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Dev tools · January 31, 2015

GitLab

Open source alternative to GitHub

GitLab launched on January 31, 2015 with 226 votes, #46 of 1,772 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

What it does

GitLab is an open-sourced code hosting platform for all of your projects.

The intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, enabling teams and agents to ship trusted software at enterprise scale.

Customize workflows for development, testing, security, and deployment. Teams orchestrate from above the lifecycle while agents execute within it, automating repetitive tasks based on the rules and guardrails you set. Agents turn issues into merge requests, remediate vulnerabilities, and review code while your team stays in control. From planning to source control to CI/CD, everything you need to build and ship software faster in one platform. Projects, releases, and code share one data plane so your team and agents work from a single source of truth. Build secure products with fewer security products. Consolidate scanners like SAST, SCA, Secret Detection, and DAST into one platform.…from about.gitlab.com

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