What is GitLab?
GitLab documentation covers source-control collaboration, pipelines and application security as separate workflows. GitLab can be used as a hosted service or operated by the customer; that choice changes maintenance, upgrade and data-control responsibilities.
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Official sources checked 27 September 2026: GitLab documentation, security configuration.
Key capabilities
- Repository and merge-request workflow
- CI/CD pipelines
- Security checks by entitlement
Map identities, secrets, runner placement and approval rules. Test a failed pipeline and a security finding through resolution.
Evaluate GitLab if code review, build automation and security work should share one project context. Check the proposed tier for required approvals and scanners, then reproduce an existing release.
Fewer tool boundaries can simplify traceability, but only when teams define who owns runners and findings.
Technical details
- Access
- Self-hosted
- Source model
- Open source
- Founded
- 2011
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Starting price
- 0 USD · verify current price ↗
- API
- Available
- Website
- www.gitlab.com ↗
Official resources
What to verify for your environment
Start from the users, systems and operating responsibilities the tool needs to support.
- Confirm current features, licensing and support terms with the publisher.
- Validate deployment, data location, access control, backup and recovery requirements.
- Test integrations, export paths and a representative operational workflow before committing.
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