[one-more-minute]

GitLab could definitely have been a bit more original with the name, but actually the UI is very different from GitHub. Which has its pros and cons, of course.

[sytse]

Just wanted to say that neither being the same of different is a goal for GitLab, we just want to have an easy to understand, efficient and beautiful interface.

[EduardoBautista]

How original can you be if you want your product name to be explicit that it works with git?

[corobo]

and as short as possible in the domain name sense