GitLab 19.0 expands open source model support for self-hosted deployments, enabling teams with data residency, compliance, and network isolation requirements to leverage AI capabilities without sending code to third-party APIs.
- •Supports multiple open source models including Mistral Devstral 2 123B, GLM-5.1, Kimi-K2.6, and MiniMax-M2.7 evaluated against multi-step tool use, code generation, and reasoning tasks
- •Enables on-premises inference using vLLM, ensuring data remains in your environment and no external API calls
- •Provides deployment flexibility with options including fully air-gapped on-premises hardware or GPU-enabled virtual machines in private clouds
- •Supports hybrid deployments that mix self-hosted models with GitLab-managed models per feature through AI Gateway configuration
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