Private company

GitLab Inc.

Logo: GitLab B.V., MIT, via Wikimedia Commons3

Global software company

GitLab Inc. is an American company that operates and develops GitLab, an open-core DevOps software package that can develop, secure, and operate software.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

2011Founded1

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GitLab Inc. is an American company that operates and develops GitLab, an open-core DevOps software package that can develop, secure, and operate software. GitLab includes a distributed version control system based on Git, including features such as access control, bug tracking, software feature requests, task management, and wikis for every project, as well as snippets.2

How it started

History

In June 2015, the company was changed to a United States corporation.

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

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. The recovery process was live-streamed on YouTube.

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.

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

From Wikipedia’s article on GitLab Inc., shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

Leadership

Who has led GitLab Inc., and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Bill Staples2024–now
201520202025

Timeline

  1. Dec 5, 2024New chief executive Bill Staples becomes CEO1
  2. Oct 14, 2021Went public Listed on NASDAQ1
  3. 2011Founded Founded1

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