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I recently came across gitlab (ye, because of the bad news). And I was wondering what are some good points to make me use gitlab? I mean, it is basically the same as github. Just younger.

Free private repos?

@liammartens ah ok. Well got them on Github too. But I see :D just took a look, seems like you can completely backup your repository containing issues and merges and stuff like that. Looks neat

Can't answer much since I haven't use github much but unlimited free private repos are a good one indeed

I think the biggest advantage is that they'll remove your bugs for you (along with everything else)

Powerful issue tracker, fine grained authentication levels as well.
Company built CI, so closer integration..

Very transparent company as well, good changelogs when new versions are released..

One neat feature is that if you add WIP to a merge request it'll actively prevent it from being merged. Which allows others to start reading/talking about your code without the danger of prematurely merging it. Good one imho

I use github where i don't have my repos spread around but the two advantages of gitlab that i know is free private repos and it can be self hosted

Well, gitlab is not what you think it is. It if primarily selfhosted, which can be a huge deal, and has way more features than github. If you want to just host code, then github is fine, but gitlab has a superior issue manager, integrated ci/cd, better user management, and is free with private repos.
For me, it is better because i like to selfhost stuff. My data, my server, my responsibility. If you want to really go crazy, support their project by buying GitLab EE, which will give you access to the "sync" feature, which allowes you to sync all made changes to GitHub. A few of my projects are updated this way, i have the power if gitlab with the popularity of github.