Code Hosting & CI/CD · reliability comparison
GitHub vs GitLab: which is more reliable? (2026)
GitLab is more reliable than GitHub, scoring 81.2 vs 47.1 out of 100. Over the last 90 days GitHub reported 35 incidents and GitLab reported 10, with effective uptime of 98.37% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | GitHub | GitLab |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 47.1 | 81.2 |
| Rank (code hosting & CI platforms) | #10 | #3 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 98.37% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 35 | 10 |
| Partial / major outages | 11 | 4 |
| Avg time to resolve | 2h 33m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where GitHub and GitLab differ
- GitHub reported 3.5× as many incidents as GitLab over the last 90 days (35 vs 10).
- GitHub had 11 partial or major outages, compared with 4 for GitLab.
90-day uptime
GitHub
GitLab
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent GitHub incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 2h 30m
- Partial outageOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 1h 33m
Incident with Actions, Pages, and Webhooks
Affected: Webhooks, Actions, Pages
- Major outageOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 32m
Disruption with GitHub services
Affected: Issues, Pages
- InformationalOct 27, 2026 · resolved in <1m
- Degraded performanceOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 9m
Incident with Actions, Issues, API Requests and Pull Requests
Affected: API Requests, Issues, Pull Requests, Actions
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 3h 53m
Recent GitLab incidents
- Major outageOct 31, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 23, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Partial outageOct 20, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Degraded performanceOct 16, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
- Partial outageOct 16, 2026 · resolved (duration not published)
Other code hosting & CI platforms to consider
- Bitrise · #1 · 99.90% uptime
- Depot · #2 · 99.89% uptime
- Bitbucket · #4 · 99.74% uptime
- Buildkite · #5 · 99.57% uptime
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