GitLab is a repository hosting manager tool that is developed by GitLab Inc and is used for the software development process. GitHub is a repository hosting service tool that features collaboration and access control.
Below is a table of differences between GitLab and GitHub
| Parameters | GitLab | GitHub |
|---|---|---|
| Developed by | GitLab was developed by Dmitriy Zaporozhets and Valery Sizov. | GitHub was developed by Chris Wanstrath, Tom Preston-Werner, P. J. Hyett, and Scott Chacon. |
| Open-sourced | GitLab is open-source for community edition. | GitHub is not open source. |
| Public Repository | It allows users to make public repository. | It allows users to have unlimited free repository. |
| Private Repository | GitLab also provides free private repository. | GitHub allows users to have free private repository but with a maximum of three collaborators. |
| Navigation | GitLab provides the feature of navigation into the repository. | GitHub allows users to navigate usability. |
| Project Analysis | GitLab provides user to see project development charts. | GitHub doesn’t have this feature yet but they can check the commit history. |
| Advantages | GitLab is freely available and open is source for community edition It is a cloud-native application and is highly secure. | It helps us create an organized document for the project. |
| Disadvantages | GitLab is available with many bugs and it makes the user experience sloppy. | It is difficult to manage code reviews for first-timers. There is a limited private repository. It supports only Git version control. |
| Company | It is owned by GitLab Inc. | It is owned by Microsoft Corporation. |
| Security | More secure than Github. | It is less secure as security Dashboard, License Compliance is missing in GitHub. |
| Attachments | Gitlab supports adding other types of attachments. | GitHub does not allow adding other types of attachments. |