GitLab explained

GitLab Inc.
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Headquarters:San Francisco
Area Served:Worldwide
Commercial:Yes
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Language:English
Owner:GitLab Inc.
Revenue: (2022)
Operating Income: (2022)
Net Income: (2022)
Assets: (2022)
Equity: (2022)
Num Employees:1,630 (January 2022)[1]
Industry:Software
Programming Language:Ruby, Go and Vue.js
Footnotes:[2] [3]
Launch Date:[4]
Current Status:Online
GitLab Application
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Operating System:Cross-platform
Platform:x86-64, ARMhf
License:Community Edition: MIT License and other software licenses
Enterprise Edition: Source-available proprietary software[5] [6]
Programming Language:Ruby, Go and JavaScript

GitLab Inc. is an open-core company that operates GitLab, a DevOps software package that can develop, secure, and operate software.[7] GitLab includes a distributed version control based on Git,[8] including features such as access control,[9] bug tracking,[10] software feature requests, task management,[11] and wikis[12] for every project, as well as snippets.[13]

The open-source software project was created by Ukrainian developer Dmytro Zaporozhets and Dutch developer Sytse Sijbrandij.[14] In 2018, GitLab Inc. was considered to be the first partly-Ukrainian unicorn.[15] [16] GitLab has an estimated over 30 million registered users, including 1 million active licensed users.[7] [17] There are more than 3,300 code contributors and team members in 60+ countries.[18]

Overview

GitLab Inc. was established in 2014 to continue the development of the open-source code-sharing platform launched in 2011 by Dmytriy Zaporozhets. The company's co-founder Sytse Sijbrandij initially contributed to the project and decided to build a business around it.[19] [20]

GitLab offers its platform using a freemium model. Since its founding, GitLab Inc. has promoted remote work[21] and is known as one of the largest all-remote companies in the world.[22] By 2020, the company employed 1300 people in 65 countries.[23]

History

The company participated in the YCombinator seed accelerator Winter 2015 program. By 2015, notable customers included Alibaba Group and IBM.[20]

In January 2017, a database administrator accidentally deleted the production database in the aftermath of a cyberattack, causing the loss of a substantial amount of issue data and merge request data.[24] The recovery process was live-streamed on YouTube.[25] [26]

In April 2018, GitLab Inc. announced integration with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) to simplify the process of spinning up a new cluster to deploy applications.[27]

In May 2018, GNOME moved to GitLab with over 400 projects and 900 contributors.[28] [29]

On August 1, 2018, GitLab Inc. started development of Meltano.[30] On August 11, 2018, GitLab Inc. moved from Microsoft Azure to Google Cloud Platform, making the service inaccessible to users in several regions including: Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria, due to sanctions imposed by Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States.[31] In order to overcome this limitation, the non-profit organization Framasoft began providing a Debian mirror to make GitLab CE available in those countries.[32]

In 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, GitLab Inc. released "GitLab's Guide to All-Remote" as well as a course on remote management for the purpose of aiding companies interested in building all-remote work cultures.[33] [34]

April 2020 saw the expansion of GitLab Inc. into the Australian and Japanese markets.[35] [36] In November that same year, GitLab Inc. was valued at more than $6 billion in a secondary market evaluation.[37]

In 2021, OMERS participated in a secondary shares investment in GitLab Inc.[38]

On March 18, 2021, GitLab Inc. licensed its technology to the Chinese company JiHu.[39]

On June 30, 2021, GitLab Inc. spun out Meltano, an open source ELT platform.[40]

On July 23, 2021, GitLab Inc. released its software Package Hunter, a Falco-based tool that detects malicious code,[41] under the open-source MIT Licence.

On August 4, 2022, GitLab announced its plans for changing its Data Retention Policy and for automatically deleting inactive repositories which have not been modified for a year. As a result, in the following days GitLab received much criticism from the open-source community.[42] Shortly after, it was announced that dormant projects would not be deleted, and would instead remain accessible in an archived state, potentially using a slower type of storage.[43] [44]

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.[45]

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.[46]

Fundraising

GitLab Inc. initially raised $1.5 million in seed funding. Subsequent funding rounds include:

IPO

On September 17, 2021, GitLab Inc. publicly filed a registration statement Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock.[52] The firm began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker "GTLB" on October 14, 2021.[53]

Adoption

GitLab Forge was officially adopted in 2023 by the French Ministry for Education to create a "Digital Educational Commons" of educational resources.[54]

Acquisitions

In March 2015, GitLab Inc. acquired competing Git hosting Service Gitorious, which had around 822,000 registered users at the time.[55] These users were encouraged to move to GitLab and the Gitorious service was discontinued in June 2015. On March 15, 2017, GitLab Inc. announced the acquisition of Gitter.[56] Included in the announcement was the stated intent that Gitter would continue as a standalone project. Additionally, GitLab Inc. announced that the code would become open-source under an MIT License no later than June 2017.[57]

In January 2018, GitLab Inc. acquired Gemnasium, a service that provided security scanners with alerts for known security vulnerabilities in open-source libraries of various languages.[58] The service was scheduled for complete shut-down on May 15. Gemnasium features and technology was integrated into GitLab EE and as part of CI/CD.[59]

On June 11, 2020, GitLab Inc. acquired Peach Tech, a security software firm specializing in protocol fuzz testing, and Fuzzit,[60] a continuous “fuzz” security testing solution.

On June 2, 2021, GitLab Inc. acquired UnReview, a tool that automates software review cycles.[61]

On December 14, 2021, GitLab Inc. announced that it had acquired Opstrace, Inc., developers of an open source software monitoring and observability platform.[62]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GitLab Inc. 2021 Annual Report (Form 10-K) . 8 April 2022 . SEC.gov . . 8 June 2022 . 8 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220608055004/https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1653482/000162828022008836/gtlb-20220131.htm . live .
  2. Web site: GitLab Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results . 15 March 2023 . ir.gitlab.com . 15 March 2023 . 15 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230315144619/https://ir.gitlab.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gitlab-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2023-financial . live .
  3. Web site: Sijbrandij . Sid . GitLab goes public on Nasdaq a $10 billion IPO . . October 14, 2021 . November 10, 2021 . January 25, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220125091608/https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/10/14/gitlab-goes-public-on-nasdaq-a-10-billion-ipo.html . live .
  4. Web site: GitLab hauls in $268M Series E on 2.75B valuation. 17 September 2019.
  5. Web site: GitLab LICENSE file . 29 March 2020 . 29 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200329031817/https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/master/LICENSE . live .
  6. Web site: GitLab Enterprise Edition LICENSE file . 29 March 2020 . 22 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043018/https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/master/ee/LICENSE . live .
  7. Web site: October 14, 2021 . GitLab goes public on Nasdaq a $10 billion IPO . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220125091608/https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/10/14/gitlab-goes-public-on-nasdaq-a-10-billion-ipo.html . January 25, 2022 . November 10, 2021 . . en-US.
  8. Web site: Learn Git - GitLab . en . 2024-07-07 .
  9. Web site: Control access and visibility - GitLab . en . 2024-07-07 .
  10. Web site: Issues - GitLab . en . 2024-07-07 .
  11. Web site: Tasks - GitLab . en . 2024-07-07 .
  12. Web site: Wikis - GitLab . en . 2024-07-07 .
  13. Web site: Snippets - GitLab . en . 2024-07-07 .
  14. Web site: Lee . Isabelle . Coding platform GitLab leaps 23% in trading debut after pricing IPO at $77 a share . . 2021-11-10 . 2023-06-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230608134600/https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/gitlab-stock-price-ipo-trading-debut-nasdaq-77-billion-valuation-2021-10 . live .
  15. Web site: 2018-10-30 . GitLab, founded by a Ukrainian citizen, raised $100 million. It became a unicorn valued at $ 1.1 billion . 2019-09-27 . AIN.UA . en-US . 2021-06-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210628202334/https://ain.ua/en/2018/10/30/gitlab-became-a-unicorn/ . live .
  16. Web site: 2018-11-30 . Dmytriy Zaporozhets, GitLab: "I believe that GitLab can be called a Ukrainian startup" . 2019-09-27 . AIN.UA . en-US . 2022-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220221155101/https://ain.ua/en/2018/11/30/dmitry-zaporozhets-gitlab/ . live .
  17. Web site: Goled . Shraddha . GitLab To Go Public: Tracing The Company's Highs & Lows . Analytics India Magazine . September 22, 2021 . November 10, 2021 . November 10, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211110000741/https://analyticsindiamag.com/gitlab-to-go-public-tracing-the-companys-highs-lows/ . live .
  18. Web site: About GitLab . 2024-05-05 . about.gitlab.com . en-us.
  19. Web site: Albert-Deitch . Cameron . 13 November 2018 . How This Startup Made $10.5 Million in Revenue With Every Single Employee Working From Home . Inc.com . 10 April 2020 . 26 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200426185947/https://www.inc.com/cameron-albert-deitch/2018-inc5000-gitlab.html . live .
  20. Web site: Novet . Jordan . 9 July 2015 . Y Combinator-backed GitHub competitor GitLab raises $1.5M . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043014/https://venturebeat.com/2015/07/09/y-combinator-backed-github-competitor-gitlab-raises-1-5m/ . 2021-03-22 . 2017-07-12 . VentureBeat.
  21. Web site: Novet . Jordan . July 18, 2020 . This Company Was Fully Remote with 1,300 Employees Long before Coronavirus — Here's How They Did It . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211110000742/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/18/gitlab-worked-remotely-with-over-1000-employees-before-coronavirus.html . November 10, 2021 . November 10, 2021 . CNBC.
  22. Web site: Cameron Albert-Deitch . September 23, 2019 . This $2.75 Billion Company Employs Only Remote Workers. Here's How It Works . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221208211755/https://www.inc.com/cameron-albert-deitch/gitlab-tips-remote-workforce.html . December 8, 2022 . December 9, 2022 . Inc..
  23. Web site: Liu . Jennifer . December 9, 2020 . How a Company with 1,300 Remote Workers in 65 countries Is Approaching Holiday Events . CNBC . November 10, 2021 . November 10, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211110000742/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/09/gitlabs-1300-remote-workers-in-65-countries-approach-to-holidays.html . live .
  24. Web site: GitLab.com Database Incident. 1 Feb 2017. 22 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043016/https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2017/02/01/gitlab-dot-com-database-incident/. live.
  25. Web site: Gitlab Database Incident - Live Troubleshooting - YouTube. YouTube. en. 2018-08-01. 2021-03-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043256/https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLhSMqmFa5p_QwTyFWnYNDK8LWfvcdoxa. live.
  26. News: GitLab offline after catastrophic database error loses mountains of data. Hughes. Matthew. 2017-02-01. The Next Web. 2018-08-01. en-US. 2018-08-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20180801190323/https://thenextweb.com/dd/2017/02/01/gitlab-offline-catastrophic-database-error-loses-mountains-data/. live.
  27. Web site: GitLab gets a native integration with Google's Kubernetes Engine . 2019-12-29 . TechCrunch . 5 April 2018 . en-US .
  28. News: GNOME, welcome to GitLab! . en . GitLab . 2018-06-06 . 2018-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180606133815/https://about.gitlab.com/2018/05/31/welcome-gnome-to-gitlab/ . live .
  29. Web site: GNOME moves to Gitlab – GNOME . https://web.archive.org/web/20201223162118/https://www.gnome.org/news/2018/05/gnome-moves-to-gitlab-2/ . 23 December 2020 . 2018-06-06 . www.gnome.org . en.
  30. Web site: 2018-08-01 . Hey, data teams - We're working on a tool just for you . 2021-08-25 . 2021-08-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210826044002/https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2018/08/01/hey-data-teams-we-are-working-on-a-tool-just-for-you/ . live .
  31. News: 2018-07-19 . Update on our planned move from Azure to Google Cloud Platform . en-US . The Official Gitlab Blog . 2018-12-18 . 2018-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181111071922/https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/19/gcp-move-update/ . live .
  32. Web site: Framasoft Gitlab CE's repositories mirror . apt.gitlab.mirror.Framasoft.org . en . 2020-12-04 . 2020-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201026074207/https://apt.gitlab.mirror.framasoft.org/ . live . .
  33. Web site: Miller . Ron . March 24, 2020 . GitLab offers key lessons in running an all-remote workforce in new e-book . . November 10, 2021 . November 10, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211110000741/https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/24/gitlab-offers-key-lessons-in-running-an-all-remote-workforce-in-new-e-book/ . live .
  34. Web site: Daso . Frederick . October 4, 2021 . Pareto Eliminates Mundane Tasks For Founders Building Their Startups . . November 10, 2021 . November 10, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211110000742/https://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickdaso/2021/08/04/pareto-eliminates-mundane-tasks-for-founders-building-their-startups/?sh=4adb7986dab6 . live .
  35. Web site: Tan . Aaron . April 15, 2020 . GitLab expands into Australia as DevOps tooling market heats up . . November 10, 2021 . November 10, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211110000743/https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252481620/GitLab-expands-into-Australia-as-DevOps-tooling-market-heats-up . live .
  36. Web site: Akutsu . Yoshikazu . April 30, 2020 . GitLab launches in the Japanese market "DevOps life cycle is realized in a single unit" . . November 10, 2021 . September 25, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210925160547/https://japan.techrepublic.com/article/35153092.htm . live .
  37. Web site: Levy . Ari . December 1, 2020 . GitLab is being valued at more than $6 billion in secondary share sale . . November 10, 2021 . November 10, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211110000744/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/30/-gitlab-valued-over-6-billion-in-secondary-share-sale.html . live .
  38. Web site: OMERS Participates in Secondary Shares Deal of GitLab . 2021-01-19 . SWFI . en-US . 2021-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210119193655/https://www.swfinstitute.org/news/83852/omers-participates-in-secondary-shares-deal-of-gitlab . live .
  39. Web site: March 19, 2021 . GitLab China established a joint venture company "Jihu" . Finance Sina . 2021-11-10 . 2021-11-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211110000743/http://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/csj/2021-03-19/doc-ikkntiam5452991.shtml . live .
  40. Web site: Meltano Spins out of GitLab, Raises $4.2M in Seed Funding Led by GV to Enhance Open Source Data Integration . 25 August 2021 . GitLab . 2021-08-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210826044010/https://about.gitlab.com/press/releases/2021-06-30-meltano-spins-out-of-gitlab-raises-seed-funding-led-by-gv.html . live .
  41. Web site: Sawers . Paul . August 2, 2021 . GitLab's open source Package Hunter detects malicious code in dependencies . Venture Beat . November 10, 2021 . November 10, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211110000742/https://venturebeat.com/2021/08/02/gitlabs-open-source-package-hunter-detects-malicious-code-in-dependencies/ . live .
  42. Web site: August 4, 2022 . Sharwood . Simon . GitLab plans to delete dormant projects in free accounts . The Register . August 5, 2022 . August 5, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220805164607/https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/04/gitlab_data_retention_policy/ . live .
  43. Web site: August 5, 2022 . Sharwood . Simon . GitLab U-turns on deleting dormant projects after backlash . The Register . 2022-08-08 . 2022-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808025632/https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/05/gitlab_reverses_deletion_policy/ . live .
  44. gitlab . 1555325376687226883 . Gitlab's response regarding inactive repos . 2022-08-08.
  45. Web site: GitLab announces AI-DevSecOps platform GitLab 16 . 2023-06-09 . techrepublic.com . 26 May 2023 . 2023-06-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230604000049/https://www.techrepublic.com/article/gitlab-16-ai-devsecops-platform/ . live .
  46. News: 2024-07-17 . Exclusive: Google-backed software developer GitLab explores sale, sources say . 2024-07-17 . Reuters.
  47. Web site: 17 September 2015 . GitLab Raises $4M Series A Round From Khosla Ventures . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043018/https://techcrunch.com/2015/09/17/gitlab-raises-4m-series-a-round-from-khosla-ventures-for-its-open-source-collaboration-platform/ . 22 March 2021 . 17 Dec 2016 . TechCrunch.
  48. Web site: Miller . Ron . 13 September 2016 . GitLab secures $20 million Series B . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043002/https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/13/gitlab-secures-20-million-series-b/ . 22 March 2021 . 3 Nov 2016 . TechCrunch.
  49. News: GitLab raises $20M Series C round led by GV . en-US . TechCrunch . 2018-08-01 . 2018-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180801190533/https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/09/gitlab-raises-20m-series-c-round-led-by-gv/ . live .
  50. Web site: 2019-09-18 . Ukrainian startup GitLab raises $268 million at a valuation of $2.7 billion . 2019-09-27 . AIN.UA . en-US . 2019-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190927140046/https://ain.ua/en/2019/09/18/gitlab-raises-268-million/ . live .
  51. Web site: 2019-09-17 . GitLab raises $268 million at a $2.7 billion valuation . 2019-09-27 . VentureBeat . en-US . 2019-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190927135314/https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/17/gitlab-raises-268-million-at-a-2-7-billion-valuation/ . live .
  52. Web site: Levy . Ari . September 17, 2021 . Microsoft GitHub rival GitLab files to go public after annualized revenue tops $200 million . . en . November 10, 2021 . November 10, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211110000754/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/17/github-rival-gitlab-files-to-go-public-on-revenue-over-200-million.html . live .
  53. Web site: Boorstin . Julia . Fortt . Jon . October 14, 2021 . GitLab goes public on Nasdaq a $10 billion IPO . CNBC TechCheck . November 10, 2021 . January 25, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220125091608/https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/10/14/gitlab-goes-public-on-nasdaq-a-10-billion-ipo.html . live .
  54. Web site: A GitLab forge for all teachers and students in France?. fosdem.org. 2023-02-10. 2023-02-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20230210134446/https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/gitlab_forge_for_teachers_and_students_in_france/. live.
  55. News: Degeler . Andrii . 2015-03-03 . Code Collaboration Platform GitLab Acquires Rival Gitorious . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210322043014/https://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/03/03/gitlab-acquires-rival-gitorious-will-shut-june-1/ . 2021-03-22 . 2018-08-01 . The Next Web . en-US.
  56. News: GitLab acquires software chat startup Gitter, will open-source the code. 2017-03-15. VentureBeat. 2018-08-01. en-US. 2018-07-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20180708162124/https://venturebeat.com/2017/03/15/gitlab-acquires-software-chat-startup-gitter-will-open-source-the-code/. live.
  57. Web site: Gitter is joining the GitLab team. GitLab. 2017-03-15. 2017-03-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20170315173528/https://about.gitlab.com/2017/03/15/gitter-acquisition/. live.
  58. News: GitLab acquires Gemnasium to strengthen its security services. TechCrunch. 2018-08-01. en-US. 2018-08-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20180801220849/https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/30/gitlab-acquires-gemnasium-to-strengthen-its-security-services/. live.
  59. News: GitLab makes CI/CD tools available for GitHub repositories. Condon. Stephanie. ZDNet. 2018-08-01. en. 2018-04-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20180405012041/https://www.zdnet.com/article/gitlab-makes-cicd-tools-available-for-github-repositories/. live.
  60. Web site: Taft . Darryl . June 12, 2021 . GitLab makes two acquisitions to shift fuzz testing left . . November 10, 2021 . November 10, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211110000743/https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/news/252484613/GitLab-makes-two-acquisitions-to-shift-fuzz-testing-left . live .
  61. Web site: Lardinois . Frederic . June 2, 2021 . GitLab acquires UnReview as it looks to bring more ML tools to its platform . . November 10, 2021 . November 10, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211110000742/https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/02/gitlab-acquires-unreview-as-it-looks-to-bring-more-ml-tools-to-its-platform/ . live .
  62. Web site: December 14, 2021 . GitLab will create the first integrated observability solution within a DevOps Platform . GitLab Investor Relations . December 17, 2021 . December 17, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211217214255/https://ir.gitlab.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gitlab-acquires-opstrace-expand-its-devops-platform-open-source . live .

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