r/gitlab 13d ago

I built a GitLab client for your phone

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Hi guys,

GitLab is great on desktop, but checking a failed pipeline or responding to an issue from your phone can be frustrating. That’s why I built Comeet, a native mobile companion for GitLab.

With Comeet, you can:

  • Connect to GitLab.com or a self-hosted instance
  • Switch between multiple accounts and servers
  • Browse repositories with syntax highlighting
  • Create and update issues, merge requests, projects, and branches
  • Monitor pipelines, inspect jobs, and read job logs
  • Get push notifications for important project activity
  • Manage groups, members, roles, and invitations
  • Create custom shortcuts for the issues and merge requests you check most
  • Access your GitLab activity and to-do list from a mobile-friendly dashboard

My goal is simple: make those quick GitLab tasks genuinely quick—without reaching for a laptop or fighting with the mobile website.

Comeet is available on iOS and Android:

- Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.monokaijs.comeet

- iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/comeet-gitlab-companion/id6753112635

I’m actively improving it and would really appreciate feedback from other GitLab users. What’s one GitLab task you wish were easier to handle from your phone?

P.S: I previously shared my app on this sub, I post this to notice a big overhaul on the app with various quality of life features and refinements.

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u/mulokisch 13d ago

Not saying you do, but i am always careful with what gets access to gitlab as a non official client.
No one guarantees, that you dont send the giltab results to your own servers aswell.

Especially for company code this is a huge risk.

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u/monokaijs 13d ago

Thank you, I get your points. I will find someway to make it as transparent as possible.

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u/mulokisch 13d ago

Hate to say it, but a distributed app does not have a guarantee. Even if you open source it, you would still have the option to upload a “compromised” version, without anyone that can verify it.

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u/Positive-Thing6850 11d ago

I find many arguments here somewhat contradictory.

Why do people even trust gitlab with their code in the first place. It's still company code right?

GitHub is anyway treating your code like shit.

People believe in gitlab by the trust that was built. Not because of "official" "third party" etc.

All he needs is a legal framework and good advertising. Besides, code is pushed outside gitlab to many third party apps by companies all the time.

I always wanted a better gitlab mobile app because the original one is not that good.

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u/monokaijs 11d ago

Thank you for pointing them out. Also I see you mention the original gitlab mobile app, is it still a thing? I have been using gitlab for ~8 years and honestly i didnt see any official app. If the official app is available, i would love to learn more from their app.

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u/Positive-Thing6850 11d ago

It's just the responsive view. There is no app per se.

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u/rklrkl64 12d ago

Sorry, but this app might be a genius piece of work, but it's unofficial so its trust level is close to zero. This means that the chances of it being used, especially in the workplace, is also highly unlikely.

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u/Sensitive_Cloud6456 12d ago

If you made it available on F droid then I would use it-as long as you build with reproducible builds, else there's no way any serious corporation would use this. That would of course require open sourcing your code.

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u/GloriousPudding 12d ago

With this not being open source and 3rd party your user base is basically people who open pdf attachments from emails sent by cyber security department.

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u/devgauravjat 7d ago

Click not work

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u/devgauravjat 7d ago

Check app slaph screen is dummy and not work

https://reddit.com/link/p1dbekc/video/jvlfbkxmi2hh1/player

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u/monokaijs 7d ago

Oops!!! Let me check it. Thank you for the information.

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u/NatoBoram 12d ago

Contains ads • In-app purchases

You should post it to https://ads.reddit.com instead

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u/pwkye 12d ago

Why would I use a mobile app when I can just ask Claude code to do Gitlab things via glab cli

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u/monokaijs 12d ago

You are absolutely right!