[rpeden]

Perhaps it's just because GitHub came first?

The market segment of web hosted Git repositories was a relatively new and small market segment when GitHub got started back in 2008.

GitLab didn't appear until 2011, and at the time it didn't feel to me like a direct competitor. So GitHub had quite a bit of extra time to establish its presence and capture a large share of a growing market.

For a large chunk of GitHub's users, GitHub fulfills their needs well enough that they don't feel much motivation to make a change. Even if GitLab is better than GitHub for a person or company, it has to be better enough to be worth the pain of switching.

And I think for most users, that just isn't the case. Speaking anecdotally, there are some things about GitLab I like more than GitHub. And if I were starting out, I'd likely pick GitLab. But all of my code is on GitHub, and although I pay a monthly fee for private repos, it's small enough that it doesn't bother me.

[dsumenkovic]

Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate your words. Here's the brief doc explaining how to easily import your project to GitLab if you missed it https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/import/github.html.

[rpeden]

Thanks for the reply.GitLab's community outreach is certainly on point!

I haven't gone through that document yet, but I'll take a look.