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Date: 2024-11-08 07:57:40
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As of November 2024, for most projects there is not a significant differences between the two that would be a deal breaker. GitHub and GitLab both have many similarities. That being said below are some of the differences between them.

Features GitHub GitLab
Open-source No Yes
Launched 2008 2014
Owner Microsoft GitLab inc
Pricing Free/ $4/ $21 Free/ $29/ $99
Hosted on Microsoft Azure Google Cloud
Desktop and Mobile Support native support third-party apps
Learning curve flat steeper
Planning, tracking, and
project management
native capabilities native capabilities
Uptime SLA 99.9% Uptime SLA couldn't be found
Integration & apps a lot a few
Adoption & user base big relatively smaller
Social-features extensive not extensive
Self-hosting Paid Free & Paid
Security Tools out of the box Excellent (9/10) Outstanding (9.5/10)

Some people prefer GitLab's high abstraction approach to CI/CD. While others prefer flexibility of GitHub Actions. I think that is subjective.

According to StackOverflow's 2022 survey to GitHub was the by far the most popular choice among developers both for personal and processional use.

StackOverflow Survey

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Posted by: Hujaakbar