I think it says why, right in the first sentence: "…the easily installable Github clone…" (emphasis mine).
I love Gitlab and have a small installation (only 4 users). It's an wonderful github clone and it makes me happy when I use it.
However… it's a maintenance nightmare. I've never encountered a more obtuse and maintenance hostile app. I think maybe Rails apps just aren't meant to be distributed and run out in the wild. They are finicky and upgrading is a nightmare.
Compare that against, say, Wordpress, which is downright trivial to maintain. And it's darn near invisible if you're willing to sacrifice security for their in-browser updates.
I love Gitlab and have a small installation (only 4 users). It's an wonderful github clone and it makes me happy when I use it.
However… it's a maintenance nightmare. I've never encountered a more obtuse and maintenance hostile app. I think maybe Rails apps just aren't meant to be distributed and run out in the wild. They are finicky and upgrading is a nightmare.
Compare that against, say, Wordpress, which is downright trivial to maintain. And it's darn near invisible if you're willing to sacrifice security for their in-browser updates.