Re: private gitlab servers
Not to mention that if you want your own private server, you can look beyond GitLab. There are a bunch of "GitLab-like" clones out there.
I personally deployed Gitea ( https://gitea.io/ ) because I wanted to upgrade from just a git repo to something with a web interface, and allow some basic project management. However there are other open source projects with a similar tack, so you can use whatever you fancy.
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