FYI you can self-host GitLab, for example in a Docker container.
Much like that comment. Can you give a better example, or express why it’s a bad example? That would bring some quality in.
https://forgejo.org/ here’s a little better example, though you did a great job doing some proposal, gotta love those who do at least some initiative
Gitlab is very complex and a heavy resource hog. You probably don’t need it. Most small to medium enterprises can comfortably host their projects on lightweight forgejo or gitea (speaking from experience). They even have functionality similar to github actions. If you need anything more complex, you are better off integrating another self hosted external service to the mix.
You can also just make bare got repositories on any server you can ssh into.
Coincidentally, this is what git is short for.
Source: “git” can mean anything, depending on your mood.
https://github.com/git/git/commit/e83c5163316f89bfbde7d9ab23ca2e25604af290