December 2019 Summaries

Gitpod has released a number of new features and updates for its platform. Users can now try Gitpod on their private GitHub and GitLab projects for free without providing payment information or automatic subscription start afterward. A setup assistant has been introduced to make configuring Gitpod easier, guiding users through a 5-step process. New plans have been added, including a free plan with unlimited hours for professional open-source developers and a Professional Plan offering unlimited usage hours for €23 / $25. Light and dark themes are now available, and automatic garbage collection has been implemented to delete old workspaces after 30 days of inactivity.

GitLab Support for Gitpod is Now Available Gitpod has introduced support for its frictionless ready-to-code dev environments on GitLab. Users can now start a dev environment for a GitLab project by prefixing any GitLab project URL with "gitpod.io/#". The integration also supports opening file URLs, branches, issues, and merge requests. Depending on the context, workspaces will be initialized differently. To configure a perfect dev environment for your project, you can use custom Docker files and specify tasks to run after a fresh checkout. Gitpod's prebuilt workspaces allow for ephemeral, ready-to-code environments by running projects' builds asynchronously whenever new commits or branches are pushed. Gitpod is currently in its beta phase, and feedback from users is encouraged to improve the integration with GitLab. For those using self-managed instances of GitLab, Gitpod Enterprise will be released soon, allowing for either self-managed or managed by Gitpod configurations.