GitLab vs GitPlex: What are the differences?
Developers describe GitLab as "Open source self-hosted Git management software". GitLab offers git repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds and wikis. Enterprises install GitLab on-premise and connect it with LDAP and Active Directory servers for secure authentication and authorization. A single GitLab server can handle more than 25,000 users but it is also possible to create a high availability setup with multiple active servers. On the other hand, GitPlex is detailed as "A new Git repo management server with code review". GitPlex mimics git log in web interface, with hints and auto-completes available to help user quickly constructing desired commit queries.
GitLab and GitPlex can be primarily classified as "Code Collaboration & Version Control" tools.
Some of the features offered by GitLab are:
- Manage git repositories with fine grained access controls that keep your code secure
- Perform code reviews and enhance collaboration with merge requests
- Each project can also have an issue tracker and a wiki
On the other hand, GitPlex provides the following key features:
- Commit search with hints and auto-completion
- Code search by symbols, file names, and texts
- Source structure outlines (currently Java only)
GitLab is an open source tool with 20.1K GitHub stars and 5.33K GitHub forks. Here's a link to GitLab's open source repository on GitHub.