What is Gitlabs stance/commitment to self-hosted servers?

Hi :), firstly to give this a little more context Atlassian recently announced that they are phasing out their self-hosted server software. No new licenses to be sold after Feb 2021 and support ends completely in 2024.

Here’s some key information taken from their recent announcement:

Here’s what’s changing on February 2, 2021 PT:
End of new server license sales: You can no longer purchase or request a quote for a new server product.


Updates to server prices: New prices for server renewals and upgrades will go into effect.
On February 2, 2024 PT, server support will end . This means support and bug fixes will no longer be available for your server products.

Now my query for Gitlab is; do you have any plans to phase out the self-hosted software at any point in the future? Forcing users to either move to the cloud or migrate.

This move by Atlassian seems really underhanded and I’m trying to find a good reliable alternative I can invest in. Bronze self-hosted looks great for what I need. I just want some more assurances before I invest in another products('s).

Thank you for your time and for any information you may provide; if something like this has been posted previously I was unable to find it. Sorry for the duplicate in that instance.

Thanks again and kindest regards,

Steven

You never got an answer to this.

With the announcement of the new pricing plans. I am thinking the answer to this is not in our favor.

The core of GitLab is open source, so you’ll always be able to install that on your own server.

I like to think that if GitLab screws us over by starting to only offer their SaaS solution, somebody will fork the open source version and support that or at least make sure security problems get fixed.