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I find Gitlab UI quite a bit bloated and slow compared to Github. They have some amazing features but I can't get past how many (2-5 seconds) to load a page and

I find Gitlab UI quite a bit bloated and slow compared to Github. They have some amazing features but I can't get past how many (2-5 seconds) to load a page and sometimes upto 10 seconds (analytics). I hope that's being addressed in future. Usually, I spend at least 2 hours on Github in a given day - and probably access the website about 50 times a day or more. These UI issues add up tremendously.

mroche 6y ago
As noted in other comments, GL.com does have some performance problems. A self-hosted instance is a completely different story, thankfully. All of the on-prem or cloud hosted instances I’ve gotten to use were quite snappy.
ashtonkem 6y ago
In my experience, this is highly dependent on the number of projects hosted on a GL instance.
ViViDboarder 6y ago
Phew. I’m not alone. I also fine the interface a bit confusing. It’s probably no worse than GitHub, but just less familiar. Or maybe I prefer too nav to side nav... I’ve been using Gitea for my personal hosting because it’s small, quick, and easy to grok. It isn’t nearly as fully featured as GitLab though, but I don’t mind. I’m not a team and I’m happy to glue different services together rather than use a large all in one (Gitea + Drone + Wekan).
emilycook 6y ago
We do have a performance team who is working on continuously improving the speed, so hopefully that is improved in the future! https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/performance/ https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/performance/
- fermienrico 6y ago
  Hi Emily, can you guys do an upper limit, say maximum 1.5 seconds load time for any page? Ruthelessly disapprove features unless it meets this spec time. When a website or service becomes too slow, it is on its way to an impending death. Then people wonder why some service fell apart? Put users and usability first and foremost before features.

mroche 6y ago

As noted in other comments, GL.com does have some performance problems. A self-hosted instance is a completely different story, thankfully. All of the on-prem or cloud hosted instances I’ve gotten to use were quite snappy.

ashtonkem 6y ago

In my experience, this is highly dependent on the number of projects hosted on a GL instance.

ViViDboarder 6y ago

Phew. I’m not alone. I also fine the interface a bit confusing. It’s probably no worse than GitHub, but just less familiar. Or maybe I prefer too nav to side nav... I’ve been using Gitea for my personal hosting because it’s small, quick, and easy to grok. It isn’t nearly as fully featured as GitLab though, but I don’t mind. I’m not a team and I’m happy to glue different services together rather than use a large all in one (Gitea + Drone + Wekan).

emilycook 6y ago

We do have a performance team who is working on continuously improving the speed, so hopefully that is improved in the future! https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/performance/ https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/performance/

fermienrico 6y ago
Hi Emily, can you guys do an upper limit, say maximum 1.5 seconds load time for any page? Ruthelessly disapprove features unless it meets this spec time. When a website or service becomes too slow, it is on its way to an impending death. Then people wonder why some service fell apart? Put users and usability first and foremost before features.