I think that is is best to open pull requests to Gitlab instead. You may object and say that it is a bit lame to re-implement something that is already in the

I think that is is best to open pull requests to Gitlab instead. You may object and say that it is a bit lame to re-implement something that is already in the paid version. However, it is best than re-implementing everything from scratch. Also, I have heard that Gitlab is open to open-sourcing features when you show interest to have it in the free version. Take a look at this issue for example, which tracks Gnome's wishlist for Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/43566 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/43566. The guys behind the Gitlab company move the community edition pretty fast too, possibly faster than what we would achieve by duplicating efforts. However, as I mentioned in another comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17241209 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17241209), this may change because the new free Ultimate/Gold subscriptions could become excuses to stop open-sourcing features to Gitlab CE.