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== 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. Shokai">{{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[[File:GitLab running 11.0 (2018-07).png | thumb{{stocks }} {{yahoo mail }}| right]]">{{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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