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GitLab

Infra & Ops På svenska → Updated: 2026-05-24

Git-based DevOps platform — repo, CI/CD, code review, issue tracking, container registry, all in one. Self-hosted (free Community) or SaaS.

Dmitriy Zaporozhets (Ukraine) started it in 2011. Sid Sijbrandij became CEO, GitLab Inc was founded in 2014. All-remote company since the beginning. IPO on Nasdaq 2021 (GTLB). Pitch vs GitHub: DevOps in one platform instead of gluing services together. Loses ground when GitHub adds features (Actions, Codespaces, Packages). Three licenses: Free, Premium, Ultimate. Geo replication is the killer feature for large enterprises.

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