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cgitGitLab CE
Free

Free and open source under the GPLv2.

 Freemium

The Community Edition is free and open source. Premium and Ultimate tiers are paid.

Web, Self-hosted Linux, Web, Self-hosted
  • Written in C with built-in HTML caching
  • Commit feeds, tag archives and side-by-side diffs
  • Repository hosting, CI/CD, registries and issue tracking in one install
  • Well-supported installation packages for Linux, Docker and Kubernetes
  • Read-only browsing with no issues, pull requests or user accounts
  • Must be built and configured on your own web server
  • Resource-hungry; a small instance still wants several gigabytes of memory
  • Many advanced features are Premium or Ultimate only, not in the free edition
Self-hosted Self-hosted, Web application
Open source Open source
License: GPL-2.0 License: MIT
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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