macOS
Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install lablocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install labMacPorts ports tree · devel/lab/Portfile · source: api.github.com
brew / rank 6756
Install lab with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, scoop
Git wrapper for GitLab. Version 0.25.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#lab.
install
Additional install commands
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add labAlpine Linux edge package indexes · lab · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#labnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/la/lab/package.nix · source: api.github.com
Windows
Scoopverified · 92%
scoop install main/labScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/lab.json · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
Git wrapper for GitLab
Project links
Commands and aliases
- lab
history
Project history and usage
Lab is a community GitLab command-line tool that wraps Git and GitLab API workflows. It focuses on merge requests, issues, milestones, snippets, CI pipelines, repository cloning, and forking from the terminal.
Its appeal was giving GitLab users a hub-like workflow before the GitLab-owned `glab` CLI became the obvious official comparison point.
Project history
The project presents itself as `git + GitLab`: a Go command-line utility designed to make GitLab repository work feel close to normal Git usage. The README emphasizes a simple interface for GitLab API commands and WebUI-like messages and errors.
Lab originally described itself as wrapping Git or Hub, but later release notes document removal of hub support and references to `glab`, showing the project adjusting as GitLab CLI tooling matured around it.
Adoption history
Lab spread through developer package managers such as Homebrew, Nix, Scoop, Alpine, and MacPorts because it solved a practical terminal gap for GitLab users: creating and reviewing merge requests, issues, and CI state without switching to the browser.
Its GitHub repository retained a modest but real community footprint, with more than a thousand stars and release artifacts for multiple platforms on the public release page.
How it is used
Users configure GitLab host and token details in lab.toml files, with user, worktree, and local-project locations. Commands can be run directly as `lab` or wired into Git aliases such as `git lab mr list`.
Common workflows include cloning GitLab repositories, creating or listing merge requests, working with issues, viewing CI pipelines and jobs, and browsing project resources from the terminal.
Why package nerds care
Lab is useful package-manager history because it captures a period when Git hosting sites had uneven first-party CLI support. GitHub had hub and later gh; GitLab users often reached for community tools like lab before GitLab's own glab project became prominent.
The package also shows how CLI tools track hosted-service APIs: a small local binary becomes valuable only when it keeps up with merge-request, issue, token, and CI behavior on a remote platform.
Timeline
- Pre-2022: Lab established itself as a community GitLab CLI distributed through multiple package managers.
- 2021: Release notes for v0.20.0 referenced glab and tracked GitLab workflow fixes.
- 2021: Release notes for v0.21.0 documented dropping hub support.
- 2022: The GitLab-owned glab project was created on GitLab on March 21.
- 2022: Lab v0.25.x releases focused on merge-request lookup and Homebrew-related fixes.
Related projects
- GitLab's `glab` is the closest related project and became the official GitLab CLI line.
- GitHub's `hub` is historically relevant because Lab described itself as wrapping Git or Hub and later removed hub support.
- python-gitlab and go-gitlab are adjacent API-client ecosystems used by GitLab automation tools.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: green
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
Risk classifier
green risk · low confidence · appliance
Why
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
Signals
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
./lab.toml~/.config/lab/lab.toml.git/lab/lab.toml
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
./lab.toml~/.config/lab/lab.toml.git/lab/lab.toml
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
lab | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.25.1
manager updated2026-07-26
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:lab |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.25.1 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://zaquestion.github.io/lab |
| Repository | https://github.com/zaquestion/lab |
| Last updated | 2026-07-26T13:40:58+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
lab
nix profile install nixpkgs#lab- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Lab
apk95%
lab 0.25.1-r37
Git Wrapper for GitLab
https://zaquestion.github.io/lab/
sudo apk add lab- License: CC0-1.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: lab
- 1 dependencies
- 1 provides
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Lab
apk95%
lab-bash-completion 0.25.1-r37
Bash completions for lab
https://zaquestion.github.io/lab/
sudo apk add lab-bash-completion- License: CC0-1.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: lab
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Lab
apk95%
lab-fish-completion 0.25.1-r37
Fish completions for lab
https://zaquestion.github.io/lab/
sudo apk add lab-fish-completion- License: CC0-1.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: lab
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Lab
apk95%
lab-zsh-completion 0.25.1-r37
Zsh completions for lab
https://zaquestion.github.io/lab/
sudo apk add lab-zsh-completion- License: CC0-1.0
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: lab
- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Lab
MacPorts95%
lab
sudo port install lab- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Lab
Scoop95%
main/lab
scoop install main/lab- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Lab
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation