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I used GitLab at my last company. It was one of the earlier versions before they went to YCombinator. At the time I wasn't a fan; I ran into bugs and just had o

I used GitLab at my last company. It was one of the earlier versions before they went to YCombinator. At the time I wasn't a fan; I ran into bugs and just had odd persistence issues. But I've got to say GitLab is just incredible to use now. It's really nice and I now use it over BitBucket for my private repositories. I still use GitHub for OpenSource (that's going to be a hard barrier to get through if they really want to) but I'm a big fan. So congrats on the round! This is technically the second seed round, right? Or does YCombinator not really count as a seed anymore?

sytse 11y ago
Great to hear you experienced a great improvement in the reliability of GitLab! We agree that the network effect of open source hosted on GitHub will take a lot of time to overcome. But right now we're very much focussed on on-premises installations and hosting private repos for free with GitLab.com Most people don't regard the Y Combinator investment as a seed round. Also, the seed round can stretch out in time due to the SAFE agreements that are used (it is not a priced round).
gitdude 11y ago
I am part of the Bitbucket team. Would love to hear what made you switch from Bitbucket?
- BinaryIdiot 11y ago
  So the price is one thing. Granted my personal projects are only just me but some of the projects I've collaborated on before involved multiple people so just for simplicity's sake I moved all of them over (I hate having multiple services for the same type of thing; GitHub is the only exception because their private pricing is really high and it's really difficult to do OpenSource anywhere else). I'm not going to lie and this is going to sound kinda shallow but I thought GitLab looked nicer too. Granted this wasn't the main thing that made me move but it did help nudge me a little. Beyond that it's not like git is very different between places so it's kinda hard to differentiate in my opinion.
- ptype 11y ago
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sytse 11y ago

Great to hear you experienced a great improvement in the reliability of GitLab! We agree that the network effect of open source hosted on GitHub will take a lot of time to overcome. But right now we're very much focussed on on-premises installations and hosting private repos for free with GitLab.com Most people don't regard the Y Combinator investment as a seed round. Also, the seed round can stretch out in time due to the SAFE agreements that are used (it is not a priced round).

gitdude 11y ago

I am part of the Bitbucket team. Would love to hear what made you switch from Bitbucket?

BinaryIdiot 11y ago
So the price is one thing. Granted my personal projects are only just me but some of the projects I've collaborated on before involved multiple people so just for simplicity's sake I moved all of them over (I hate having multiple services for the same type of thing; GitHub is the only exception because their private pricing is really high and it's really difficult to do OpenSource anywhere else). I'm not going to lie and this is going to sound kinda shallow but I thought GitLab looked nicer too. Granted this wasn't the main thing that made me move but it did help nudge me a little. Beyond that it's not like git is very different between places so it's kinda hard to differentiate in my opinion.
ptype 11y ago
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