I agree that there&#x27;s a lot of worth in having a turn-key solution that&#x27;s fast, especially if installing dependencies is required anyway (e.g. Ruby isn&#x27;t necessarily on the user&#x27;s system, neither is Java, so since you have to install a dependency anyway...).<p>While it&#x27;s not like the JVM will never be a source of annoyance for Gitlab admins, speed&#x2F;user-perceived latency is more than just a feature when porting from an offering that&#x27;s as polished and good as GitHub.  This is especially true for people that would have to rationalize cutting over from GitHub to Gitlab in an enterprise environment.