> GitLab’s UI really feels like it steers you towards work inside of a company more than open collaboration like GitHub does. That's kind of what it was design

> GitLab’s UI really feels like it steers you towards work inside of a company more than open collaboration like GitHub does. That's kind of what it was designed for, though. GitLab.com wasn't a popular choice for open projects compared to GitHub until the "big migration" several years ago. Before that, GitLab was very popular for self-hosted internal instances (their customer reel demonstrated that). Even before modifying their OSS org policy for self-hosting, many groups ran their own GitLab CE instance. You couldn't (and still can't) do this with GitHub*. It also had a longstanding unlimited private repos compared to GitHub's free tier (formerly) that enticed developers. GitLab's UI/UX was made for business workflows and processes (hence it being an "all-in-one DevOps platform." GitHub leans more into the community graph and semi-social media style for orgs/communities (the Discussions section a case example). It has come a long way for the business side, though. * Yes, GitHub Enterprise Server exists: good luck getting it without paying for it (unless things have changed).