---
title: GitLab for Open Source
suppress_header: true
extra_css:
  - open-source.css
  - faq.css
extra_js:
  - open-source.js
  - libs/tweenmax.min.js
  - faq.js
---

.blank-header
  = image_tag "/images/home/icons-pattern-left.svg", class: "image-border image-border-left", alt: "Gitlab hero border pattern left svg"
  = image_tag "/images/home/icons-pattern-right.svg", class: "image-border image-border-right", alt: "Gitlab hero border pattern right svg"
  .header-content
    = image_tag "/images/icons/explore-open-source.svg", alt: "Gitlab explore open source svg"
    %h1 GitLab for Open Source
    %p GitLab believes in a world where everyone can contribute and like to support those who share our mission. Open Source organizations can access our top tier features, plus 50,000 CI pipeline minutes, for free.
    = link_to "GitLab for Open Source licenses", "/solutions/open-source/program", class: "btn cta-btn accent"

.toc-links
  = link_to "FOSS spotlight", "#foss-spotlight"
  = link_to "Popular projects", "#popular-projects"
  = link_to "What people are saying", "#twitter"
  = link_to "Get started", "#get-started"

.gitlab-content-container.open-source-content.padding-top50
  .content.spotlight#foss-spotlight
    %h2.content-title FOSS Spotlight: Gnome
    %iframe{ src: "https://www.youtube.com/embed/v6GTrbfe9xk", allowfullscreen: "" }
  .content.popular-projects#popular-projects
    %h2.content-title Popular projects
    .grid-layout.grid-layout3
      - data.oss_projects.each do |project|
        - if project.featured
          %a.grid-item.tile.tile-animated{ href: "#{project.project_url}", target: "_blank" }
            = image_tag "#{project.featured.logo}", class: "tile-logo", alt: "#{project.project_name} logo"
            .tile-content
              %h3
                = project.project_name
              %p
                View the project on GitLab
    = link_to "More open source projects", "/solutions/open-source/projects", class: "btn cta-btn purple margin-top20"
  .content.tweets#twitter
    %h2.content-title What people are saying
    .flex-container
      %blockquote.twitter-tweet{"data-lang" => "en"}
        %p{:dir => "ltr", :lang => "en"}>
          Gnome has moved to Gitlab!
          %a{:href => "https://t.co/SqvJ8w6tXl"} https://t.co/SqvJ8w6tXl
          %br/
          = succeed "It's" do
            %br/
        — Wilfred Hughes (@_wilfredh)
        %a{:href => "https://twitter.com/_wilfredh/status/1002284495775682560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"} May 31, 2018
      %blockquote.twitter-tweet{"data-lang" => "en"}
        %p{:dir => "ltr", :lang => "en"}>
          Great to see Inkscape, the superb
          %a{:href => "https://twitter.com/hashtag/FOSS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"} #FOSS
          vector drawing app, doing the ethically consistent thing - moving to Gitlab.
          %a{:href => "https://t.co/7KiTNV2JcJ"} https://t.co/7KiTNV2JcJ
        — Dave Lane (@lightweight)
        %a{:href => "https://twitter.com/lightweight/status/874381422567407616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"} June 12, 2017
      %blockquote.twitter-tweet{"data-lang" => "en"}
        %p{:dir => "ltr", :lang => "en"}>
          Mass projects migration test to
          %a{:href => "https://twitter.com/gitlab?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"} @gitlab
          has been successful, we are now ready for a full switch by next week!
          %a{:href => "https://t.co/VnuU13Q8Jc"} https://t.co/VnuU13Q8Jc
        — Carlos Soriano (@csoriano1618)
        %a{:href => "https://twitter.com/csoriano1618/status/998301363321876480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"} May 20, 2018
      %script{:async => "", :charset => "utf-8", :src => "https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"}
  .content.quote
    %blockquote
      .blockquote-background#blockquote-background
      .flex-container.flex-column
        %p "Free software really democratizes things and allows more people to contribute to solving the world's problems."
        %p.author
          Nuritzi Sanchez
          %br President, Board of Directors, GNOME
  .content.opensource-get-started#get-started
    .content-section-title-container
      %h2 Get Started
      %p We think there’s something magical about building free software with free software.
    .flex-container
      = link_to "/community", class: "tile tile-animated" do
        = image_tag "/images/icons/solid-icons/community-icon.svg", class: "tile-icon margin-bottom30", alt: "Gitlab community icon svg"
        .tile-content
          %h3 Community Resources
      %a.tile.tile-animated{ href: "https://gitlab.com/explore/projects/starred", target: "_blank" }
        = image_tag "/images/icons/solid-icons/trending-icon.svg", class: "tile-icon margin-bottom30", alt: "Gitlab trending icon svg"
        .tile-content
          %h3 Trending Projects
    .flex-container
      %a.tile.tile-animated{ href: "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-development-kit/", target: "_blank" }
        = image_tag "/images/downloads/logo.svg", class: "tile-icon margin-bottom30", alt: "Gitlab logo svg"
        .tile-content
          %h3 GitLab Development Kit
      = link_to "/blog/2017/11/01/gitlab-switches-to-dco-license", class: "tile tile-animated" do
        = image_tag "/images/icons/solid-icons/docs-icon.svg", class: "tile-icon margin-bottom30", alt: "Gitlab docs icon svg"
        .tile-content
          %h3 Why we switched to DCO