description: 'We're excited to have grown to two-thirds of the self-hosted Git market, and now we're building on that momentum with Auto DevOps.'
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Last year, we [completed our master plan with GitLab 8.15](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/12/22/gitlab-8-15-released/). Starting as an open source project and then a [Show HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4428278) in 2011, by the time of our $20M Series B funding in 2016 we saw the opportunity to create a tool that changes the way developers create software. Developers need a process that can solve the problems posed by gatekeepers in Agile, and by the parts of DevOps that are not friendly to distributed teams. Our response to the challenges of this post-Agile world is [conversational development](http://conversationaldevelopment.com/), and we think GitLab is the tool to support it, crucially reducing cycle time so developers can ship faster and meet customer needs.
With the [release of 9.0](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/03/22/gitlab-9-0-released/), we offer a complete, integrated solution for the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC). Drawing on human dynamics to connect the stages of the SDLC, from the inception of an idea to deploying to production, we aim to make the development process transparent, feedback-driven, and accessible to all. All the tools you need to go from [idea to production](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/i2p-demo/) are now seamlessly integrated in one UI. We’re proud to have become the most popular solution for people self hosting Git, and are excited to keep building on our momentum by further automating DevOps with a concept we are calling [Auto DevOps](https://about.gitlab.com/direction/#ci--cd).
Last year, we [completed our master plan with GitLab 8.15](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/12/22/gitlab-8-15-released/). Starting as an open source project and then a [Show HN](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4428278) in 2011, by the time of our $20M [Series B funding](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/09/13/gitlab-master-plan/) in 2016 we saw the opportunity to create a tool that changes the way developers create software. Developers need a process that can solve the problems posed by gatekeepers in Agile, and by the parts of DevOps that are not friendly to distributed teams. Our response to the challenges of this post-Agile world is [conversational development](http://conversationaldevelopment.com/), and we think GitLab is the tool to support it, crucially reducing cycle time so developers can ship faster and meet customer needs.
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With the [release of 9.0](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/03/22/gitlab-9-0-released/), we offer a complete, integrated solution for the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC). Drawing on human dynamics to connect the stages of the SDLC, from the inception of an idea to deploying to production, we aim to make the development process transparent, feedback-driven, and accessible to all. All the tools you need to go from [idea to production](https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/i2p-demo/) are now seamlessly integrated in one UI. We’re proud to have become the most popular solution for people self hosting Git, and are excited to keep building on our momentum by further automating DevOps with a concept we are calling [Auto DevOps](https://about.gitlab.com/direction/#ci--cd).
## GitLab Has 2/3 Market Share in the Self-Hosted Git Market
With more than 100,000 organizations self-hosting GitLab, we have the largest share of companies who choose to host their own code. We’re estimated to have two-thirds of the single tenant market. When [Bitrise surveyed](http://blog.bitrise.io/2017/01/27/state-of-app-development-in-2016.html#self-hosted) ten thousand developers who build apps regularly on their platform, they found that 67 percent of self-hosted apps prefer GitLab’s on-premise solution.
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## GitLab CI Is the Most Popular Next-Generation CI System
Our commitment to seamless integration extends to CI. Integrated CI/CD is both more time and resource efficient than a set of distinct tools, and allows developers greater control over their build pipeline, so they can spot issues early and address them at a relatively low cost. Tighter integration between different stages of the development process makes it easier to cross-reference code, tests, and deployments while discussing them, allowing you to see the full context and iterate much more rapidly. We've heard from customers like [Ticketmaster](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/06/07/continous-integration-ticketmaster/) that adopting GitLab CI can transform the entire development lifecycle, in their case helping the Ticketmaster mobile development team deliver on the longstanding goal of weekly releases. As more and more companies look to embrace CI as part of their development methodology, having CI fully integrated into their overall SDLC solution will ensure these companies are able to realize the full potential of CI. You can read more about the benefits of integrated CI in our white paper, [Scaling Continuous Integration]().
Our commitment to seamless integration extends to CI. Integrated CI/CD is both more time and resource efficient than a set of distinct tools, and allows developers greater control over their build pipeline, so they can spot issues early and address them at a relatively low cost. Tighter integration between different stages of the development process makes it easier to cross-reference code, tests, and deployments while discussing them, allowing you to see the full context and iterate much more rapidly. We've heard from customers like [Ticketmaster](https://about.gitlab.com/2017/06/07/continous-integration-ticketmaster/) that adopting GitLab CI can transform the entire SDLC, in their case helping the Ticketmaster mobile development team deliver on the longstanding goal of weekly releases. As more and more companies look to embrace CI as part of their development methodology, having CI fully integrated into their overall SDLC solution will ensure these companies are able to realize the full potential of CI. You can read more about the benefits of integrated CI in our white paper, [Scaling Continuous Integration]().
In his post on [building Heroku CI](https://blog.heroku.com/building-tools-for-developers-heroku-ci), Heroku’s Ike DeLorenzo noted that GitLab CI is “clearly the biggest mover in activity on Stack Overflow,” with more popularity than both Travis CI and Circle CI:
