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Is it a matter of taste or Github's UI indeed looks more professional than Gitlab's one? I've tried to switch from GH to GL hosted for my personal projects multiple times and no luck. I like the fact that Gitlab is open-source and it has a lot of features but I still don't feel comfortable using it. Any opinions and preferences on GH's UI vs. GL's UI?

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GitHub has a better container in their CSS. GitLab defaults to letting text lines be overly long and this just makes the whole thing feel uncomfortable even if you think you don't mind it. Otherwise, I think GitLab is largely alright UI.

Hey thanks for the feedback. We are certainly working on it. Feel free to contribute to the issue. https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/13680

I think GH gives off this impression because the UI looks like it has more stuff going on at the same time. It's probably an illusion caused by GH's design having more contrast between elements. GL is trying to look minimalistic like a clean sheet of paper. But that's kind of my issue with GL's interface: the contrast between elements is so low that it really looks like a blank sheet of white paper. But it's not paper, it's an active screen, so it feels very straining. Sometimes I feel like it's burning my eyes. I get used to it after a while, but it's an issue.

I find GL's UI easier and actually pleasant to use because it is less "busy" visually.

Yeah, I think conceptually there's nothing wrong with it, it's just that the contrast is too low for me.

Understood. :)

If we're talking only about the UI, I have to admit that GL's UI bothers me too. I wouldn't say that it's not professional, I feel like it's really really similar to GH in terms of links, buttons, etc, but made different (and less usable) on purpose to not be exactly like GH's.

In terms of product/features, GitLab is so much better than GH though.

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