Why It's Great
GitLab offers an all-in-one DevOps platform. Its free tier is excellent for private projects that need robust CI/CD pipelines and built-in container registries without relying on external integrations.
Key Free Features
- Repositories: Unlimited public and private Git repos.
- Users: Up to 5 collaborators per namespace (SaaS).
- CI/CD: 400 compute minutes/month.
- Registry: Container Registry, Package Registry, and Dependency Proxy included.
- Security: Basic static application security testing (SAST).