'''GitLab Inc.''' is an [[Open-core model|open-core]] company that operates GitLab, a [[DevOps]] software package that can develop, secure, and operate software.<ref name="Nasdaq">{{cite web |date=October 14, 2021 |title=GitLab goes public on Nasdaq a $10 billion IPO |url=https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/10/14/gitlab-goes-public-on-nasdaq-a-10-billion-ipo.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125091608/https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/10/14/gitlab-goes-public-on-nasdaq-a-10-billion-ipo.html |archive-date=January 25, 2022 |access-date=November 10, 2021 |website=[[CNBC]] |language=en-US}}</ref>. GitLab includes a [[distributed version control]] based on [[Git]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Learn Git - GitLab |url=https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/topics/git/ |language=en | access-date=2024-07-07 |url-status=live }}</ref>, including features such as [[access control]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Control access and visibility - GitLab |url=https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/administration/settings/visibility_and_access_controls.html |language=en | access-date=2024-07-07 |url-status=live }}</ref>, [[bug tracking system|bug tracking]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Issues - GitLab |url=https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issues/ |language=en | access-date=2024-07-07 |url-status=live }}</ref>, [[software feature]] requests, [[task management]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Tasks - GitLab |url=https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/tasks.html |language=en | access-date=2024-07-07 |url-status=live }}</ref>, and [[wiki]]s<ref>{{cite web |title=Wikis - GitLab |url=https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/wiki/ |language=en | access-date=2024-07-07 |url-status=live }}</ref> for every project, as well as [[snippet (programming)|snippets]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Snippets - GitLab |url=https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/snippets.html |language=en | access-date=2024-07-07 |url-status=live }}</ref>. The [[open-source software]] project was created by [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] developer Dmytriy Zaporozhets and [[Netherlands|Dutch]] developer Sytse Sijbrandij.<ref name="Lee">{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Isabelle |title=Coding platform GitLab leaps 23% in trading debut after pricing IPO at $77 a share |url=https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/gitlab-stock-price-ipo-trading-debut-nasdaq-77-billion-valuation-2021-10 |website=[[Markets Insider]] |access-date=2021-11-10 |archive-date=2023-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608134600/https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/gitlab-stock-price-ipo-trading-debut-nasdaq-77-billion-valuation-2021-10 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, GitLab Inc. was considered to be the first partly-Ukrainian [[Unicorn (finance)|unicorn]].<ref>{{cite web |date=2018-10-30 |title=GitLab, founded by a Ukrainian citizen, raised $100 million. It became a unicorn valued at $ 1.1 billion |url=https://ain.ua/en/2018/10/30/gitlab-became-a-unicorn |access-date=2019-09-27 |website=AIN.UA |language=en-US |archive-date=2021-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628202334/https://ain.ua/en/2018/10/30/gitlab-became-a-unicorn/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2018-11-30 |title=Dmytriy Zaporozhets, GitLab: "I believe that GitLab can be called a Ukrainian startup" |url=https://ain.ua/en/2018/11/30/dmitry-zaporozhets-gitlab |access-date=2019-09-27 |website=AIN.UA |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221155101/https://ain.ua/en/2018/11/30/dmitry-zaporozhets-gitlab/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
GitLab has an estimated over 30 million registered users, including 1 million active licensed users.<ref name="Nasdaq"/><ref name="Goled">{{cite web |last=Goled |first=Shraddha |title=GitLab To Go Public: Tracing The Company's Highs & Lows |url=https://analyticsindiamag.com/gitlab-to-go-public-tracing-the-companys-highs-lows/ |website=Analytics India Magazine |date=September 22, 2021 |access-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110000741/https://analyticsindiamag.com/gitlab-to-go-public-tracing-the-companys-highs-lows/ |url-status=live }}</ref> There are more than 3,300 code contributors and team members in 60+ countries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About GitLab |url=https://about.gitlab.com/company |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=about.gitlab.com |language=en-us}}</ref>
