GitLab Community Edition
GitLab is open source software to collaborate on code.
Manage git repositories with fine-grained access controls that keep your code secure.
Perform code reviews and enhance collaboration with merge requests.
Each project can also have an issue tracker and a wiki.
Used by more than 100,000 organizations, GitLab is the most popular solution to manage git repositories on-premises.
Read more about GitLab at about.gitlab.com.
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GitLab Docs
Welcome to GitLab documentation.
Here you can access the complete documentation for GitLab, the single application for the entire DevOps lifecycle.
Overview
No matter how you use GitLab, we have documentation for you.
| Essential documentation | Essential documentation |
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User documentation Discover features and concepts for GitLab users. |
Administrator documentation Everything GitLab self-managed administrators need to know. |
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Contributing to GitLab At GitLab, everyone can contribute! |
New to Git and GitLab? We have the resources to get you started. |
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Build an integration with GitLab Consult our integration documentation. |
Coming to GitLab from another platform? Consult our guides. |
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Install GitLab Installation options for different platforms. |
Customers Information for new and existing customers. |
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Update GitLab Update your GitLab self-managed instance to the latest version. |
Reference Architectures GitLab reference architectures |
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GitLab releases What's new in GitLab. |
Popular topics
Have a look at some of our most popular topics:
| Popular topic | Description |
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| Two-factor authentication | Improve the security of your GitLab account. |
| GitLab groups | Manage projects together. |
| GitLab CI/CD pipeline configuration reference | Available configuration options for .gitlab-ci.yml files. |
| Activate GitLab EE with a license (STARTER ONLY) | Activate GitLab Enterprise Edition functionality with a license. |
| Back up and restore GitLab (CORE ONLY) | Rake tasks for backing up and restoring GitLab self-managed instances. |
| GitLab release and maintenance policy | Policies for version naming and cadence, and also upgrade recommendations. |
| Elasticsearch integration (STARTER ONLY) | Integrate Elasticsearch with GitLab to enable advanced searching. |
| Omnibus GitLab database settings (CORE ONLY) | Database settings for Omnibus GitLab self-managed instances. |
| Omnibus GitLab NGINX settings (CORE ONLY) | NGINX settings for Omnibus GitLab self-managed instances. |
| Omnibus GitLab SSL configuration (CORE ONLY) | SSL settings for Omnibus GitLab self-managed instances. |
| GitLab.com settings | Settings used for GitLab.com. |
The entire DevOps lifecycle
GitLab is the first single application for software development, security, and operations that enables Concurrent DevOps. GitLab makes the software lifecycle faster and radically improves the speed of business.
GitLab provides solutions for each of the stages of the DevOps lifecycle.
New to Git and GitLab?
Working with new systems can be daunting.
We have the following documentation to rapidly uplift your GitLab knowledge:
| Topic | Description |
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| GitLab basics guides | Start working on the command line and with GitLab. |
| GitLab workflow overview | Enhance your workflow with the best of GitLab Workflow. |
| Get started with GitLab CI/CD | Quickly implement GitLab CI/CD. |
| Auto DevOps | Learn more about Auto DevOps in GitLab. |
| GitLab Markdown | Advanced formatting system (GitLab Flavored Markdown) |
User account
Learn more about GitLab account management:
| Topic | Description |
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| User account | Manage your account. |
| Authentication | Account security with two-factor authentication, set up your SSH keys, and deploy keys for secure access to your projects. |
| Profile settings | Manage your profile settings, two factor authentication, and more. |
| User permissions | Learn what each role in a project can do. |
Git and GitLab
Learn more about using Git, and using Git with GitLab:
| Topic | Description |
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| Git | Getting started with Git, branching strategies, Git LFS, and advanced use. |
| Git cheat sheet | Download a PDF describing the most used Git operations. |
| GitLab Flow | Explore the best of Git with the GitLab Flow strategy. |
Coming to GitLab from another platform
If you are coming to GitLab from another platform, the following information is useful:
| Topic | Description |
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| Importing to GitLab | Import your projects from GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab.com, FogBugz, and SVN into GitLab. |
| Migrating from SVN | Convert a SVN repository to Git and GitLab. |
Build an integration with GitLab
There are many ways to integrate with GitLab, including:
| Topic | Description |
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| GitLab REST API | Integrate with GitLab using our REST API. |
| GitLab GraphQL API | Integrate with GitLab using our GraphQL API. |
| Integrations | Integrations with third-party products. |
Contributing to GitLab
GitLab Community Edition is open source and GitLab Enterprise Edition is open-core.
Learn how to contribute to GitLab with the following resources:
| Topic | Description |
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| Development | How to contribute to GitLab development. |
| Legal | Contributor license agreements. |
| Writing documentation | How to contribute to GitLab Docs. |