A large chunk of companies I've worked for or consulted for had their own on-prem Gitlab. I think they chose correctly.
Codeberg runs open source Forgejo, and you could on-prem that too (for no license cost), if it suits your needs.
GitLab is more powerful in some ways, but early startups might want to look at Forgejo first.
On perm Gitlab has a ton of problems too.
Codeberg runs open source Forgejo, and you could on-prem that too (for no license cost), if it suits your needs.
GitLab is more powerful in some ways, but early startups might want to look at Forgejo first.