GitLab has a ton of strengths, but still has large weaknesses in the area: gitlab.com implementation and design.<p>gitlab.com is the public &#x27;demo&#x27; version which people compare to github. It&#x27;s missing a few key items that would make it appealing to open source developers (and that I&#x27;d like to see them prioritize.) E.g.:<p>* Site search. It&#x27;s been broken for months or possibly years. (Response time &gt; 45 secs., Relevancy is miscalculated: &quot;gitlab&quot; itself does not appear in the search results.)<p>* Repo &#x2F; project discovery and social features are extremely primitive.