GitHub vs GitLab: which is more reliable?
GitHub had 9 h 39 min of outage and 22 incidents; GitLab had 7 h 48 min of outage and 8 incidents. By the vendors' own status pages, GitLab spent less time in an outage.
Since 15 October 2026
From what GitHub and GitLab published on their own status pages, read every 2 minutes. A vendor that reports problems more openly can look worse here than one that stays quiet.
| Measure | GitHub | GitLab |
|---|---|---|
| Time without reported problems | 92.09 % | 96.05 % |
| Time with an outage | 9 h 39 min | 7 h 48 min |
| Time degraded | 29 h 12 min | 11 h 35 min |
| Days with an outage | 5 of 22 | 4 of 22 |
| Incidents posted | 22 | 8 |
| Of those, outages | 8 | 4 |
| Typical time to resolve | 1 h 7 min | 2 h 47 min |
| Longest incident | 11 h 2 min | 4 h 48 min |
Latest GitHub incidents
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, 36 min
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, 56 min
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, 2 h
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, 1 h 16 min
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, 1 h 43 min
Latest GitLab incidents
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, 1 h 32 min
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, 4 h 48 min
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, 33 min
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, 3 h 27 min
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, 2 h 47 min