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GitLab CE vs cgit: catalog facts
GitLab CE	cgit
Freemium The Community Edition is free and open source. Premium and Ultimate tiers are paid.	Free Free and open source under the GPLv2.
Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Repository hosting, CI/CD, registries and issue tracking in one install Well-supported installation packages for Linux, Docker and Kubernetes	Written in C with built-in HTML caching Commit feeds, tag archives and side-by-side diffs
Resource-hungry; a small instance still wants several gigabytes of memory Many advanced features are Premium or Ultimate only, not in the free edition	Read-only browsing with no issues, pull requests or user accounts Must be built and configured on your own web server
Self-hosted, Web application	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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