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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 }}</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 }}</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 }}</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 }}</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 }}</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 }}</ref>
The [[open-source software]] project was created by [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] developer Dmytro (or Dmitriy) 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>
== Overview ==
GitLab Inc. was established in 2014 to continue the development of the open-source code-sharing platform launched in 2011 by Dmytriy (or Dmitriy) Zaporozhets. The company's co-founder Sytse Sijbrandij initially contributed to the project and decided to build a business around it.<ref name="inc">{{cite web |last=Albert-Deitch |first=Cameron |date=13 November 2018 |title=How This Startup Made $10.5 Million in Revenue With Every Single Employee Working From Home |url=https://www.inc.com/cameron-albert-deitch/2018-inc5000-gitlab.html |website=Inc.com |access-date=10 April 2020 |archive-date=26 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426185947/https://www.inc.com/cameron-albert-deitch/2018-inc5000-gitlab.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="raises">{{cite web |last=Novet |first=Jordan |date=9 July 2015 |title=Y Combinator-backed GitHub competitor GitLab raises $1.5M |url=https://venturebeat.com/2015/07/09/y-combinator-backed-github-competitor-gitlab-raises-1-5m |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043014/https://venturebeat.com/2015/07/09/y-combinator-backed-github-competitor-gitlab-raises-1-5m/ |archive-date=2021-03-22 |access-date=2017-07-12 |work=VentureBeat}}</ref>
GitLab [[business model|offers its platform]] using a [[freemium]] model.<ref name="inc" /> Since its founding, GitLab Inc. has promoted [[remote work]]<ref name="Novet">{{cite web |last=Novet |first=Jordan |date=July 18, 2020 |title=This Company Was Fully Remote with 1,300 Employees Long before Coronavirus — Here's How They Did It |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/18/gitlab-worked-remotely-with-over-1000-employees-before-coronavirus.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110000742/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/18/gitlab-worked-remotely-with-over-1000-employees-before-coronavirus.html |archive-date=November 10, 2021 |access-date=November 10, 2021 |website=[[CNBC]]}}</ref> and is known as one of the largest all-remote companies in the world.<ref>{{cite web |author=Cameron Albert-Deitch |date=September 23, 2019 |title=This $2.75 Billion Company Employs Only Remote Workers. Here's How It Works |url=https://www.inc.com/cameron-albert-deitch/gitlab-tips-remote-workforce.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208211755/https://www.inc.com/cameron-albert-deitch/gitlab-tips-remote-workforce.html |archive-date=December 8, 2022 |access-date=December 9, 2022 |publisher=Inc.}}</ref> By 2020, the company employed 1300 people in 65 countries.<ref name="Novet" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Liu |first=Jennifer |date=December 9, 2020 |title=How a Company with 1,300 Remote Workers in 65 countries Is Approaching Holiday Events |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/09/gitlabs-1300-remote-workers-in-65-countries-approach-to-holidays.html |website=CNBC |access-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110000742/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/09/gitlabs-1300-remote-workers-in-65-countries-approach-to-holidays.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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