GitLab Reviews

Pros

- Lack of corporate nonsense. It allows you to focus on what is important (the code!)
- The possibility of self-hosting.
- Decent set of features at the free tier.
- Excellent set of features if you decide to self-host.

Cons

- Janky web interface. It should be much less cluttered.
- Since it is not dominating the industry, the UI requires some getting used to (may not be a con for some)
- Wonky CI/CD runner setup.

Pros

I like the all in one setup Gitlab offers, CI/CD, issue tracking are built in, which makes project managing easier

Cons

The interface feels cluttered at times, and some features are hard to find. Its not always as intuitive as Id like

Pros

I started using GitLab because private repositories were free. I've been using it less since private repositories became free on GitHub as well, but it remains a great tool.

A large part of its features are sufficient in the free plan.

Cons

I hate GitLab's interface; it's just my personal opinion, but nothing feels intuitive. They use Cloudflare protection everywhere, the colors, etc., make it look like an old-school Microsoft application. Plus, it’s much less popular than GitHub in terms of open-source projects and community activity.

Pros

Gitlab is a one stop shop for all of your sdlc life cycle from project planning to scm, ci/cd, security, documentation it has a fully pipeline curated for most use cases.

Cons

The restricted options for privileges are a small bind it would be more useful if you could design custom roles with privileges that suit your organisation.

Pros

I have been using gitlab for over 6 months now. The actions it has are amazing which has helped me to automate builds and deployments. The authentication was easy.Also, if you have previous experience with github it would not take much time for you to hoop on to this.

Cons

The UX is not very decent. Since i have a github background i find it very difficult to find the feature on the pages

Pros

- Easy Self Hosting
- Good CI/CD Integrations

Cons

When setting up the Self hosted Version, we ran into a few Problems, however thanks to the docs we could solve those

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Switching to GitLab

Pros

I enjoyed the encrpytion and protection of our code with GitLab the most, and how it is already compatible with our GitHub branches and repositories.

Cons

The pricing of GitLab and being per user were huge turn-offs for us as a business but understandably considering the nature of the product.

Pros

1. The Gitlab community is extremely helpful in managing queries, handling errors, and collaborating on projects.
2. It can be integrated into CI/CD pipelines, making the development process streamlined and enhancing team productivity.
3. It is available both as On-prem and SAAS.

Cons

Very difficult to learn as a new come. Highly expensive product and sometimes faces issues with performance.

Pros

Its a great way to work on coding projects by collaborating with teammates.

Cons

It has a limited amount of people who can collaborate on a single project. I think it's 10.

Pros

1. Gitlab community size is quite high for questioning, discussions and information.
2. Helps in effective source code compliance , CI/CD planning , security scanning significantly.
3. Good platform to manage, implement and track software performances.

Cons

1. The platform performance hampered sometime with the ratio of users using.
2. Little complex for users to understand this if starting this newly.
3. Taking advance and enterprise features makes it costly.

Pros

GitLab's collaboration features, such as merge requests and issue boards foster efficient teamwork.
GitLab places a strong emphasis on security and provides tools like role-based access control,
Workflows and issue boards can be customized using the platform.
The CI/CD pipelines at GitLab are strong. The ease of setting up and managing pipelines directly within the repository simplifies the development process.

Cons

Navigating the platform and understanding all its capabilities might require a learning curve for individuals new to the tool.

Pros

1. Integrated platform for all my CI/CD needs
2. Great to options for runner, one of the only platforms to provide native kubernetes runner support.
3. Robust options in terms of pipeline flexibility. You can have parent and child pipeline models for complex pipelines

Cons

1. Because of native support, its flexibility highly depends upon bug fixes done by gitlab team
2. Support on forums is difficult to get unless you have purchased a support package.
3. Newer runners such as kubernetes are yet to get matured. In my personal experience the feature additions are not yet integrated completely but get added as patches on the running pods. This should be a part of config.toml

Pros

Integrated CI/CD, Collaboration Features, Comprehensive Platform

Cons

GitLab can be resource-intensive, particularly for self-hosted instances and GitLab's extensive feature set and customization options can result in a steep learning curve for new users

Pros

Having used both GitHub and GitLab, I found that GitLab stands out with its beginner-friendly UI and easy-to-use pipeline management. The reason is that I prioritize how quickly someone can catch up when joining a new project and using a tool. In this aspect, I highly recommend GitLab.

Cons

While this doesn't affect enterprise plans, the free plan has some limitations. Additionally, unlike other software, it lacks substantial community support.

Pros

Gitlab can be used as SCM and CI/CD in one tool.

Cons

till now I haven't found any cons in my working experience with Gitlab

Pros

The customization is unbelievable and there are constant new updates for new features.

Cons

It can have a large learning curve to get up to speed on how to use.

Pros

The features that impressed me about gitlab are Version Control, issue tracking, and the ability to automate development workflows through CI/CD. Thank to the intuitive interface and ease of use, it helps to easily implement it into projects. Also the possibility of hosting projects in the Gitlab cloud or deploying locally helps a lot to adapt to needs.

Cons

In very large projects, perfomance and speed may be slowed down. Also the advance configuration that Gitlab offers can be very complex for new users, some features could be simplified and made more accessible. Although Gitlab has a lot of documentation, more tutorials and examples would be needed to fully take advantage of Gitlab.

Pros

Its a easy way for partly VC and displaying information in the context of teaching

Cons

i did not dislike anything about gitlab, there are surely things that can be upgraded but there is no real bad part.

Pros

It’s one of the top two git repository platflorms I’ve used

Cons

I get the feeling that it’s not as popular as github.

Pros

1. It Offers a free Version which cover most of the project collaboration features, which is great for Startups like golden mist Software.

2. Allows Integrations with other third-party software like JIRA allowing a comprehensive overview of the development environment

Cons

1. The licensed version with much more improved features seem a bit expensive for the small startups.

2. Complicated to install for one without the expertise.

Pros

Highly customizable and gives a pretty close experience to GitHub but with ability to host the service on your own server.

Cons

Not a lot to dislike except when some updates break things causing down times on your own repositories. This was a few years ago though, it's much better nowadays.

Pros

Easily manage the versions
Able to create ci/cd pipeline

Cons

Na.

Pros

In addition to allowing the management of code repositories, it also provides tools for continuous building, automated testing, issue tracking. Its ability to host both public and private code repositories.

Cons

Its relatively steep learning curve. May require significant hardware and bandwidth resources to run properly.

Pros

It is a great tool for collaboration between development team members. It has lots of nice useful features.

Cons

I did not encounter any issues with GitLab.

Pros

I like that GitLab incorporates a variety of security scanning tools, including static application security testing (SAST), dynamic application security testing (DAST), and container scanning into our development process . These tools help to analyze our code and our application's runtime behavior to identify potential vulnerabilities and weaknesses.

Cons

GitLab lacks the ability to be a full project management software. Thus , for projects that involves extensive collaborations with teams outside our development team, Gitlab needs to be integrated with a standard project management tool.