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Decision Kit
Decision Kit
Gogs is a lightweight Git server written in Go which is designed to be simple to set up and operate and can be run on just about anything. It is 100% open source under the MIT OSS license and provided only in self-managed form. Gogs offers repository file viewing and editing, project issue tracking, and a built-in wiki for project documentation.
Feature Comparison
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Built-in CI/CD
GitLab has built-in Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery, for free, no need to install it separately. Use it to build, test, and deploy your website (GitLab Pages) or webapp. The job results are displayed on merge requests for easy access. |
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Runs with less memory and consumes less CPU power
Uses little memory, it runs fine with 512MB. Uses little CPU power since Go is a compiled language |
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Issues
Quickly set the status, assignee or milestone for multiple issues at the same time or easily filter them on any properties. See milestones and issues across projects. |
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Labels
Labels provide an easy way to categorize issues, merge requests, or epics based on descriptive titles as ‘bug’, or ‘documentation’. |
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Milestones
Create and manage milestones at both the project and group levels, viewing all the issues for the milestone you’re currently working on, representing an Agile program increment or a release. |
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Iterations
Create and manage iterations at the group level, view all the issues for the iteration you’re currently working on within your group or project, and enable all subgroups and projects to stay in sync on the same cadence. |
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Issue Due Dates
In GitLab, you can set a due date for individual issues. This is very convenient if you have small tasks with a specific deadline. |
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Move Issue to Another Project
You can move issues between projects in GitLab. All links, history and comments will be copied and the original issue will reference the newly moved issue. This makes working with multiple issue trackers much easier. |
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Mark Issue as Duplicate
Mark an issue as a duplicate of another issue, closing it. |
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To-Do List
When a user is mentioned in or assigned to an issue or merge request, it will be included in the user’s To-Do List, making the development workflow faster and easier to track. |
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Project Issue Board
GitLab has Issue Boards, each list of an Issue Board is based on a label that exists in your issue tracker. The Issue Board will therefore match the state of your issue tracker in a user-friendly way. |
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Time Tracking
Time Tracking in GitLab lets your team add estimates and record time spent on issues and merge requests. |
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Repository pull mirroring
Mirror a repository from a remote Git server to your local server, making it easy to keep local forks and replicas up to date. |
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Create new branches from issues
In GitLab, you can quickly create a new branch from an issue on the issue tracker. It will include the issue number and title automatically, making it easy to track which branch belongs to which issue. |
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Remote repository push mirroring
Mirror a repository from your local server to elsewhere. Push mirroring is supported via HTTP and SSH using password authentication, and using public-key authentication with SSH. |
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Git LFS 2.0 support
Manage large files such as audio, video and graphics files with the help of Git LFS. Git LFS 2.0 file locking support helps large teams work with binary assets and is integrated with our native file locking feature. |
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Create merge request from email
Create a merge request from email by sending in the merge request title, description, and source branch name. Alternatively use patch files to create a merge request without first pushing a branch. |
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Git protocol v2 support
Git’s wire protocol defines how clones, fetches and pushes are communicated between the client and server. Git protocol v2 improves performance of fetch commands and enables future protocol improvements. |
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Application performance monitoring
GitLab collects and displays performance metrics for deployed apps, leveraging Prometheus. Developers can determine the impact of a merge and keep an eye on their production systems, without leaving GitLab. |
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Application performance alerts
GitLab allows engineers to seamlessly create service level indicator alerts and be notified of any desired events, all within the same workflow where they write their code. |
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Project Level Value Stream Analytics
GitLab provides a dashboard that lets teams measure the time it takes to go from planning to monitoring. GitLab can provide this data because it has all the tools built-in: from the idea, to the CI, to code review, to deploy to production. |
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Group Level Value Stream Analytics
GitLab provides a group dashboard that lets teams measure the time it takes to go from planning to monitoring. GitLab can provide this data because it has all the tools built-in: from the idea, to the CI, to code review, to deploy to production. |
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Built-in Container Registry
GitLab Container Registry is a secure and private registry for Docker images. It allows for easy upload and download of images from GitLab CI. It is fully integrated with Git repository management. (Codefresh will be ending their support for private docker registries as of May 1, 2020 |
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Preview your changes with Review Apps
With GitLab CI/CD you can create a new environment for each one of your branches, speeding up your development process. Spin up dynamic environments for your merge requests with the ability to preview your branch in a live environment. Review Apps support both static and dynamic URLs. |
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Environments Auto-stop
This feature allows users to configure an optional expiration date which can be set for review app environments. |
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New features every month
GitLab is updated with new features and improvements every month on the 22nd. |
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One integrated tool
Other tools require the integration of multiple 3rd party tools to complete the software development lifecycle. GitLab has a completely integrated solution that covers the entire development lifecycle. |
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AD / LDAP integration
Sync groups, manage SSH-keys, manage permissions, authentication and more. You can manage an entire GitLab instance through the LDAP / AD integration. |
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Support for Scaled Architectures
GitLab Premium includes support for scaling GitLab services across multiple nodes to manage demands on your system and provide redundancy. GitLab has developed reference architectures so you can easily determine the optimal architecture for your needs. |
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Deploy Boards
Deploy Boards offer a consolidated view of the current health and status of each CI/CD environment running on Kubernetes. The status of each pod of your latest deployment is displayed seamlessly within GitLab without the need to access Kubernetes. |
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Automatically close issue(s) when a merge request is merged
With GitLab, you can use specific keywords to close one or more issues as soon as a merge request is merged. |
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Draft merge requests
Prevent merge requests from accidentally being accepted before they’re completely ready by marking them as Draft. This gives you all the code review power of merge requests, while protecting unfinished work. |
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View Kubernetes pod logs
The monitoring of servers, application, network and security devices via generated log files to identify errors and problems for analysis. GitLab makes it easy to view the logs of running pods in connected Kubernetes clusters. By displaying the logs directly in GitLab, developers can avoid having to manage console tools or jump to a different interface. |
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Virtual registries
A virtual registry is a collection of local, remote and other virtual registries accessed through a single logical URL. GitLab Epic detailing the issues required to add this functionality. |
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Forward requests for packages not found in GitLab to npmjs.com
By default, when an NPM package is not found in the GitLab NPM Registry, the request is forwarded to npmjs.com |
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Conan (C/C++) Repository
Conan is an open source, decentralized and multi-platform C/C++ Package Manager for developers to create and share native binaries. |
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Maven (Java) Repository
GitLab’s Maven repository makes it easier to publish and share Java libraries across an organization, and ensure dependencies are managed correctly. It is fully integrated with GitLab, including authentication and authorization. |
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NPM (node) Registry
GitLab’s NPM repository makes it easier to publish and share NPM packages across an organization, and ensure dependencies are managed correctly. It is fully integrated with GitLab, including authentication and authorization. |
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NuGet (.NET) Repository
GitLab’s NuGet Repository allows C#/.NET developers to create, publish and share packages using the NuGet client or visual studio. |
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PyPI (Python) Repository
Python developers can set up GitLab as a remote PyPI repository and build, publish, and share packages using the PyPI client or GitLab CI/CD. |
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RPM (Linux) Repository
This planned feature will enable Linux developers to build, publish and share RPM packages alongside their source code and pipelines. Check out the issue for additional details on implementation and timing |
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Debian (Linux) Repository
This planned feature will enable Linux developers to build, publish and share Debian packages alongside their source code and pipelines. Check out the issue for additional details on implementation and timing |
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RubyGems (Ruby) Repository
This planned feature will enable Ruby developers to setup GitLab as a remote RubyGems repository and to build, publish and share packages using the command line or GitLab CI/CD. This will also be a valuable feature for GitLab and help with dogfooding Check out the issue for additional details on implementation and timing |
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Go Proxy
This feature helps Go developers to publish and share their packages right alongside their source code and pipelines. This will also be a valuable feature for GitLab and help with dogfooding |
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Composer (PHP) Repository
This feature helps PHP developers to build, publish and share their packages right alongside their source code and pipelines. |
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Use the Package Registry through REST API
Enables support for automation and integration of the GitLab Package Registry through a REST API. |
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Git protocol v2 support
Git’s wire protocol defines how clones, fetches and pushes are communicated between the client and server. Git protocol v2 improves performance of fetch commands and enables future protocol improvements. |
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