Community news - September 2025 🚀
Hello community 👋
We've gathered several important updates for you into this one issue. Please read below:
Labelathon winners
I'm pleased to announce the winners of the first GitLab labelathon. Since it was such a close contest, we've decided to call it a 3 way tie for second.
Congratulations @ayushjhawar499
Winners and participants, please look for a new issue awarding your prizes
Hackathon starting soon
The October hackathon starts October 1st UTC!
This hackathon runs alongside DigitalOcean’s Hacktoberfest. Create an account or login with your GitLab account to the Hacktoberfest dashboard to sign up. Make sure to register for the GitLab hackathon event.
Note: you do not need to sign up for Hacktoberfest for your MRs to count towards the GitLab hackathon.
Not sure where to start?
- The Product Planning team has curated issues just for contributors. Check out their curated issue board!
- Find a
quick winwith the issue finder.
Notable contributors
In May we rebranded our MVP (most valuable person) award and it became the GitLab notable contributor award.
Please join us in thanking and celebrating our most recent winners!
| GitLab Release | Notable Contributor |
|---|---|
| 18.4 (September 2025) | Patrick Rice |
| 18.3 (August 2025) | Ahmed Kashkoush |
| 18.2 (July 2025) | Markus Siebert |
| 18.1 (June 2025) | Chaitanya Sonwane |
| 18.0 (May 2025) | Michael Hofer |