GitLab Duo

GitLab Duo is a suite of AI-native features that assist you while you work in GitLab. These features aim to help increase velocity and solve key pain points across the software development lifecycle.

GitLab Duo features are available in IDE extensions and the GitLab UI. Some features are also available as part of GitLab Duo Chat.

• Get started with GitLab Duo.
• View a walkthrough of GitLab Duo Enterprise features.

GitLab Duo language models

The language models that are the source for GitLab Duo depend on where you’re using it.

• On GitLab.com: GitLab hosts the models and connects to them through the cloud-based AI gateway.

• On GitLab Self-Managed, two options exist:

  • GitLab can host the models and the cloud-based AI gateway.
  • Your organization can use GitLab Duo Self-Hosted, which means you host the AI gateway and language models. You can use GitLab AI vendor models or the other supported language models. Watch overview

Working across the entire software development lifecycle

To improve your workflow across the entire software development lifecycle, try these features:

• GitLab Duo Chat: Write and understand code, get up to speed on the status of projects, and learn about GitLab by asking your questions in a chat window. Watch overview
• GitLab Duo Workflow: Automate tasks and help increase productivity in your development workflow.
• AI Impact Dashboard: Measure the AI effectiveness and impact on SDLC metrics.

Planning work

To improve your workflow while planning work, try these features:

• Issue Description Generation: Generate a more in-depth issue description based on a short summary. Watch overview
• Discussion Summary: Summarize lengthy conversations in an issue. Watch overview

Authoring code

To improve your workflow while authoring code, try these features:

• Code Suggestions: Generate code and show suggestions as you type. Watch overview

• Code Explanation: Have code explained. View docs for explaining code in:

  • The IDE.
  • A file.
  • A merge request.
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• Test Generation: Test your code by generating tests. Watch overview

• Refactor Code: Improve or refactor the selected code. Watch overview

• Fix Code: Fix quality problems, like bugs or typos, in the selected code.

• GitLab Duo for the CLI: Discover or recall git commands.

Reviewing code

To improve your workflow while reviewing code in merge requests, try these features:

• Merge Request Summary: Generate a description based on the code changes. Watch overview
• Code Review: Review proposed code changes.
• Code Review Summary: Summarize all the comments in a review. Watch overview
• Merge Commit Message Generation: Generate commit messages. Watch overview

Testing and deploying code

To improve your testing and deployment workflow, try these features:

• Root Cause Analysis: Research the root cause for a CI/CD job failure by analyzing the logs. Watch overview

Securing code

To improve your security, try these features:

• Vulnerability Explanation: Learn more about vulnerabilities, how they can be exploited, and how to fix them. Watch overview
• Vulnerability Resolution: Generate a merge request that addresses a vulnerability. Watch overview

Summary of GitLab Duo features

The following features are generally available on GitLab.com, GitLab Self-Managed, and GitLab Dedicated.

They require a Premium or Ultimate subscription and one of the available add-ons.

Features available in GitLab Duo Self-Hosted

Your organization can use GitLab Duo Self-Hosted to self-host the AI gateway and language models if you:

• Have the GitLab Duo Enterprise add-on.
• Are a GitLab Self-Managed customer.

To check which GitLab Duo features are available for use with GitLab Duo Self-Hosted, and the status of those features, see the supported GitLab Duo features for GitLab Duo Self-Hosted.

Beta and experimental features

The following features are not generally available.

They require a Premium or Ultimate subscription and one of the available add-ons.

GitLab Duo Workflow is in private beta, does not require an add-on, and is not supported for GitLab Duo Self-Hosted.