DevOps & Infra CI/CD mature
GitLab CE
Complete DevOps platform with built-in CI/CD
24.0K stars
3.0K contributors
Since 2020
Complete DevOps platform with built-in CI/CD
License
MIT
Min RAM
4 GB
Min CPUs
4 cores
Scaling
horizontal
Complexity
intermediate
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
✓
K8s native
✕
Offline
✕
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none
Use cases
- ✓ Primary: source-code-management
- ✓ Primary: ci-cd-pipelines
- ✓ Primary: project-management
Anti-patterns / when NOT to use
- ✕ Heavy resource requirements
- ✕ CE missing many EE features
- ✕ Complex self-hosted upgrades
Compare with alternatives
Replaces / alternatives to
Technical specs
Language
RubyGo
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
dockerbinary
Community
GitHub stars 24.0K
Contributors 3.0K
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing GitLab Inc
Funding open_core
Release
Latest version
— Last release —
Since 2020
Best fit
Team size
smallmediumenterprise
Industries
general