We're making GitLab ChatOps available to everyone!

This post announces the decision to open-source GitLab ChatOps in version 11.9 because it was identified that individual contributors are the primary users. It discusses the current state of the ChatOps market, identifies five key ingredients for success (monitoring, queryability, permissions, zero-config, consistency), and explains how GitLab's integrated DevOps platform addresses the latter two. The post also expresses gratitude for community contributions.