GitLab
GitLab Inc. is an open-core company that develops GitLab, a DevOps software platform for building, securing, and managing applications. Created by Ukrainian developer Dmytro Zaporozhets and Dutch developer Sytse Sijbrandij, GitLab became the first partly-Ukrainian unicorn in 2018. Known for promoting remote work, it is one of the largest all-remote companies globally. GitLab has approximately 30 million registered users, including 1 million active licensed users.
APIs
GitLab GraphQL API
GraphQL is a query language for APIs. You can use it to request the exact data you need, and therefore limit the number of requests you need. GraphQL data is arranged in types, ...
GitLab Groups API
The GitLab Groups API allows you to create, read, update, and delete groups and subgroups. Groups are used to manage access control and organize projects within a GitLab instanc...
GitLab Projects API
The GitLab Projects API provides programmatic access to GitLab projects, enabling you to create, list, update, and delete projects. It supports managing project settings, member...
GitLab Admin API
The GitLab Admin API provides administrative endpoints for managing a GitLab instance. It includes operations for managing runners, CI/CD variables, Sidekiq queues, and other in...
GitLab Applications API
The GitLab Applications API allows you to manage OAuth applications registered in GitLab. You can create, list, and delete OAuth applications that enable third-party services to...
GitLab Avatar API
The GitLab Avatar API allows you to retrieve avatar images for users and groups. It returns avatar URLs based on user email addresses, enabling applications to display profile i...
GitLab Broadcast Messages API
The GitLab Broadcast Messages API allows administrators to create and manage broadcast messages that appear as banners across all GitLab pages. These messages are used to commun...
GitLab Bulk Imports API
The GitLab Bulk Imports API enables migration of groups and projects between GitLab instances. It provides endpoints for initiating bulk import operations and tracking their pro...
GitLab Application Settings API
The GitLab Application Settings API provides access to instance-wide configuration settings for a GitLab installation. Administrators can retrieve and modify application setting...
GitLab Metadata API
The GitLab Metadata API provides information about the GitLab instance, including the version, revision, and other metadata about the running installation. It is useful for veri...
GitLab Version API
The GitLab Version API returns version and revision information for the GitLab instance. This endpoint is useful for verifying what version of GitLab is running and for checking...
GitLab REST API
The GitLab REST API provides programmatic access to GitLab resources, enabling you to build integrations, automate repetitive tasks, and extract data for custom reports. The API...
GitLab OAuth 2.0 API
The GitLab OAuth 2.0 API enables third-party services to access GitLab resources on behalf of users using the OAuth 2.0 protocol. It supports authorization code with PKCE, devic...
GitLab Webhooks
GitLab Webhooks allow you to receive real-time HTTP POST notifications when events occur in GitLab projects or groups. Webhooks can be configured to trigger on events such as pu...
GitLab Issues API
The GitLab Issues API provides programmatic access to manage issues across projects and groups. It supports creating, listing, updating, and deleting issues, as well as managing...
GitLab Merge Requests API
The GitLab Merge Requests API enables programmatic management of merge requests across projects and groups. It supports creating, listing, updating, approving, and merging merge...
GitLab Pipelines API
The GitLab Pipelines API provides programmatic access to CI/CD pipelines in GitLab projects. It supports listing, creating, retrying, and canceling pipelines, as well as retriev...
GitLab Jobs API
The GitLab Jobs API allows you to interact with CI/CD jobs in GitLab projects. It supports listing, retrieving, canceling, retrying, and erasing jobs, as well as downloading job...
GitLab Runners API
The GitLab Runners API provides endpoints for managing CI/CD runners registered to a GitLab instance. It supports listing, registering, updating, and deleting runners, as well a...
GitLab Users API
The GitLab Users API provides programmatic access to manage user accounts on a GitLab instance. It supports listing, creating, updating, and deleting users, managing SSH keys an...
GitLab Repositories API
The GitLab Repositories API provides access to Git repository data within GitLab projects. It supports listing repository tree structures, retrieving file contents, comparing br...
GitLab Commits API
The GitLab Commits API provides programmatic access to Git commits within GitLab projects. It supports listing, creating, and retrieving commits, viewing commit diffs and commen...
GitLab Branches API
The GitLab Branches API enables programmatic management of Git branches within GitLab projects. It supports listing, creating, and deleting branches, as well as retrieving branc...
GitLab Tags API
The GitLab Tags API provides programmatic access to manage Git tags within GitLab projects. It supports listing, creating, and deleting tags, as well as retrieving tag details f...
GitLab Releases API
The GitLab Releases API enables programmatic management of project releases. It supports creating, listing, updating, and deleting releases, as well as managing release assets a...
GitLab Environments API
The GitLab Environments API provides programmatic access to manage deployment environments within GitLab projects. It supports creating, listing, updating, stopping, and deletin...
GitLab Deployments API
The GitLab Deployments API enables programmatic access to deployment records in GitLab projects. It supports listing, creating, and updating deployments, as well as retrieving d...
GitLab Pipeline Schedules API
The GitLab Pipeline Schedules API provides programmatic access to manage scheduled CI/CD pipelines. It supports creating, listing, updating, and deleting pipeline schedules, as ...
GitLab Labels API
The GitLab Labels API provides programmatic access to manage project labels. It supports creating, listing, updating, deleting, and subscribing to labels used for categorizing i...
GitLab Milestones API
The GitLab Milestones API provides programmatic access to manage project milestones. It supports creating, listing, updating, and deleting milestones, as well as retrieving issu...
GitLab Notes API
The GitLab Notes API provides programmatic access to manage comments and system notes on issues, merge requests, epics, and snippets. It supports creating, listing, updating, an...
GitLab Snippets API
The GitLab Snippets API provides programmatic access to manage code snippets. It supports creating, listing, updating, and deleting both personal and project snippets, enabling ...
GitLab Packages API
The GitLab Packages API provides programmatic access to the GitLab Package Registry. It supports listing, retrieving, and deleting packages across projects and groups, with supp...
GitLab Container Registry API
The GitLab Container Registry API provides programmatic access to manage container images stored in the GitLab Container Registry. It supports listing repositories and tags, del...
GitLab Vulnerabilities API
The GitLab Vulnerabilities API provides programmatic access to manage security vulnerabilities detected in GitLab projects. It supports retrieving, confirming, resolving, and di...
GitLab Deploy Keys API
The GitLab Deploy Keys API provides programmatic access to manage deploy keys for GitLab projects. It supports listing, creating, updating, and deleting SSH deploy keys that gra...
GitLab Protected Branches API
The GitLab Protected Branches API provides programmatic access to manage branch protection rules. It supports listing, creating, updating, and removing protection settings that ...
GitLab Wikis API
The GitLab Wikis API provides programmatic access to manage project wiki pages. It supports listing, creating, updating, and deleting wiki pages, as well as uploading attachment...
GitLab Events API
The GitLab Events API provides programmatic access to review event activity across GitLab. It supports listing all events, retrieving user contribution events, and viewing proje...
GitLab Search API
The GitLab Search API enables programmatic search across a GitLab instance, group, or project. It supports searching for projects, issues, merge requests, milestones, code blobs...
GitLab Namespaces API
The GitLab Namespaces API provides programmatic access to manage namespaces in GitLab. It supports listing namespaces, retrieving namespace details, and verifying namespace exis...
Features
Comprehensive REST API for managing projects, groups, users, issues, merge requests, pipelines, and all GitLab resources.
Flexible query language API for requesting exactly the data you need with a versionless, non-breaking schema.
Programmatically manage pipelines, jobs, runners, and deployment workflows.
Manage container images and repositories for Docker image lifecycle management.
Publish and manage packages across npm, Maven, PyPI, NuGet, Conan, and other formats.
Receive real-time notifications for events across projects, groups, and system-level actions.
Standards-based OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect authentication for third-party applications.
Access SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, and container scanning results through APIs.
Full lifecycle management of merge requests including creation, review, approval, and merge.
Create, manage, and query issues with labels, milestones, weights, and custom fields.
Manage repository files, branches, tags, commits, and merge operations.
Create and configure groups, subgroups, and projects with membership and permissions.
Use Cases
Automate CI/CD pipeline creation, runner management, and deployment workflows.
Programmatically manage issues, milestones, boards, and merge requests.
Manage GitLab configuration, groups, projects, and settings through APIs.
Access vulnerability reports, security scan results, and compliance data.
Bulk import projects, users, and data from other platforms.
Build custom developer tools, dashboards, and bots for GitLab workflows.
Manage Docker images, Kubernetes clusters, and container deployments.
Extract project analytics, contribution data, and productivity metrics.
Solutions
Core DevOps platform with unlimited repositories, CI/CD, issue tracking, and API access.
Advanced DevOps with merge request approvals, code owners, and priority support.
Enterprise DevOps with security scanning, compliance, and advanced API features.
Single-tenant SaaS deployment with dedicated infrastructure and enhanced security.