ABSTRACT
GitLab follows the model of open-core development, wherein the core functionality had been released under MIT’s open-source license, while the supplementary features of functionality, like multiple issue assignees, code owners, dependency scanning, as well as insights, are to be kept under the ambit of a proprietary license. GitLab’s services are only available in the English language, while its headquarters are located in San Francisco, California, United States. Subsequently, GitLab also sent their application to Y Combinator, an American seed money startup accelerator that was launched in March 2005. At the start of 2015, almost the entire team of GitLab went to Silicon Valley so that they could participate in the Y Combinator. GitLab is able to integrate with a system-installed SSH daemon as well as designate a user (usually named git) through whom all access requests are to be handled.
