GitLab UX Guide

The goal of this guide is to provide standards, principles and in-depth information to design beautiful and effective GitLab features. This will be a living document, and we welcome contributions, feedback and suggestions.

Design

Principles

These guiding principles set a solid foundation for our design system, and should remain relatively stable over multiple releases. They should be referenced as new design patterns are created.

Basics

The basic ingredients of our experience establish our personality and feel. This section includes details about typography, iconography, and color.

Animation

Guidance on the timing, curving and motion for GitLab.

Illustrations

Guidelines for principals and styles related to illustrations for GitLab.

Copy

Conventions on text and messaging within labels, buttons, and other components.

Components

Components are the controls that make up the GitLab experience, including guidance around buttons, links, dropdowns, etc.

Surfaces

The GitLab experience is broken apart into several surfaces. Each of these surfaces is designated for a specific scope or type of content. Examples include the header, global menu, side pane, etc.

Features

The previous building blocks are combined into complete features in the GitLab UX. Examples include our navigation, filters, search results, and empty states.

Research

Users

How we think about the variety of users of GitLab, from small to large teams, comparing opensource usage to enterprise, etc.