Today, GitLab announced the general availability of GitLab Duo Self-Hosted. This capability enables organisations to maintain full control over data privacy, security, and the deployment of large language models (LLMs) in their own infrastructure.
GitLab Duo Self-Hosted allows organisations with strict regulatory and privacy requirements to deploy AI capabilities within their local environments, eliminating reliance on cloud connectivity to retain control over data residency and infrastructure isolation. Organisations can select from the supported AI model list, optimising efficiency and meeting compliance and data privacy requirements within a single, comprehensive DevSecOps platform.
Features of GitLab Duo Self-Hosted include:
- Flexible Model Deployments: Enables organisations to optimise performance and resources by selecting from the supported AI model list, including Anthropic, Mistral, and OpenAI.
- GitLab Duo Code Suggestions: Provides code generation and code completion features to assist users in autocompleting lines of code based on context and creating blocks of code from single- and multi-line comments.
- GitLab Duo Chat: Combines the GitLab Duo suite of AI capabilities into a single natural language chat interface to connect DevSecOps workflows.
GitLab Duo is a suite of end-to-end AI capabilities that support DevSecOps teams at every stage of the software development lifecycle. GitLab Duo Self-Hosted is available for GitLab Self-Managed, Ultimate customers with applicable licensing.
Supporting Quotes:
“Enterprises want to harness the power of AI and keep pace with this fast-moving technology while also minimising their security and governance risks,” said Rachel Stephens, Research Director at RedMonk. “GitLab Duo Self-Hosted gives companies the ability to deploy LLMs within their own infrastructure, helping ensure data sovereignty and regulatory compliance. These additional guardrails are designed to help enterprises embrace AI-driven development and software delivery.”
"GitLab Duo Self-Hosted is transformative for organisations with strict security and data privacy requirements," said David DeSanto, chief product officer at GitLab. "GitLab is the only DevSecOps platform to offer a self-hosted AI capability, while also eliminating the need for organisations to stitch together multiple-point solutions across the software development lifecycle. Customers can now confidently adopt AI in air-gapped and private cloud environments, accelerating innovation while maintaining complete control over their data."