European alternatives to GitLab

An all-in-one DevOps platform and GitHub rival, built around an open-core model you can also self-host. The company is a publicly-traded, all-remote US firm, and its SaaS runs on Google Cloud.

Company information about GitLab
Company
GitLab Inc.
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Founded
2011
Data jurisdiction
United States
Ownership
Publicly traded
GDPR
No
Open source
Partial
Infrastructure
Google Cloud

Why people switch away from GitLab

Subject to US CLOUD ActProfit-driven (public markets)Runs on Big Tech infrastructureNot covered by GDPR

European alternatives to GitLab

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Codeberg

CI/CD & DevOps

Germany 97 · Certified European

German non-profit Git hosting platform founded in 2019 and run by Codeberg e.V., a registered charitable association in Berlin. Built on Forgejo, fully open-source, no ads, no data harvesting, no VC. 246,000+ users and 371,000+ repositories as of late 2025.

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Free · from Free Free tier Open source Non-profit Own infrastructure EU

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Why avoid United States-owned services?

CLOUD Act

Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.

FISA Section 702

Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.

GDPR vs US law conflict

EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.

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