (9 July 2015). Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  19. Cameron Albert-Deitch. This $2.75 Billion Company Employs Only Remote Workers. Here's How It Works (September 23, 2019)Inc.. Retrieved December 9, 2022.
  20. Novet, Jordan. This Company Was Fully Remote with 1,300 Employees Long before Coronavirus — Here's How They Did It. CNBC (July 18, 2020). Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  21. Liu, Jennifer. How a Company with 1,300 Remote Workers in 65 countries Is Approaching Holiday Events. CNBC (December 9, 2020). Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  22. A GitLab forge for all teachers and students in France?. fosdem.org. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
  23. 23.0 23.1 Degeler, Andrii (2015-03-03). "Code Collaboration Platform GitLab Acquires Rival Gitorious" (in en-US). The Next Web. https://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/03/03/gitlab-acquires-rival-gitorious-will-shut-june-1. Retrieved 2018-08-01. 
  24. "GitLab acquires software chat startup Gitter, will open-source the code" (in en-US). VentureBeat. 2017-03-15. https://venturebeat.com/2017/03/15/gitlab-acquires-software-chat-startup-gitter-will-open-source-the-code. Retrieved 2018-08-01. 
  25. Gitter is joining the GitLab team. GitLab. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  26. "GitLab acquires Gemnasium to strengthen its security services" (in en-US). TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/30/gitlab-acquires-gemnasium-to-strengthen-its-security-services. Retrieved 2018-08-01. 
  27. Condon, Stephanie. "GitLab makes CI/CD tools available for GitHub repositories" (in en). ZDNet. https://www.zdnet.com/article/gitlab-makes-cicd-tools-available-for-github-repositories/. Retrieved 2018-08-01. 
  28. Taft, Darryl. GitLab makes two acquisitions to shift fuzz testing left. TechTarget (June 12, 2021). Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  29. Lardinois, Frederic. GitLab acquires UnReview as it looks to bring more ML tools to its platform. TechCrunch (June 2, 2021). Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  30. GitLab will create the first integrated observability solution within a DevOps Platform. GitLab Investor Relations (December 14, 2021). Retrieved December 17, 2021.