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As of 4 November 2026, 40 programming languages are named by companies instead of GitLab: Python by 34,668 companies, Java by 15,900, C# by 11,531.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

GitLab, companies in postings
3,765
Most used alternative
Python · 34,668
Fastest hiring, 90 days
Python
Alternatives ranked
40
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
01 — Ranked by evidence

Programming languages companies choose instead of GitLab

Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.

#AlternativeCompaniescompaniesvs GitLabpostings, 90 dCompare
1
PythonPSF
34,668921%248,462soon
2
JavaOracle
15,900422%97,842soon
3
C#Microsoft
11,531306%45,032soon
4
C++ISO C++ Committee
9,805260%60,903soon
5
PHPThe PHP Group
7,302194%15,984soon
6
GoGoogle
7,047187%29,064soon
7
RR Foundation
7,002186%22,786soon
8
CISO C Committee
4,350116%19,202soon
9
KotlinJetBrains
3,24786%10,155soon
10
RustRust Foundation
2,95078%11,599soon
11
SwiftApple
2,84075%8,346soon
12
ScalaEPFL
2,06255%7,445soon
13
RubyRuby Association
1,92251%6,272soon
14
PerlThe Perl Foundation
1,80848%9,475soon
15
Salesforce ApexSalesforce
1,73346%5,354soon
16
ABAPSAP
1,49140%7,056soon
17
Visual BasicMicrosoft
1,35036%3,144soon
18
Apache GroovyApache Software Foundation
1,01127%2,540soon
19
Objective-CApple
87823%1,614soon
20
VB.NETMicrosoft
83822%1,542soon
21
DartGoogle
78121%1,105soon
22
COBOLCODASYL
52214%1,840soon
23
DelphiEmbarcadero
42911%1,366soon
24
FortranFortran Standards Committee
3249%1,090soon
25
LuaPUC-Rio
2757%668soon
26
SolidityEthereum Foundation
2757%575soon
27
Assembly Language
2727%742soon
28
JuliaJulia Project
2547%565soon
29
ElixirElixir Core Team
2146%433soon
30
RPG (IBM i)IBM
2045%361soon
31
AdaAda Core / ISO
1775%831soon
32
AL (Business Central)Microsoft
1524%290soon
33
REXXIBM
1404%384soon
34
X++Microsoft
1344%243soon
35
HLSLMicrosoft
1093%197soon
36
HaskellHaskell.org
1043%233soon
37
ClojureClojure
963%161soon
38
Lisp
832%189soon
39
ErlangEricsson
772%138soon
40
F#Microsoft
742%132soon
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40 programming languages are named by companies instead of GitLab: Python by 34,668 companies, Java by 15,900, C# by 11,531, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/gitlab/alternatives)
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  • RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
FAQ

GitLab alternatives: questions

What is the most used alternative to GitLab?

Python: 34,668 companies name it in their own job postings, against 3,765 for GitLab.

How is this list ranked?

By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.

Does this say which is better?

No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.

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