Is gitlab.com safe?

Very Likely Safe

No major red flags found. This looks like a legitimate, established website.

Checked Nov 13, 2026

Trust score

Why: Main reasons: domain registered 23+ years ago; not flagged by Google Safe Browsing; no impersonation patterns detected. Minor issues: missing Content Security Policy; large response served uncompressed.

Identity & Age100/100

Impersonation Risk100/100

Red Flags100/100

Transparency100/100

Security87/100

Email100/100

Positive highlights

Domain registered 23+ years agoLong-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.
Not flagged by Google Safe BrowsingNo malware, phishing, or unwanted-software match in Google's live threat database.
HTTPS is enforcedAll redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.
Valid SSL / TLS certificate activeIssued by C=GB, O=Sectigo Limited, CN=Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36, valid for 134 remaining days.
Site responded with 200Final URL: https://about.gitlab.com/. Response time 137ms.
No impersonation patterns detectedDomain doesn't look like a typosquat, doesn't embed a well-known brand, and uses ASCII characters.
Not listed on URLhaus malware blocklist
Fast response (137ms)
Not present in PhishStats phishing feed
HSTS is setTells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.

Negative highlights

Missing Content Security PolicyRestricts which scripts and resources the page can load.
Large response served uncompressedEnable gzip or brotli at the edge to cut transfer size dramatically.

Note: Registered via Gandi SAS.

Note: 6 technologies detected. Nuxt, Svelte, Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap, Google Analytics, Cloudflare

Key facts about gitlab.com

Website: gitlab.com
Popularity: Not checked
Domain created: Jan 15, 2004 (22.8 years old)
Domain expires: Jan 15, 2027
Registrar: Gandi SAS
Owner details: Public in WHOIS
IP address: 172.65.251.78
Hosting / CDN: Cloudflare
SSL certificate: Sectigo Limited · valid until Mar 27, 2027
Email security: SPF ✓ · DMARC ✓ (reject)
Threat blocklists: Not listed (clean)
Technology: Nuxt, Svelte, Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap, Google Analytics, Cloudflare

Summary

98/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (22.8 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns.

No malware/phishing on feedsGood reputationHTTPS enabled

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Domain Information

Registration timeline, age calculation, registrar details, and ICANN status.

Verified

Registrar Name: Gandi SAS
Creation Date: January 15, 2004 (22.8 years ago)
Last Updated: December 11, 2025
Registry Expiry Date: January 15, 2027
WHOIS Privacy Protection: Publicly Visible
Domain Status Codes: client transfer prohibited

ICANN Status Badges

client transfer prohibited

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Domain registered 23+ years ago

Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.

+15

Registered via Gandi SAS

Owner information disclosed

The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.

HTTP Headers & Security

Full HTTP response headers, HSTS, Content Security Policy (CSP), and security baselines.

Warning

Security Header Baseline

Strict-Transport-SecurityMissing

Content-Security-PolicyMissing

X-Frame-OptionsMissing

X-Content-Type-OptionsMissing

Referrer-PolicyMissing

Permissions-PolicyMissing

Recommended Missing Headers

missing: Content Security Policymissing: X-Frame-Optionsmissing: X-Content-Type-Optionsmissing: Referrer Policymissing: Permissions Policy

All Response Headers (10)

cache-control: public, max-age=0, must-revalidate
cf-cache-status: HIT
cf-ray: a59e9c9ce9373564-CMH
connection: close
content-type: text/html
date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 14:54:26 GMT
etag: "0520c2cfa567e47d80577956c62f9ec1"
server: cloudflare
strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000
transfer-encoding: chunked

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HSTS is set

Tells browsers to only use HTTPS for this domain.

Missing Content Security Policy

Restricts which scripts and resources the page can load.

-4

Missing X-Frame-Options

Prevents clickjacking by disallowing framing.

-3

Missing X-Content-Type-Options

Blocks MIME-sniffing browser attacks.

-2

Missing Referrer Policy

Controls what referrer information is sent with requests.

-2

Missing Permissions Policy

Restricts access to powerful browser features (camera, mic, etc.).

-2

DNS Records

Encrypted DoH resolution: A, AAAA, MX mail servers, authoritative NS, and TXT verification.

Resolved

IPv4 Addresses (A): 172.65.251.78
IPv6 Addresses (AAAA): 2606:4700:90:0:f22e:fbec:5bed:a9b9
Mail Servers (MX): aspmx.l.google.com (Priority: 1), alt1.aspmx.l.google.com (Priority: 5), alt2.aspmx.l.google.com (Priority: 5), alt3.aspmx.l.google.com (Priority: 10), alt4.aspmx.l.google.com (Priority: 10)
Authoritative Nameservers (NS): diva.ns.cloudflare.com, jermaine.ns.cloudflare.com
TXT Records Found: 32 TXT verification records

A Records (IPv4)

172.65.251.78

TXT Verification Records

MS=ms60523131

MS=ms83893381

_globalsign-domain-verification=4azHJ7gL04Dr8r2VR0txu7OrWg7uZpU6v7LOHVP1b3

adobe-idp-site-verification=5a5e001556a2c0595ed571d2a1f7b5f8a749a00742853e035eb909bdd31622b8

apple-domain-verification=UNUD9vY0Jp9z5TjO

asv=3f763643512ad5bdcc0d42caea1b3951

atlassian-domain-verification=jDVDxUSCDYQHl7am9SOdsXCrPMLIsqNVali02wn0GxbAt6Pd2xqePpvkMeP5Gx4k

decagon-domain-verification-cmrbvs=Lb6bOM0iABwwrWBstDaKWS3U8

docusign=1a7d6818-2cf5-4956-a9fb-c3d2e9a578dd

drift-domain-verification=fa583cfff88c496bcc62651057550656a98ab3e689c314255a1a6ae848e3e56d

gitlab-pages-verification-code=5228e61c992af7e65f5f5160f0587fb4

google-site-verification=6Cb3PPpoMp6-xRavXf2HZz03s7pplQeG5MiUaPGIu_Q

google-site-verification=QiG7NTIWpedorFi71mMN7OVe2Fo_yA6RclsxO8stOa8

google-site-verification=XDRo7LEOqv6OV0RfGDFh7G2XgpzdycygGJBqde334q4

google-site-verification=iWR2UGQb3MvVY83zY47ZFrGFVFLG6ADfpjqchlQjnok

google-site-verification=lnPjOx5EAxmESH8FSn4colWVMAxe18K4ZIopDB1IEDY

google-site-verification=uT9dAMjaTlnkbC0VnN5flFWp0Bsze7zHObWjZwkd2p8

google-site-verification=vPPg6DGiVgf5vhzQg5zGISLao6-07-lVzzpqvmCFe5Y

jamf-site-verification=nRPNM9HJGzWzUkvBtgvBrg

mgverify=2dd945066758840fe3bfbd9ccf90e2c6000458f13345baa576338880dcc86658

mgverify=9549a96a4bc9886fbf483bcd56872eaf2b5b9e690d264024041cf446664cb114

onetrust-domain-verification=84b59aa2659244d486b0b86f5db073dd

onetrust-domain-verification=af5b5fda116e45a9b4c4abcd9e571923

openai-domain-verification=dv-Uq90dak9n7LidGh0WsdFOOUu

serval-domain-verification-rahzqw=w9adwbCM3CJ9BrXnAleSWuMqz

smartsheet-site-validation=wTADkxxpf97DU9ZxO4RuFpZJyRvP7MRm

stripe-verification=E331E16D59119AEFB547211475C2E225C1BF6EB8CB885D300536B2852EAD3D74

uber-domain-verification=38ba2b7b-5ae3-4694-9701-086b20ea3d36

v=MCPv1; k=ed25519; p=MmZM6XexKcX4jiWqHtn3M0av9Q7HDmonAdP6PqktwX0=

v=spf1 include:%{i}._ip.%{h}._ehlo.%{d}._spf.vali.email ~all

verification_token=8FqT6wRlbrh3HQcHHiKudS5Ru

zapier-domain-verification-challenge=a1d665be-8176-4ada-9707-4332dfa7a2cc

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2 address record(s) resolved

IPv6 (AAAA) available

Modern dual-stack setup.

2 authoritative nameservers

WHOIS & Identity Lookup

Domain ownership status, registry lifecycle, nameservers, and privacy redaction.

Found

Registrable Domain: gitlab.com
Registrar Organization: Gandi SAS
WHOIS Privacy Status: Public Registration Data
Registry Status Codes: client transfer prohibited
Delegated Authoritative Nameservers: diva.ns.cloudflare.com, jermaine.ns.cloudflare.com
Registration Lifecycle: Registered: 2004 → Expires: 2027

Nameservers (NS)

diva.ns.cloudflare.comjermaine.ns.cloudflare.com

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Domain registered 23+ years ago

Long-established domains are far less likely to be disposable scams.

+15

Registered via Gandi SAS

Owner information disclosed

The domain publishes registrant contact info — a small positive transparency signal.

Email Security & Deliverability

SPF record validation, DMARC policy enforcement, DKIM selectors, and MX reputation.

Protected

SPF Record: v=spf1 include:%{i}._ip.%{h}._ehlo.%{d}._spf.vali.email ~all
DMARC Policy Mode: Policy: REJECT
DMARC Raw Record: v=DMARC1; p=reject; pct=100; rua=mailto:dmarc_agg@vali.email;
DKIM Selectors Detected: google, mail

Email Protection Summary: This domain has strong email authentication configured to prevent spammers from sending emails impersonating this brand.

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SPF record published

DMARC published (reject)

DKIM configured (google, mail)

Threat Intelligence & Blocklists

Multi-source malware feeds (URLhaus), phishing checks (PhishStats, Safe Browsing), and typosquats.

Clean

URLhaus Malware

Clean / Not Listed

PhishStats Feed

Clean / Not Listed

Google Safe Browsing

Clean / Verified

Root Domain Label: gitlab
Top-Level Domain (TLD): .com (Standard TLD)
Punycode Obfuscation: No (Standard ASCII)
Homoglyph / Lookalike Script: No mixed scripts
Brand Match Analysis: No recognized brand impersonation
Typosquatting Risk: Clean

No impersonation patterns detected

Domain doesn't look like a typosquat, doesn't embed a well-known brand, and uses ASCII characters.

Technology Stack & Metadata

Detected CMS, JavaScript frameworks, analytics tags, CDN providers, and page metadata.

Detected

Detected Technologies by Category

framework

Nuxt

Svelte

css

Tailwind CSSBootstrap

analytics

Google Analytics

cdn

Cloudflare

Page Metadata & Fingerprint

HTML Title: GitLab - Speed with control for agentic software engineering
Meta Description: Teams and agents ship trusted software faster with GitLab, the intelligent orchestration platform with context and governance for the entire software lifecycle.
Document Language: en-US
Character Encoding: utf-8
Viewport Setting: width=device-width, initial-scale=1
Generator Software: —

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6 technologies detected

Nuxt, Svelte, Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap, Google Analytics, Cloudflare

Built on a modern framework

Mobile viewport configured

Page Performance & Compression

Server response time, content payload size, Brotli/Gzip compression, and caching rules.

137ms

Items to Fix & Optimize

Text compression (Brotli/Gzip)

MUCH NEEDEDEnable on server or CDN

Modern image formats (WebP/AVIF/SVG)

OPTIONALConvert heavy images to WebP/AVIF

Protocol

HTTP/2

Binary framing, multiplexed

Compression

NONE

No compression detected

Optimization Signals (From Detectable Headers & Assets)

Image Formats

Legacy / Unchecked

Transfer

Uncompressed

Transport

HTTP/2

These are server-side signals. Actual Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) require real-user measurement via PageSpeed Insights.

Detected Asset & Image Formats

WebPAVIFSVGJPEGPNG

HTTP Response Time: 137 ms
Payload Body Size: 218 KB
Compression Status: Uncompressed
Cache Directives: public, max-age=0, must-revalidate

Large response served uncompressed

Enable gzip or brotli at the edge to cut transfer size dramatically.

-3

Response is cache-friendly

public, max-age=0, must-revalidate

AI Content Safety & Red Flags

High-pressure language, payment gateway safety, disposable domain analysis, and deceptive tactics.

Safe

AI Content Evaluation

98/100 — trusted. Long-established domain (22.8 years old), clean threat reputation, no impersonation patterns. Main reasons: domain registered 23+ years ago; not flagged by Google Safe Browsing; no impersonation patterns detected. Minor issues: missing Content Security Policy; large response served uncompressed.

Payment Red Flags: None (No suspicious payment requests)
High-Pressure Language: None (No artificial urgency detected)
Disposable Domain Risk: No (Established infrastructure)
Text Scanned Depth: 7,832 characters verified

No scam-correlated language found on the home page

No crypto-only / gift-card / wire-only payment demands, and no obvious urgency tactics.

Server & Hosting Infrastructure

Primary IP address, web server software, CDN edge network, and redirect hop chain.

cloudflare

Primary Web Server: cloudflare
CDN / Cloud Provider: Cloudflare
Primary IP Address: 172.65.251.78
HTTP Status Code: 200 OK
Final Landing Destination: https://about.gitlab.com/
Redirect Hop Count: 1 hop

Redirect Hop Chain

1.https://gitlab.com/ → https://about.gitlab.com/

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Site responded with 200

Final URL: https://about.gitlab.com/. Response time 137ms.

HTTPS is enforced

All redirects stayed on HTTPS. Traffic is encrypted end-to-end.

+10

Fast response (137ms)

Served through Cloudflare

Sites behind a major CDN benefit from DDoS protection and edge caching.

SSL / TLS Certificate

Active Certificate Authority, Common Name, validity period, expiration countdown, and SANs.

Secure

Certificate Authority (Issuer): C=GB, O=Sectigo Limited, CN=Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36
Subject Common Name (CN): ce.gitlab.com
Validity Period: 134 days remaining (Expires: 2027-03-27T23:59:59Z)
Subject Alternative Names (SANs): 40 domains protected
Certificates Logged (CT): 100 certs recorded

Subject Alternative Names (Sample)

ce.gitlab.comwww.ce.gitlab.comjobs.gitlab.comwww.jobs.gitlab.comee.gitlab.comwww.ee.gitlab.comlinks.gitlab.comsync.geo.gitlab.comwww.sync.geo.gitlab.comkas.staging.gitlab.comwww.kas.staging.gitlab.comcanary.staging.gitlab.comwww.canary.staging.gitlab.comsingle.gitlab.comabout-src.gitlab.comabout.gitlab-review.appapi.theloop.gitlab.comprometheus.gitlab.comwww.prometheus.gitlab.comstatus.gitlab.comregistry.pre.gitlab.comwww.registry.pre.gitlab.compackages.gitlab.comwww.packages.gitlab.comnext.gitlab.comwww.next.gitlab.comci-gateway.int.gprd.gitlab.netgitlab.comgslink.gitlab.comregistry.staging.gitlab.comwww.registry.staging.gitlab.comprod.geo.gitlab.comwww.prod.geo.gitlab.comgprd.gitlab.comrewards.gitlab.comtheloop.gitlab.comopensearch.us-east-1.cell-c01k35wpsh58x0j74g.cells.gitlab.comwww.gprd.gitlab.comwww.status.gitlab.comexplore.gitlab.com+20 more

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Valid SSL / TLS certificate active

Issued by C=GB, O=Sectigo Limited, CN=Sectigo Public Server Authentication CA DV R36, valid for 134 remaining days.

+10

Content & Transparency Policies

Linked privacy policy, terms of service, about page, social channels, and published contacts.

Verified

Key Legal & Transparency Pages

privacy PageFound

terms PageFound

contact PageFound

about PageFound

refund PageNot linked

shipping PageNot linked

cookies PageNot linked

Verified Social Channels

twitter facebook instagram linkedin youtube

Published Phone Numbers: 1789764696, 1787071042, 33.3333333333, 1789741911, 1790024524, 1789741910

Contact page linked from home page

About page linked from home page

No refund/return policy found

Reputable sites usually publish a refund/return policy.

-3

No cookie policy found

Reputable sites usually publish a cookie policy.

-2

5 social profile(s) linked

twitter, facebook, instagram, linkedin, youtube

Phone number published

Physical address published

268 Bush Street

Robots.txt & Sitemap Discoverability

Search engine crawler directives, indexability, and declared XML sitemaps.

Present

Robots.txt Directives: Present & Configured
Sitemaps Declared: None in robots.txt
Disallow Rules Count: 86 rules

View Raw robots.txt

# See http://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.html for documentation on how to use the robots.txt file
#
# To ban all spiders from the entire site uncomment the next two lines:
# User-Agent: *
# Disallow: /

# Add a 1 second delay between successive requests to the same server, limits resources used by crawler
# Only some crawlers respect this setting, e.g. Googlebot does not
# Crawl-delay: 1

# Based on details in https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/master/config/routes.rb,
# https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/master/spec/routing, and using application

# Global routes
User-Agent: *
Disallow: /autocomplete/users
Disallow: /autocomplete/projects
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /admin
Disallow: /profile
Disallow: /dashboard
Disallow: /users
Disallow: /api/v*
Disallow: /help
Disallow: /s/
Disallow: /-/profile
Disallow: /-/profile/
Disallow: /-/user_settings/
Disallow: /-/ide/
Disallow: /-/experiment
# Restrict allowed routes to avoid very ugly search results
Allow: /users/sign_in
Allow: /users/sign_up
Allow: /users/*/snippets

# Generic resource routes like new, edit, raw
# This will block routes like:
# - /projects/new
# - /gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/issues/123/-/edit
User-Agent: *
Disallow: /*/new
Disallow: /*/edit
Disallow: /*/raw
Disallow: /*/realtime_changes

# Group details
User-Agent: *
Disallow: /groups/*/-/analytics
Disallow: /groups/*/-/analytics/
Disallow: /groups/*/-/insights/
Disallow: /groups/*/-/issues_analytics
Disallow: /groups/*/-/contribution_analytics
Disallow: /groups/*/-/group_members
Disallow: /groups/*/-/saml/
Disallow: /groups/*/-/saml_group_links
Disallow: /groups/*/-/settings/
Disallow: /groups/*/-/billings
Disallow: /groups/*/-/hooks
Disallow: /groups/*/-/projects

# Project details
User-Agent: *
Disallow: /*/*.git$
Disallow: /*/*.git/*
Disallow: /*/archive/
Disallow: /*/repository/archive*
Disallow: /*/activity
Disallow: /*/-/project_members
Disallow: /*/-/blame/
Disallow: /*/-/branches
Disallow: /*/-/commits/
Disallow: /*/-/commit
Disallow: /*/commit/*.patch
Disallow: /*/commit/*.diff
Disallow: /*/-/compare/
Disallow: /*/-/network/
Disallow: /*/path_locks
Disallow: /*/merge_requests/*.patch
Disallow: /*/merge_requests/*.diff
Disallow: /*/merge_requests/*/diffs
Disallow: /*/services
Disallow: /*/uploads/
Disallow: /*/-/import
Disallow: /*/-/requirements_management/
Disallow: /*/-/pipelines
Disallow: /*/-/pipeline_schedules
Disallow: /*/-/jobs
Disallow: /*/-/ci/
Disallow: /*/-/quality/
Disallow: /*/-/licenses
Disallow: /*/-/security/
Disallow: /*/-/dependencies
Disallow: /*/-/audit_events
Disallow: /*/-/on_demand_scans
Disallow: /*/-/feature_flags
Disallow: /*/-/ml/
Disallow: /*/-/environments
Disallow: /*/-/clusters
Disallow: /*/-/terraform
Disallow: /*/-/terraform_module_registry
Disallow: /*/-/*/configuration
Disallow: /*/-/error_tracking
Disallow: /*/-/metrics
Disallow: /*/-/alert_management
Disallow: /*/-/incidents
Disallow: /*/-/oncall_schedules
Disallow: /*/-/escalation_policies
Disallow: /*/-/*/service_desk
Disallow: /*/-/analytics
Disallow: /*/-/analytics/
Disallow: /*/-/value_stream_analytics
Disallow: /*/-/graphs/
Disallow: /*/insights/
Disallow: /*/-/pipelines/
Disallow: /*/-/settings/
Disallow: /*/-/hooks
Disallow: /*/-/usage_quotas

robots.txt published

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Scan Engine Performance

Automated multi-signal inspection pipeline

v5.1.0 Engine

Signals Analyzed

This scan

Sources Checked

Live security feeds

Scan Duration

3.69s

Full live scan

Last Scan

11/13/2026

Live timestamp

Overall Risk

Low Risk

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