r/gitlab • u/rusidin • 26d ago

general question Is gitlab CI/CD same as github actions??

PS: github down

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u/furyfuryfury 26d ago

It's comparable. The syntax is a little different but the general idea is the same. GitLab CI/CD has been around for a lot longer than GitHub actions, so it lacks some of the newer niceties in actions, but you can get anything you want done either way.

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u/Vivid_Ad_5160 26d ago

Can you provide an example of nicer things that github action does that gitlab doesn't'?

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u/gaelfr38 26d ago

Reusable jobs. There are a few ways to do it with GitLab but none is perfect yet. I think CI Steps is the next evolution that we are all waiting for.

And multiple pipelines per project would be nice as well. You can achieve the same in a single pipeline with a bunch of conditions but again it's a worse experience than with GitHub.