Important

As part of the rollout of a central GitLab instance for all universities in North Rhine-Westphalia, the git.rwth-aachen.de service will be migrated to git.nrw.
The migration will begin on June 2, 2026, and will continue through July 1, 2027.
Detailed information on the background, timeline, and migration of your projects can be found on the page Migration from git.rwth-aachen.de to git.nrw.
The migration of git-ce.rwth-aachen.de is also planned. We will inform you in a timely manner as soon as specific information becomes available.

What is GitLab?

GitLab is an open-source-software to host and manage own Git-repositories. The tool is provided by Software Engineering Services. Besides the main task of the code-management other functions like a simple issue-tracking-system, a wiki and also an option to review codes are covered. With this GitLab supports the developer, who increase the quality of the developed program codes.

There is also official documentation for GitLab.