| [**User Documentation**](user/index.md)<br/>Discover features and concepts for GitLab users. | [**Administrator documentation**](administration/index.md)<br/>Everything GitLab self-managed administrators need to know. |
| [**Contributing to GitLab**](#contributing-to-gitlab)<br/>At GitLab, everyone can contribute! | [**New to Git and GitLab?**](#new-to-git-and-gitlab)<br/>We have resources to get you started. |
| [**Building an integration with GitLab?**](#building-an-integration-with-gitlab)<br/>Consult our automation and integration documentation. | [**Coming to GitLab from another platform?**](#coming-to-gitlab-from-another-platform)<br/>Consult our handy guides. |
| [**Install GitLab**](https://about.gitlab.com/install/)<br/>Installation options for different platforms. | [**Customers**](subscriptions/index.md)<br/>Information for new and existing customers. |
| [**Update GitLab**](update/README.md)<br/>Update your GitLab self-managed instance to the latest version. | [**GitLab Releases**](https://about.gitlab.com/releases/)<br/>What's new in GitLab. |
| [GitLab Cycle Analytics](user/project/cycle_analytics.md) | Measure the time it takes to go from an [idea to production](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/08/05/continuous-integration-delivery-and-deployment-with-gitlab/#from-idea-to-production-with-gitlab) for each project you have. |
| [Instance Statistics](user/instance_statistics/index.md) | Discover statistics on how many GitLab features you use and user activity. |
| [Epics](user/group/epics/index.md) **(ULTIMATE)** | Tracking groups of issues that share a theme. |
| [Issues](user/project/issues/index.md), including [confidential issues](user/project/issues/confidential_issues.md),<br/>[issue and merge request templates](user/project/description_templates.md),<br/>and [moving issues](user/project/issues/managing_issues.md#moving-issues) | Project issues, restricting access to issues, create templates for submitting new issues and merge requests, and moving issues between projects. |
| [Quick Actions](user/project/quick_actions.md) | Shortcuts for common actions on issues or merge requests, replacing the need to click buttons or use dropdowns in GitLab's UI. |
| [Service Desk](user/project/service_desk.md) **(PREMIUM)** | A simple way to allow people to create issues in your GitLab instance without needing their own user account. |
| [Advanced global search](user/search/advanced_global_search.md) **(STARTER)** | Leverage Elasticsearch for faster, more advanced code search across your entire GitLab instance. |
| [Advanced syntax search](user/search/advanced_search_syntax.md) **(STARTER)** | Use advanced queries for more targeted search results. |
| [Contribution analytics](user/group/contribution_analytics/index.md) **(STARTER)** | See detailed statistics of group contributors. |
| [Projects](user/project/index.md), including [project access](public_access/public_access.md)<br/>and [settings](user/project/settings/index.md) | Host source code, and control your project's visibility and set configuration. |
| [Search through GitLab](user/search/index.md) | Search for issues, merge requests, projects, groups, and todos. |
| [Snippets](user/snippets.md) | Snippets allow you to create little bits of code. |
| [Web IDE](user/project/web_ide/index.md) | Edit files within GitLab's user interface. |
| [Wikis](user/project/wiki/index.md) | Enhance your repository documentation with built-in wikis. |
| [Branches](user/project/repository/branches/index.md) and the [default branch](user/project/repository/branches/index.md#default-branch) | How to use branches in GitLab. |
| [Commits](user/project/repository/index.md#commits) and [signing commits](user/project/repository/gpg_signed_commits/index.md) | Work with commits, and use GPG to sign your commits. |
| [Create branches](user/project/repository/web_editor.md#create-a-new-branch), [create](user/project/repository/web_editor.md#create-a-file)<br/>and [upload](user/project/repository/web_editor.md#upload-a-file) files, and [create directories](user/project/repository/web_editor.md#create-a-directory) | Create branches, create and upload files, and create directories within GitLab. |
| [Delete merged branches](user/project/repository/branches/index.md#delete-merged-branches) | Bulk delete branches after their changes are merged. |
| [File templates](user/project/repository/web_editor.md#template-dropdowns) | File templates for common files. |
| [Checking out merge requests locally](user/project/merge_requests/index.md#checkout-merge-requests-locally) | Tips for working with merge requests locally. |
| [Cherry-picking](user/project/merge_requests/cherry_pick_changes.md) | Use GitLab for cherry-picking changes. |
| [Merge request thread resolution](user/discussions/index.md#moving-a-single-thread-to-a-new-issue) | Resolve threads, move threads in a merge request to an issue, and only allow merge requests to be merged if all threads are resolved. |
| [GitLab API](api/README.md) | Integrate GitLab via a simple and powerful API. |
| [GitLab Integration](integration/README.md) | Integrate with multiple third-party services with GitLab to allow external issue trackers and external authentication. |
| [GitLab Webhooks](user/project/integrations/webhooks.md) | Let GitLab notify you when new code has been pushed to your project. |
| [Container Registry](user/packages/container_registry/index.md) | The GitLab Container Registry enables every project in GitLab to have its own space to store [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) images. |
| [Dependency Proxy](user/packages/dependency_proxy/index.md) **(PREMIUM)** | The GitLab Dependency Proxy sets up a local proxy for frequently used upstream images/packages. |
| [Maven Repository](user/packages/maven_repository/index.md) **(PREMIUM)** | The GitLab Maven Repository enables every project in GitLab to have its own space to store [Maven](https://maven.apache.org/) packages. |
| [NPM Registry](user/packages/npm_registry/index.md) **(PREMIUM)** | The GitLab NPM Registry enables every project in GitLab to have its own space to store [NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/) packages. |
| [Canary Deployments](user/project/canary_deployments.md) **(PREMIUM)** | Employ a popular CI strategy where a small portion of the fleet is updated to the new version first. |
| [Deploy Boards](user/project/deploy_boards.md) **(PREMIUM)** | View the current health and status of each CI environment running on Kubernetes, displaying the status of the pods in the deployment. |
| [Environment-specific variables](ci/variables/README.md#limiting-environment-scopes-of-environment-variables) | Limit scope of variables to specific environments. |
| [Multiple Kubernetes Clusters](user/project/clusters/index.md#multiple-kubernetes-clusters-premium) **(PREMIUM)** | Associate more than one Kubernetes clusters to your project. |
| [GitLab Performance Monitoring](administration/monitoring/performance/index.md) **(CORE ONLY)** | Use InfluxDB and Grafana to monitor the performance of your GitLab instance (will be eventually replaced by Prometheus). |
| [GitLab Prometheus](administration/monitoring/prometheus/index.md) **(CORE ONLY)** | Configure the bundled Prometheus to collect various metrics from your GitLab instance. |
| [Health check](user/admin_area/monitoring/health_check.md) | GitLab provides liveness and readiness probes to indicate service health and reachability to required services. |
| [Prometheus project integration](user/project/integrations/prometheus.md) | Configure the Prometheus integration per project and monitor your CI/CD environments. |
| [Prometheus metrics](user/project/integrations/prometheus_library/index.md) | Let Prometheus collect metrics from various services, like Kubernetes, NGINX, NGINX ingress controller, HAProxy, and Amazon Cloud Watch. |
| [Container Scanning](user/application_security/container_scanning/index.md) **(ULTIMATE)** | Use Clair to scan docker images for known vulnerabilities. |
| [Dependency List](user/application_security/dependency_list/index.md) **(ULTIMATE)** | View your project's dependencies and their known vulnerabilities. |
| [Dependency Scanning](user/application_security/dependency_scanning/index.md) **(ULTIMATE)** | Analyze your dependencies for known vulnerabilities. |
| [Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)](user/application_security/dast/index.md) **(ULTIMATE)** | Analyze running web applications for known vulnerabilities. |
| [Group Security Dashboard](user/application_security/security_dashboard/index.md#group-security-dashboard) **(ULTIMATE)** | View vulnerabilities in all the projects in a group and its subgroups. |
| [License Compliance](user/application_security/license_compliance/index.md) **(ULTIMATE)** | Search your project's dependencies for their licenses. |
| [Pipeline Security Dashboard](user/application_security/security_dashboard/index.md#pipeline-security-dashboard) **(ULTIMATE)** | View the security reports for your project's pipelines. |
| [Project Security Dashboard](user/application_security/security_dashboard/index.md#project-security-dashboard) **(ULTIMATE)** | View the latest security reports for your project. |
| [GitLab Workflow](workflow/README.md) and [overview](https://about.gitlab.com/2016/10/25/gitlab-workflow-an-overview/) | Enhance your workflow with the best of GitLab Workflow. |
| [Get started with GitLab CI/CD](ci/quick_start/README.md) | Quickly implement GitLab CI/CD. |
| [Auto DevOps](topics/autodevops/index.md) | Learn more about GitLab's Auto DevOps. |
| [User account](user/profile/index.md) | Manage your account. |
| [Authentication](topics/authentication/index.md) | Account security with two-factor authentication, set up your ssh keys, and deploy keys for secure access to your projects. |
| [Profile settings](user/profile/index.md#profile-settings) | Manage your profile settings, two factor authentication, and more. |
| [User permissions](user/permissions.md) | Learn what each role in a project can do. |
