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GitHub vs GitLab: which one does AI recommend?

We asked ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity 10 questions buyers ask about source code hosting and version control — 30 answers in total — and counted who got named. GitHub is named in 24 of 30 answers (80%); GitLab in 21 (70%).

GitHub

80%

named in 24 of 30 answers

ChatGPT: named in 100% of answers

Gemini: named in 50% of answers

Perplexity: named in 90% of answers

GitLab

70%

named in 21 of 30 answers

How they rank against everyone else

GitHub

80%

GitLab

70%

Bitbucket

60%

Gitea

50%

Forgejo

47%

Codeberg

27%

Azure DevOps

23%

Perforce Helix Core

17%

Where does your product land?

Same 10 questions, your product, about a minute. No account.

Counts are mentions in AI answers, not endorsements, measured 2026-09-20. Nobody pays to appear.