Software:GitLab

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Short description: Open-source Git software package
GitLab Inc.
Gitlab 16.0 screenshot.png
Type of site
Available inEnglish
Traded asNASDAQ: GTLB[2]
HeadquartersSan Francisco
Area servedWorldwide
OwnerGitLab Inc.
Founder(s)
  • Dmytro Zaporozhets
  • Sytse "Sid" Sijbrandij
Key people
IndustrySoftware
RevenueIncrease US$424.3 million (2022)[3]
Operating incomeDecrease US$−211.4 million (2022)[3]
Net incomeDecrease US$−172.3 million (2022)[3]
Total assetsIncrease US$1.169 billion (2022)[3]
Total equityDecrease US$771.0 million (2022)[3]
Employees1,630 (January 2022)[4]
Website{{{1}}}
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Launched2014; 10 years ago (2014)[5]
Current statusOnline
Written inRuby, Go and Vue.js
[3]
GitLab Application
Initial release2011; 13 years ago (2011)
Written inRuby, Go and JavaScript
Operating systemCross-platform
Platformx86-64, ARMhf
LicenseCommunity Edition: MIT License and other software licenses[6]
Enterprise Edition: Source-available proprietary software[6][7]

GitLab Inc. is an open-core company that operates GitLab, a DevOps software package that can develop, secure, and operate software.[8] The open source software project was created by Ukraine developer Dmytro Zaporozhets and Dutch developer Sytse Sijbrandij.[9] In 2018, GitLab Inc. was considered to be the first partly-Ukraine unicorn.[10][11]

GitLab has an estimated 30 million registered users, including 1 million active licensed users.[8][12]

Overview

GitLab Inc. was established in 2014 to continue the development of the open-source code-sharing platform launched in 2011 by Dmytro Zaporozhets. The company's co-founder Sytse Sijbrandij initially contributed to the project and decided to build a business around it.[13][14] GitLab offers its platform using a freemium model.[13]

Since its founding, GitLab Inc. has promoted remote work[15] and is known as one of the largest all-remote companies in the world.[16] By 2020, the company employed 1300 people in 65 countries.[15][17]

History

The company participated in the YCombinator seed accelerator Winter 2015 program. By 2015, notable customers included Alibaba Group and IBM.[14]

In January 2017, a database administrator accidentally deleted the production database in the aftermath of a cyber attack, causing the loss of a substantial amount of issue data and merge request data.[18] The recovery process was live-streamed on YouTube.[19][20]

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.[21]

In May 2018, GNOME moved to GitLab with over 400 projects and 900 contributors.[22][23]

On August 1, 2018, GitLab Inc. started development of Meltano.[24]

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 .[25] In order to overcome this limitation, the non-profit organization Framasoft began providing a Debian mirror to make GitLab CE available in those countries.[26]

In October 2019, the company introduced a "no-vetting" policy for customers (except when required by law) and banned political discussions in the workplace. These restrictions were subsequently relaxed in response to some particular criticisms.[27][28]

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.[29][30]

April 2020 saw the expansion of GitLab Inc. into the Australian and Japanese markets.[31][32] In November that same year, GitLab Inc. was valued at more than $6 billion in a secondary market evaluation.[33]

In 2021, OMERS participated in a secondary shares investment in GitLab Inc.[34]

On June 2, 2021, GitLab Inc. also acquired UnReview, a tool that automates software review cycles.[35]

On March 18, 2021, GitLab Inc. licensed its technology to the Chinese company JiHu.[36]

On June 30, 2021, GitLab Inc. spun out Meltano, an open source ELT platform.[37]

On July 23, 2021, GitLab Inc. released its software Package Hunter, a Falco-based tool that detects malicious code,[38] 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.[39] 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.[40][41]

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.[42]

Fundraising

GitLab Inc. initially raised $1.5 million in seed funding.[14]

Subsequent funding rounds include:

  • September 2015 - $4 million in Series A funding from Khosla Ventures.[43]
  • September 2016 - $20 million in Series B funding from August Capital and others.[44]
  • October 2016 - $20 million in Series C funding from GV and others.[45]
  • September 19, 2018 - $100 million in Series D-round funding led by ICONIQ Capital.
  • 2019 - $268 million in Series E-round funding led by Goldman Sachs and ICONIQ Capital at a valuation of $2.7 billion.[46][47]

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.[48] The firm began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker "GTLB" on October 14, 2021.[49]

Adoption

GitLab Forge was officially adopted in 2023 by the French Ministry for Education to create a "Digital Educational Commons" of educational resources.[50]

Acquisitions

In March 2015, GitLab Inc. acquired competing Git hosting Service Gitorious, which had around 822,000 registered users at the time.[51] These users were encouraged to move to GitLab and the Gitorious service was discontinued in June 2015.[51]

On March 15, 2017, GitLab Inc. Announced the acquisition of Gitter.[52] 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.[53]

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.[54] 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.[55]

On June 11, 2020, GitLab Inc. acquired Peach Tech, a security software firm specializing in protocol fuzz testing, and Fuzzit,[56] a continuous “fuzz” security testing solution.

On December 14, 2021, GitLab Inc. announced that it had acquired Opstrace, Inc., developers of an open source software monitoring and observability platform.[57]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "GitLab 14 Delivers Modern DevOps in One Platform". July 12, 2021. https://www.devprojournal.com/news/gitlab-acquires-unreview-to-expand-its-open-devops-platform-with-machine-learning-capabilities-2/. 
  2. ↑ Sijbrandij, Sid (October 14, 2021). "GitLab goes public on Nasdaq a $10 billion IPO". https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/10/14/gitlab-goes-public-on-nasdaq-a-10-billion-ipo.html. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "GitLab Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results". 15 March 2023. https://ir.gitlab.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gitlab-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2023-financial. 
  4. ↑ "GitLab Inc. 2021 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 8 April 2022. https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1653482/000162828022008836/gtlb-20220131.htm. 
  5. ↑ "GitLab hauls in $268M Series E on 2.75B valuation". 17 September 2019. https://social.techcrunch.com/2019/09/17/gitlab-hauls-in-268m-series-e-on-2-768b-valuation/. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "GitLab LICENSE file". https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/master/LICENSE. 
  7. ↑ "GitLab Enterprise Edition LICENSE file". https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/master/ee/LICENSE. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "GitLab goes public on Nasdaq a $10 billion IPO" (in en-US). October 14, 2021. https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/10/14/gitlab-goes-public-on-nasdaq-a-10-billion-ipo.html. 
  9. ↑ Lee, Isabelle. "Coding platform GitLab leaps 23% in trading debut after pricing IPO at $77 a share". https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/gitlab-stock-price-ipo-trading-debut-nasdaq-77-billion-valuation-2021-10. 
  10. ↑ "GitLab, founded by a Ukrainian citizen, raised $100 million. It became a unicorn valued at $ 1.1 billion" (in en-US). 2018-10-30. https://ain.ua/en/2018/10/30/gitlab-became-a-unicorn. 
  11. ↑ "Dmytro Zaporozhets, GitLab: "I believe that GitLab can be called a Ukrainian startup"" (in en-US). 2018-11-30. https://ain.ua/en/2018/11/30/dmitry-zaporozhets-gitlab. 
  12. ↑ Goled, Shraddha (September 22, 2021). "GitLab To Go Public: Tracing The Company's Highs & Lows". https://analyticsindiamag.com/gitlab-to-go-public-tracing-the-companys-highs-lows/. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Albert-Deitch, Cameron (13 November 2018). "How This Startup Made $10.5 Million in Revenue With Every Single Employee Working From Home". https://www.inc.com/cameron-albert-deitch/2018-inc5000-gitlab.html. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Novet, Jordan (9 July 2015). "Y Combinator-backed GitHub competitor GitLab raises $1.5M". VentureBeat. https://venturebeat.com/2015/07/09/y-combinator-backed-github-competitor-gitlab-raises-1-5m. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Novet, Jordan (July 18, 2020). "This Company Was Fully Remote with 1,300 Employees Long before Coronavirus — Here's How They Did It". https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/18/gitlab-worked-remotely-with-over-1000-employees-before-coronavirus.html. 
  16. ↑ Cameron Albert-Deitch (September 23, 2019). "This $2.75 Billion Company Employs Only Remote Workers. Here's How It Works". Inc.. https://www.inc.com/cameron-albert-deitch/gitlab-tips-remote-workforce.html. 
  17. ↑ Liu, Jennifer (December 9, 2020). "How a Company with 1,300 Remote Workers in 65 countries Is Approaching Holiday Events". https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/09/gitlabs-1300-remote-workers-in-65-countries-approach-to-holidays.html. 
  18. ↑ "GitLab.com Database Incident". https://about.gitlab.com/2017/02/01/gitlab-dot-com-database-incident. 
  19. ↑ "Gitlab Database Incident - Live Troubleshooting - YouTube" (in en). https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLhSMqmFa5p_QwTyFWnYNDK8LWfvcdoxa. 
  20. ↑ Hughes, Matthew (2017-02-01). "GitLab offline after catastrophic database error loses mountains of data" (in en-US). The Next Web. https://thenextweb.com/dd/2017/02/01/gitlab-offline-catastrophic-database-error-loses-mountains-data. 
  21. ↑ "GitLab gets a native integration with Google's Kubernetes Engine" (in en-US). 5 April 2018. https://social.techcrunch.com/2018/04/05/gitlab-launches-a-native-integration-with-googles-kubernetes-engine/. 
  22. ↑ "GNOME, welcome to GitLab!" (in en). GitLab. https://about.gitlab.com/2018/05/31/welcome-gnome-to-gitlab. 
  23. ↑ "GNOME moves to Gitlab – GNOME" (in en). https://www.gnome.org/news/2018/05/gnome-moves-to-gitlab-2. 
  24. ↑ "Hey, data teams - We're working on a tool just for you". 2018-08-01. https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2018/08/01/hey-data-teams-we-are-working-on-a-tool-just-for-you/. 
  25. ↑ "Update on our planned move from Azure to Google Cloud Platform" (in en-US). The Official Gitlab Blog. 2018-07-19. https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/19/gcp-move-update. 
  26. ↑ "Framasoft Gitlab CE's repositories mirror" (in en). https://apt.gitlab.mirror.framasoft.org/. .
  27. ↑ Claburn, Thomas. "Blood money is fine with us, says GitLab: Vetting non-evil customers is 'time consuming, potentially distracting'" (in en). https://www.theregister.com/2019/10/16/gitlab_employees_gagged/. 
  28. ↑ Claburn, Thomas. "GitLab reset --hard bad1dea: Biz U-turns, unbans office political chat, will vet customers" (in en). https://www.theregister.com/2019/10/17/gitlab_reverse_ferret/. 
  29. ↑ Miller, Ron (March 24, 2020). "GitLab offers key lessons in running an all-remote workforce in new e-book". https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/24/gitlab-offers-key-lessons-in-running-an-all-remote-workforce-in-new-e-book/. 
  30. ↑ Daso, Frederick (October 4, 2021). "Pareto Eliminates Mundane Tasks For Founders Building Their Startups". https://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickdaso/2021/08/04/pareto-eliminates-mundane-tasks-for-founders-building-their-startups/?sh=4adb7986dab6. 
  31. ↑ Tan, Aaron (April 15, 2020). "GitLab expands into Australia as DevOps tooling market heats up". https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252481620/GitLab-expands-into-Australia-as-DevOps-tooling-market-heats-up. 
  32. ↑ Akutsu, Yoshikazu (April 30, 2020). "GitLab launches in the Japanese market "DevOps life cycle is realized in a single unit"". https://japan.techrepublic.com/article/35153092.htm. 
  33. ↑ Levy, Ari (December 1, 2020). "GitLab is being valued at more than $6 billion in secondary share sale". https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/30/-gitlab-valued-over-6-billion-in-secondary-share-sale.html. 
  34. ↑ "OMERS Participates in Secondary Shares Deal of GitLab" (in en-US). https://www.swfinstitute.org/news/83852/omers-participates-in-secondary-shares-deal-of-gitlab. 
  35. ↑ Lardinois, Frederic (June 2, 2021). "GitLab acquires UnReview as it looks to bring more ML tools to its platform". https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/02/gitlab-acquires-unreview-as-it-looks-to-bring-more-ml-tools-to-its-platform/. 
  36. ↑ "GitLab China established a joint venture company "Jihu"". March 19, 2021. http://finance.sina.com.cn/tech/csj/2021-03-19/doc-ikkntiam5452991.shtml. 
  37. ↑ "Meltano Spins out of GitLab, Raises $4.2M in Seed Funding Led by GV to Enhance Open Source Data Integration". https://about.gitlab.com/press/releases/2021-06-30-meltano-spins-out-of-gitlab-raises-seed-funding-led-by-gv.html. 
  38. ↑ Sawers, Paul (August 2, 2021). "GitLab's open source Package Hunter detects malicious code in dependencies". https://venturebeat.com/2021/08/02/gitlabs-open-source-package-hunter-detects-malicious-code-in-dependencies/. 
  39. ↑ Sharwood, Simon (August 4, 2022). "GitLab plans to delete dormant projects in free accounts". https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/04/gitlab_data_retention_policy/. 
  40. ↑ Sharwood, Simon (August 5, 2022). "GitLab U-turns on deleting dormant projects after backlash". https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/05/gitlab_reverses_deletion_policy/. 
  41. ↑ @gitlab. "Gitlab's response regarding inactive repos". https://twitter.com/gitlab/status/1555325376687226883.  Missing or empty |date= (help)
  42. ↑ "GitLab announces AI-DevSecOps platform GitLab 16". 26 May 2023. https://www.techrepublic.com/article/gitlab-16-ai-devsecops-platform/. 
  43. ↑ "GitLab Raises $4M Series A Round From Khosla Ventures". 17 September 2015. https://techcrunch.com/2015/09/17/gitlab-raises-4m-series-a-round-from-khosla-ventures-for-its-open-source-collaboration-platform. 
  44. ↑ Miller, Ron (13 September 2016). "GitLab secures $20 million Series B". https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/13/gitlab-secures-20-million-series-b. 
  45. ↑ "GitLab raises $20M Series C round led by GV" (in en-US). TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2017/10/09/gitlab-raises-20m-series-c-round-led-by-gv. 
  46. ↑ "Ukrainian startup GitLab raises $268 million at a valuation of $2.7 billion" (in en-US). 2019-09-18. https://ain.ua/en/2019/09/18/gitlab-raises-268-million. 
  47. ↑ "GitLab raises $268 million at a $2.7 billion valuation" (in en-US). 2019-09-17. https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/17/gitlab-raises-268-million-at-a-2-7-billion-valuation. 
  48. ↑ Levy, Ari (September 17, 2021). "Microsoft GitHub rival GitLab files to go public after annualized revenue tops $200 million" (in en). https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/17/github-rival-gitlab-files-to-go-public-on-revenue-over-200-million.html. 
  49. ↑ Boorstin, Julia; Fortt, Jon (October 14, 2021). "GitLab goes public on Nasdaq a $10 billion IPO". https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/10/14/gitlab-goes-public-on-nasdaq-a-10-billion-ipo.html. 
  50. ↑ "A GitLab forge for all teachers and students in France?". https://fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event/gitlab_forge_for_teachers_and_students_in_france/. 
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 Degeler, Andrii (2015-03-03). "Code Collaboration Platform GitLab Acquires Rival Gitorious" (in en-US). The Next Web. https://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/03/03/gitlab-acquires-rival-gitorious-will-shut-june-1. 
  52. ↑ "GitLab acquires software chat startup Gitter, will open-source the code" (in en-US). VentureBeat. 2017-03-15. https://venturebeat.com/2017/03/15/gitlab-acquires-software-chat-startup-gitter-will-open-source-the-code. 
  53. ↑ "Gitter is joining the GitLab team". https://about.gitlab.com/2017/03/15/gitter-acquisition. 
  54. ↑ "GitLab acquires Gemnasium to strengthen its security services" (in en-US). TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/30/gitlab-acquires-gemnasium-to-strengthen-its-security-services. 
  55. ↑ Condon, Stephanie. "GitLab makes CI/CD tools available for GitHub repositories | ZDNet" (in en). ZDNet. https://www.zdnet.com/article/gitlab-makes-cicd-tools-available-for-github-repositories. 
  56. ↑ Taft, Darryl (June 12, 2021). "GitLab makes two acquisitions to shift fuzz testing left". https://searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/news/252484613/GitLab-makes-two-acquisitions-to-shift-fuzz-testing-left. 
  57. ↑ "GitLab will create the first integrated observability solution within a DevOps Platform". December 14, 2021. https://ir.gitlab.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gitlab-acquires-opstrace-expand-its-devops-platform-open-source. 

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