Supported operating systems

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GitLab officially supports long term support (LTS) versions of operating systems. Some operating systems, such as Ubuntu, have a clear distinction between LTS and non-LTS versions. However, there are other operating systems, openSUSE for example, that don’t follow the LTS concept.

To avoid confusion, all the operating systems supported by GitLab are listed on the installation page.

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amd64 and x86_64 refer to the same 64-bit architecture. The names arm64 and aarch64 are also interchangeable and refer to the same architecture.

AlmaLinux

These versions of AlmaLinux are supported.

Operating system First supported GitLab version Architecture Installation documentation Operating system EOL Details
AlmaLinux 8 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 14.5.0 x86_64, aarch64 AlmaLinux installation documentation 2029 AlmaLinux details
AlmaLinux 9 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 16.0.0 x86_64, aarch64 AlmaLinux installation documentation 2032 AlmaLinux details

Amazon Linux

These versions of Amazon Linux are supported.

Operating system First supported GitLab version Architecture Installation documentation Operating system EOL Details
Amazon Linux 2 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 14.9.0 amd64, arm64 Amazon Linux 2 installation documentation June 2025 Amazon Linux details
Amazon Linux 2023 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 16.3.0 amd64, arm64 Amazon Linux 2023 installation documentation 2028 Amazon Linux details

CentOS and Scientific Linux

These versions of CentOS and Scientific Linux are supported.

Operating system First supported GitLab version Architecture Installation documentation Operating system EOL Details
CentOS 7 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 7.10.0 x86_64 CentOS installation documentation June 2024 CentOS Linux details
Scientific Linux GitLab CE / GitLab EE 8.14.0 x86_64 Use CentOS installation documentation June 2024 Scientific Linux details

Debian

These versions of Debian are supported.

Operating system First supported GitLab version Architecture Installation documentation Operating system EOL Details
Debian 11 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 14.6.0 amd64, arm64 Debian installation documentation 2026 Debian Linux details
Debian 12 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 16.1.0 amd64, arm64 Debian installation documentation TBD Debian Linux details

openSUSE Leap and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

These versions of openSUSE Leap and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server are supported.

Operating system version First supported GitLab version Architecture Installation documentation Operating system EOL Details
openSUSE Leap 15.5 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 16.4.0 x86_64, aarch64 openSUSE installation documentation Dec 2024 openSUSE details
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 GitLab EE 9.0.0 x86_64 Use OpenSUSE installation documentation Oct 2027 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server details
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 GitLab EE 14.8.0 x86_64 Use OpenSUSE installation documentation Dec 2024 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server details

Oracle Linux

These versions of Oracle Linux are supported.

Operating system First supported GitLab version Architecture Installation documentation Operating system EOL Details
Oracle Linux 7 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 8.14.0 x86_64 Use CentOS installation documentation Dec 2024 Oracle Linux details
Oracle Linux 8 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 12.8.1 x86_64 Use AlmaLinux installation documentation July 2029 Oracle Linux details
Oracle Linux 9 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 16.2.0 x86_64 Use AlmaLinux installation documentation June 2032 Oracle Linux details

Raspberry Pi OS

These versions of Raspberry Pi OS are supported.

Operating system version First supported GitLab version Architecture Installation documentation Operating system EOL Details
Raspberry Pi OS (Buster) (formerly known as Raspbian Buster) GitLab CE 12.2.0 armhf Raspberry Pi installation documentation June 2024 Raspberry Pi details
Raspberry Pi OS (Bullseye) GitLab CE 15.5.0 armhf Raspberry Pi installation documentation 2026 Raspberry Pi details

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

These versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux are supported.

Operating system version First supported GitLab version Architecture Installation documentation Operating system EOL Details
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 12.8.1 x86_64, arm64 Use CentOS installation documentation May 2029 Red Hat Enterprise Linux details
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 16.0.0 x86_64, arm64 Use CentOS installation documentation May 2032 Red Hat Enterprise Linux details

Ubuntu

These versions of Ubuntu are supported.

Operating system First supported GitLab version Architecture Installation documentation Operating system EOL Details
Ubuntu 20.04 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 13.2.0 amd64, arm64 Ubuntu installation documentation April 2025 Ubuntu details
Ubuntu 22.04 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 15.5.0 amd64, arm64 Ubuntu installation documentation April 2027 Ubuntu details
Ubuntu 24.04 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 17.1.0 amd64, arm64 Ubuntu installation documentation April 2029 Ubuntu details

Update GitLab package sources after upgrading the OS

After upgrading the operating system, you might also need to update the GitLab package source URL in your package manager configuration.

If your package manager reports that no further updates are available, but you know updates exist, repeat the instructions on the Linux package install guide to add the GitLab package repository. Future GitLab upgrades are fetched according to your upgraded operating system.

Update both GitLab and the operating system

To upgrade both the operating system (OS) and GitLab:

  1. Upgrade the OS.
  2. Check if it’s necessary to update the GitLab package sources.
  3. Upgrade GitLab.

Corrupted Postgres indexes after upgrading the OS

As part of upgrading the operating system, if your glibc version changes, then you must follow Upgrading operating systems for PostgreSQL to avoid corrupted indexes.

Packages for ARM64

GitLab provides arm64/aarch64 packages for some supported operating systems. You can see if your operating system architecture is supported in the table above.

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Known issues exist for running GitLab on ARM.

OS versions that are no longer supported

GitLab provides Linux packages for operating systems only until their end-of-life (EOL) date. After the EOL date, GitLab stops releasing official packages. The list of deprecated operating systems and the final GitLab release for them can be found below:

OS version End of life Last supported GitLab version
CentOS 6 November 2020 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 13.6
CentOS 8 December 2021 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 14.6
Debian 7 Wheezy May 2018 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 11.6
Debian 8 Jessie June 2020 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 13.3
Debian 9 Stretch June 2022 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 15.2
Debian 10 Buster June 2024 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 17.5
OpenSUSE 42.1 May 2017 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 9.3
OpenSUSE 42.2 January 2018 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 10.4
OpenSUSE 42.3 July 2019 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 12.1
OpenSUSE 13.2 January 2017 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 9.1
OpenSUSE 15.0 December 2019 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 12.5
OpenSUSE 15.1 November 2020 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 13.12
OpenSUSE 15.2 December 2021 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 14.7
OpenSUSE 15.3 December 2022 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 15.10
OpenSUSE 15.4 December 2023 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 16.7
Raspbian Wheezy May 2015 GitLab CE 8.17
Raspbian Jessie May 2017 GitLab CE 11.7
Raspbian Stretch June 2020 GitLab CE 13.3
Ubuntu 12.04 April 2017 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 9.1
Ubuntu 14.04 April 2019 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 11.10
Ubuntu 16.04 April 2021 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 13.12
Ubuntu 18.04 June 2023 GitLab CE / GitLab EE 16.11
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An exception to this deprecation policy is when we are unable to provide packages for the next version of the operating system. The most common reason for this our package repository provider, PackageCloud, not supporting newer versions and hence we can’t upload packages to it.