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title: We're one of the 30 Highest Velocity Open Source Projects
author: Rebecca Dodd
author_gitlab: rebecca
categories: open source
image_title: '/images/blogimages/highest-velocity-open-source-projects.jpg'
twitter_image: '/images/tweets/one-of-highest-velocity-open-source-projects.png'
description: With a magical combination of number of commits, authors, issues and merge requests, we're in great company with other open source projects with momentum.
tags: open source, news
---

In June the Cloud Native Computing Foundation released its chart of the [top open source projects with the highest developer velocity](https://www.cncf.io/blog/2017/06/05/30-highest-velocity-open-source-projects/), and we're proud to be included – in good company!

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Measuring commits, authors, issues and merge or pull requests, the chart places GitLab in the top right quadrant with eight others including [Kubernetes](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/integrations/kubernetes.html) and [Elasticsearch](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/integration/elasticsearch.html).

![CNCF highest velocity open source projects chart](/images/blogimages/CNCF-highest-velocity-open-source-chart.png){: .shadow}

## Open Source at Heart

While ['open core'](/blog/2016/07/20/gitlab-is-open-core-github-is-closed-source/) might be a more accurate description of GitLab, as we ship both an [open source version](/features/) and [closed source version](/pricing/), we adopt an open source approach to both, with a publicly viewable issue tracker and license that allows modifications once you purchase a license.

We already know that there are good reasons [why you should choose to work with open source projects](/blog/2017/03/03/why-choose-open-source/), and we're grateful to our over [1700 contributors](http://contributors.gitlab.com/contributors) who have helped to shape GitLab – not just the product, but the company too. I work in the Marketing team and am always surprised and pleased when a member of our community pops up in an issue in the [Marketing project](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/marketing/issues) to offer some input or share an idea. It's a great reminder that [everyone can contribute](/community/contribute/), and those contributions go far beyond development.

So, thank you!

## Keep Those Contributions Coming

If you're new to GitLab, [this will help](/blog/2016/12/07/heres-how-new-programmers-can-learn-by-contributing-to-gitlab/), otherwise, as always, feel free to [open or comment on an issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues) or join our [Community Writers Program](/community/writers/). See [all the ways you can contribute here](/community/contribute/).

[Cover image](https://unsplash.com/search/jaws-haiku-pauwela-united-states?photo=sW8psg40WXY) by [Anton Repponen](https://unsplash.com/@repponen) on Unsplash
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