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GitLab-CEvsWindows ARM

Two self-hosted projects, compared on the numbers selfhost.directory tracks live: score, popularity, release cadence and setup effort.

GitLab-CEWindows ARM
Score77/10061/100
Rank in category#4 of 14 in Code Hosting#7 of 15 in Virtualization
GitHub stars24 5472 260
Stars, last 30 days+0+0
Stable releases, 12 months010
Latest release—v6.06 · 5 Oct 2026
SetupAdvancedAdvanced
Official Docker imageYesYes
LicenseOtherMIT
Main languageRubyBatchfile

Which one should you pick?

GitLab-CE scores 77/100 against 61/100 for Windows ARM, so it is the safer default.

Windows ARM ships more often: 10 stable releases in the past year, against 0 for GitLab-CE.

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