When was gitlab.com built?
Analyzed 31 October 2026. Re-analyze
Estimated launch
March 2004
Several independent sources agree on this date.
BuiltWhen verified that gitlab.com launched in March 2004 (81% confidence), with domain registration recorded in January 2004.
- Earlier archived copies show a placeholder or parking page, which narrows the launch window.
- Website age
- ~22.5 years
- From estimated launch
- Domain registered
- January 2004
- Not the launch date
- First evidence
- March 2004
- Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
- Current version
- No clear redesign
- A possible change is in the timeline
History at a glance
The domain and the website have separate lives. Website age is measured from the launch, not from registration.
Timeline
January–March 2004
January 2004
Domain registered
The domain was registered. This is not the same as the website launching.
Confirmed
Between June 2012 and April 2013
Between February 2014 and October 2016
After November 2023
Changed since the last archived copy
The page layout changed a lot. Homepage title changed.
Not certainLast archived copy
October 2026
Current website
“GitLab - Speed with control for agentic software engineering”, built with Nuxt
ConfirmedVisit
Built with today
Detected on the live homepage — it runs on Nuxt. Select a technology to see the evidence.
- Hosting / CDN
Cloudflare, 100% confidence. Show evidence.
- Server header is cloudflare
- cf-ray response header
- 100% detection confidence
- Framework
Nuxt, 99% confidence. Show evidence.
- Nuxt root element / state
- Loads bundles from /_nuxt/
- 99% detection confidence
- JavaScript library
Vue, 89% confidence. Show evidence.
- Vue scoped-style attributes (data-v-…)
- Implied by Nuxt
- 89% detection confidence
Why we think it launched in 20044 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
- First archived copy of the website: March 2004.
- Last archived placeholder page: January 2004 (2 months earlier).
January 2004
Domain registered
The domain's current registration began on this date. A website can only launch after this, but often launches much later.
Sets the earliest possible dateRDAP registry dataView source
January 2004
Last archived placeholder page
The archive still showed a placeholder here (Domain parking page), so the real website launched after this.
Sets the earliest possible dateInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)View source
March 2004
First archived copy of the website
The earliest successful snapshot of the homepage showing real website content in the Internet Archive.
The estimate is based on thisInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)View source
April 2013
Google Analytics first seen
Google Analytics appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
What we checked
- Domain registry (RDAP)Checked
- Internet Archive indexChecked
- Live websiteChecked
- Archived page comparisonChecked
20 months of archived homepage copies; 11 compared in detail. BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work
Domain registrationRegistered January 2004 · Gandi SAS
- Registered
- 15 January 2004
- Registration expires
- 15 January 2027
- Registry record updated
- 11 December 2025
- Registrar
- Gandi SAS
- Nameservers
- diva.ns.cloudflare.com, jermaine.ns.cloudflare.com
Public registry data via RDAP. Registrant details are never collected.