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OctoLab

Unofficial GitLab client for gitlab.com and self-hosted instances.

  • Free, with trade-offs
  • Android
  • Open source

Overview

Features described in its F-Droid listing and in its GitHub repository: self-hosting on your own server, multiple accounts and Markdown support.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “Unofficial GitLab client for gitlab.com and self-hosted instances” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Multi-account: self-hosted and gitlab.com side by side” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Markdown rendering: GFM tables, task lists, code blocks, images” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

OctoLab is free, with trade-offs: it relies on a non-free online service.

Its licence (Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

Weaknesses

  • Flagged by F-Droid: relies on a non-free online service

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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