Sorry that you had a bad experience using GitLab.com. We’re working on improving stability and performance on GitLab.com. There's several ongoing efforts in improving stability and performance (Gitaly[1], Infrastructure issues[2], ...)
We always run the latest version of GitLab on GitLab.com and we’re working on making (almost) all our deploys downtime free (Issue: [3], MR: [4]).
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We always run the latest version of GitLab on GitLab.com and we’re working on making (almost) all our deploys downtime free (Issue: [3], MR: [4]). Of course, you can opt to self-host GitLab. It’s easy and quick to setup and requires very little maintenance via our omnibus package [5], and of course, we're here to help you if you get stuck along the way.
[1] - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly
[2] - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/infrastructure/issues/?scope=a...
[3] - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/26130
[4] - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/9976
[5] - https://about.gitlab.com/installation/