When I started using it it was free private repos and CI minutes.
Whilst GH has duplicated these features very recently, they are still things that are at the core of gitlabs offering, so are generally higher quality and better supported.
Gitlab is also open source, which lets me mirror their repo locally in case they die or remove a feature I use.
Oh, and gitlab isn't systematically racist, which is always a personal ethical win.
Shout out to sourcehut as a possible next cool thing - currently in public alpha
> Oh, and gitlab isn't systematically racist, which is always a personal ethical win.
Wait, what? How is GitHub "systematically racist"?
> Shout out to sourcehut as a possible next cool thing - currently in public alpha
Sourcehut seems like a niche product for a niche audience. That's not a criticism – if anything, that's a compliment because too often people with niche needs or preferences are left out in the cold, but I don't think it'll be anywhere near the "next GitHub".
They're probably referring to a code-of-conduct document which has been attributed to GitHub, although I believe the document is (was?) actually maintained by the TODO Group, of which GitHub is a member.
Whilst GH has duplicated these features very recently, they are still things that are at the core of gitlabs offering, so are generally higher quality and better supported.
Gitlab is also open source, which lets me mirror their repo locally in case they die or remove a feature I use.
Oh, and gitlab isn't systematically racist, which is always a personal ethical win.
Shout out to sourcehut as a possible next cool thing - currently in public alpha