<s>
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
an	O
open-core	O
company	O
that	O
operates	O
GitLab	B-Application
,	O
a	O
DevOps	O
software	O
package	O
which	O
can	O
develop	O
,	O
secure	O
,	O
and	O
operate	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
project	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Ukrainian	O
developer	O
Dmytro	O
Zaporozhets	O
and	O
Dutch	O
developer	O
Sytse	O
Sijbrandij	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
considered	O
the	O
first	O
partly-Ukrainian	O
unicorn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
foundation	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
promoted	O
remote	O
work	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
known	O
to	O
be	O
among	O
the	O
largest	O
all-remote	O
companies	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitLab	B-Application
has	O
an	O
estimated	O
30	O
million	O
registered	O
users	O
,	O
with	O
1	O
million	O
being	O
active	O
licensed	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
established	O
in	O
2014	O
to	O
continue	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
code-sharing	O
platform	O
launched	O
in	O
2011	O
by	O
Dmytro	O
Zaporozhets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitLab	B-Application
offers	O
its	O
platform	O
as	O
a	O
freemium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
foundation	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
has	O
been	O
an	O
all-remote	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
recovery	O
process	O
was	O
live-streamed	O
on	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
.	I-General_Concept
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
announced	O
integration	O
with	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Kubernetes	I-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
(	O
GKE	O
)	O
to	O
simplify	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
spinning	O
up	O
a	O
new	O
cluster	O
to	O
deploy	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2018	O
,	O
GNOME	B-Application
moved	O
to	O
GitLab	B-Application
with	O
over	O
400	O
projects	O
and	O
900	O
contributors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
1	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
started	O
development	O
of	O
Meltano	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
11	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
moved	O
from	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
to	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Platform	I-General_Concept
,	O
making	O
the	O
service	O
inaccessible	O
to	O
users	O
in	O
several	O
regions	O
including	O
:	O
Crimea	O
,	O
Cuba	O
,	O
Iran	O
,	O
North	O
Korea	O
,	O
Sudan	O
,	O
and	O
Syria	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
sanctions	O
imposed	O
by	O
Office	O
of	O
Foreign	O
Assets	O
Control	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
overcome	O
this	O
issue	O
,	O
the	O
non-profit	O
organisation	O
Framasoft	O
provides	O
a	O
Debian	O
mirror	O
to	O
make	O
GitLab	B-Application
CE	O
available	O
in	O
those	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
released	O
its	O
Guide	O
to	O
All-Remote	O
and	O
a	O
course	O
on	O
remote	O
management	O
to	O
aid	O
companies	O
in	O
building	O
all-remote	O
work	O
cultures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
2020	O
saw	O
the	O
expansion	O
of	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
into	O
the	O
Australian	O
and	O
Japanese	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
valued	O
at	O
more	O
than	O
$6	O
billion	O
in	O
a	O
secondary	O
market	O
evaluation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
OMERS	O
participated	O
in	O
a	O
secondary	O
shares	O
investment	O
in	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
2	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
also	O
acquired	O
UnReview	O
,	O
a	O
tool	O
that	O
automates	O
software	O
review	O
cycles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
18	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
licensed	O
its	O
technology	O
to	O
Chinese	O
company	O
JiHu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
spun	O
out	O
Meltano	O
,	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
ELT	B-General_Concept
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
23	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
open-sourced	O
Package	O
Hunter	O
,	O
a	O
Falco-based	O
tool	O
that	O
detects	O
malicious	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
4	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
's	O
plans	O
to	O
change	O
its	O
Data	O
Retention	O
Policy	O
and	O
automatically	O
delete	O
inactive	O
repositories	O
that	O
have	O
not	O
been	O
modified	O
for	O
a	O
year	O
became	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
days	O
GitLab	B-Application
received	O
much	O
criticism	O
from	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
initially	O
raised	O
$1.5	O
million	O
in	O
seed	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
17	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
publicly	O
filed	O
a	O
registration	O
statement	O
on	O
Form	O
S-1	O
with	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Securities	O
and	O
Exchange	O
Commission	O
(	O
SEC	O
)	O
relating	O
to	O
the	O
proposed	O
initial	O
public	O
offering	O
of	O
its	O
Class	O
A	O
common	O
stock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitLab	B-Application
Forge	O
was	O
officially	O
adopted	O
in	O
2023	O
by	O
the	O
French	O
ministry	O
for	O
education	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
"	O
Digital	O
Educational	O
Commons	O
"	O
of	O
educational	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2015	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
acquired	O
Gitorious	B-Application
,	O
a	O
competing	O
Git	B-Application
hosting	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gitorious	B-Application
had	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
around	O
822,000	O
registered	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
were	O
encouraged	O
to	O
move	O
to	O
GitLab	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
Gitorious	B-Application
service	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
June	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
announced	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Gitter	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Included	O
in	O
the	O
announcement	O
was	O
the	O
stated	O
intent	O
that	O
Gitter	B-Protocol
would	O
continue	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
code	O
would	O
become	O
open	O
source	O
under	O
an	O
MIT	B-License
License	I-License
no	O
later	O
than	O
June	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2018	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
acquired	O
Gemnasium	O
,	O
a	O
service	O
that	O
provided	O
security	O
scanners	O
with	O
alerts	O
for	O
known	O
security	O
vulnerabilities	O
in	O
open-source	B-Application
libraries	O
of	O
various	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gemnasium	O
features	O
and	O
technology	O
was	O
integrated	O
into	O
GitLab	B-Application
EE	O
and	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
CI/CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
11	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
acquired	O
Peach	O
Tech	O
,	O
a	O
security	O
software	O
firm	O
specializing	O
in	O
protocol	O
fuzz	O
testing	O
,	O
and	O
Fuzzit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
14	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
GitLab	B-Application
Inc	O
.	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
Opstrace	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
developers	O
of	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
monitoring	O
and	O
observability	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
