In light of questions we’ve received on the topic, I wrote a brief explanatory article and included a demo.
GitLab Orbit is GitLab’s context graph for the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC):
It can index your GitLab instance (along with all its repositories and metadata);
It connects code, merge requests, CI/CD pipelines, work items, and more;
And it represents everything as a graph that you can query.
How Can Orbit Help in Practice?
Time savings: Fewer manual searches and less context switching between screens.
Instead of piecing together an answer from dozens of API calls or manually inspecting repositories, Orbit provides a single overview of dependencies, ownership, and blast radius—enabling teams and AI agents to quickly understand the impact of every change.
What Questions Can Orbit Answer? For Example:
- What will break if I change a specific service?
- Which merge requests touched a specific file in the last 90 days?
- Who performed the most code reviews in this group?
- Where are open critical vulnerabilities located, and which pipelines introduced them?
- Which projects depend on a specific library?
Orbit is designed to answer infrastructure and SDLC questions that standard GitLab doesn’t answer directly,
especially when you need to understand relationships between code spread across multiple repositories, CI/CD processes, and team ownership.
For more details about Orbit and how to try out the product,
feel free to contact us
ALM Toolbox has assisted hundreds of clients to date (globally) with planning, deploying, and implementing GitLab, as well as choosing the right licensing tier.
We have been an official GitLab partner since 2016 and hold official partner designations awarded by GitLab: “Select Partner”, “GitLab Hero” and “GitLab Champion”,
along with official professional GitLab certifications after passing technical certification exams.
Recently, we were also selected again by the research firm STKI as a “GitLab Selected Partner” for 2026.
For questions or pricing requests / quotes, feel free to contact us via email at gitlab@almtoolbox.com
or by phone: 866-503-1471 (USA / Canada) or +31 85 064 4633 (International)
A Brief Overview of Orbit (Includes Subtitles):
For your convenience, subtitles in English and Hebrew are available (turn on via the “CC” button).
Relevant Links:
- Our GitLab Content Hub (Hebrew / Israel)
- Case Study: How Cochlear Uses GitLab and AI Capabilities to Deliver Cures Faster
- What is GitLab’s Latest Product Offering?
- Technical Documentation
