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| programming_language = [[Ruby (programming language)|Ruby]], [[Go (programming language)|Go]] and [[Vue.js]]

| footnotes = <ref name=FY2022>{{cite web |url=https://ir.gitlab.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gitlab-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2023-financial |title=GitLab Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results |date=15 March 2023 |website=ir.gitlab.com |access-date=15 March 2023 |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315144619/https://ir.gitlab.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gitlab-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2023-financial |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Sijbrandij |first=Sid |title=GitLab goes public on Nasdaq a $10 billion IPO |website=[[CNBC]] |url=https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/10/14/gitlab-goes-public-on-nasdaq-a-10-billion-ipo.html |date=October 14, 2021 |access-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-date=January 25, 2022 |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 |url-status=live }}</ref>

| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2014}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2019/09/17/gitlab-hauls-in-268m-series-e-on-2-768b-valuation/|title=GitLab hauls in $268M Series E on 2.75B valuation|date=17 September 2019}}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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'''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>

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In January 2017, a database administrator accidentally deleted the production database in the aftermath of a [[cyber attack|cyberattack]], causing the loss of a substantial amount of issue data and merge request data.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://about.gitlab.com/2017/02/01/gitlab-dot-com-database-incident|title=GitLab.com Database Incident|access-date=1 Feb 2017|archive-date=22 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043016/https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2017/02/01/gitlab-dot-com-database-incident/|url-status=live}}</ref> The recovery process was [[live-streamed]] on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLhSMqmFa5p_QwTyFWnYNDK8LWfvcdoxa|title=Gitlab Database Incident - Live Troubleshooting - YouTube|website=YouTube|language=en|access-date=2018-08-01|archive-date=2021-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043256/https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLhSMqmFa5p_QwTyFWnYNDK8LWfvcdoxa|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thenextweb.com/dd/2017/02/01/gitlab-offline-catastrophic-database-error-loses-mountains-data|title=GitLab offline after catastrophic database error loses mountains of data|last=Hughes|first=Matthew|date=2017-02-01|work=The Next Web|access-date=2018-08-01|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801190323/https://thenextweb.com/dd/2017/02/01/gitlab-offline-catastrophic-database-error-loses-mountains-data/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2018, GitLab Inc. announced integration with [[Google Cloud Platform|Google Kubernetes Engine]] (GKE) to simplify the process of spinning up a new cluster to deploy applications.<ref>{{cite web |title=GitLab gets a native integration with Google's Kubernetes Engine |url=https://social.techcrunch.com/2018/04/05/gitlab-launches-a-native-integration-with-googles-kubernetes-engine/ |access-date=2019-12-29 |website=TechCrunch |date=5 April 2018 |language=en-US }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In May 2018, [[GNOME]] moved to GitLab with over 400 projects and 900 contributors.<ref name=":4">{{cite news |title=GNOME, welcome to GitLab! |language=en |work=GitLab |url=https://about.gitlab.com/2018/05/31/welcome-gnome-to-gitlab |access-date=2018-06-06 |archive-date=2018-06-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606133815/https://about.gitlab.com/2018/05/31/welcome-gnome-to-gitlab/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":5">{{cite web |title=GNOME moves to Gitlab – GNOME |url=https://www.gnome.org/news/2018/05/gnome-moves-to-gitlab-2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223162118/https://www.gnome.org/news/2018/05/gnome-moves-to-gitlab-2/ |archive-date=23 December 2020 |access-date=2018-06-06 |website=www.gnome.org |language=en}}</ref>

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In May 2023, the company launched the "GitLab 16.0" platform as an AI-driven DevSecOps solution. It contained over 55 new features and enhancements.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GitLab announces AI-DevSecOps platform GitLab 16 |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/gitlab-16-ai-devsecops-platform/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=techrepublic.com |date=26 May 2023 |archive-date=2023-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604000049/https://www.techrepublic.com/article/gitlab-16-ai-devsecops-platform/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In July 2024, Reuters reported that GitLab was exploring a potential sale after attracting acquisition interest, with cloud monitoring firm Datadog named as one of the interested parties.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-07-17 |title=Exclusive: Google-backed software developer GitLab explores sale, sources say |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/google-backed-software-developer-gitlab-explores-sale-sources-say-2024-07-17/ |url-status=live |access-date=2024-07-17 |work=Reuters}}</ref>

=== Fundraising ===