| Number | Base of difference | GitHub | GitLab |
| 1 | Security | When we say about the security it is less secure as security Dashboard, License Compliance is missing in GitHub. | When we say about the secuirty it is more secure than GitHub. |
| 2 | Owner by | GitHub is mainly owned by Microsoft Corporation. | When we say about the GitLab it is owned by GitLab Inc. |
| 3 | Open-Source | When we say about the GitHub it is not open source. | When we say about the GitLab it is open-source for community edition. |
| 4 | Developed by | When we say about the GitHub it was developed by Chris Wanstracth, P.L.Hyett, Tom Preston-Werner and Scott Chacon. | When we say about the GitLab it was developed by Dmitriy Zaporozhets and Valery Sizov. |
| 5 | Public Repository | When we say about GitHub it allows users to have unlimited free repository. | When we say about the GitLab it allows users to make public repository. |
| 6 | Private Repository | When we say about the GitHub it allows users to have free private repositroy but with a maximum of three collaborators. | When we say about the GitLab it also provides free private repository. |
| 7 | Navigation | When we say about the GitHub it allows users to navigate usability. | When we say about GitLab this provides the feature of navigation into the repositroy. |
| 8 | Attachments | When we say about the GitHub it does not allow adding other types of attachments. | When we say about the GitLab it supports adding other types of attachments. |
| 9 | Advantages | (1)When we say about the GitHub it is used for sharing the work in front of the public.
(2)When we say about the GirHub it helps us to create an organized document for the project. | (1)When we say about the GitLab it is a cloud-native application and it is highly secure.
(2)When we say about the GitLab it is freely avaialble and open is source for community edition. |
| 10 | Disadvantages | (1)When we say about the GitHub there is a limited private repository.
(2)When we say about the GitHub it supports only Git version control.
| (1)When we say about the GitLab it is difficult to manage code reviews for first-timers.
(2)When we say about the GitLab it is available with many bugs and it makes the user experience sloppy.
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| 11 | Project Analysis | GitHub doesn’t have this feature yet but they can check the commit history. | GitLab provides user to see project development charts. |