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Shivam Maurya

Update: GitLab Integration + Smarter AI for Your Code in ExplainGitHub

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We shipped a major update to ExplainGitHub — and it’s all about making repo exploration faster, smarter, and more useful for real work.


What’s live now

  • GitLab support (public & private): sign in with GitLab and chat with any repo just like GitHub.

  • Saved chats & History view: your conversations persist — jump back into repos and continue where you left off.

  • Smarter context: ask in natural language — the AI automatically finds the right files and uses them for more accurate answers (no manual file selection).

  • GitDiagram visualizations: get an instant architecture map to understand structure and relationships at a glance.

  • Browser extension: open chat directly from any repo page or swap github.com → explaingithub.com.

Why this matters

Exploring an unfamiliar repo shouldn’t take hours. These updates reduce friction: less clicking, deeper answers, and a visual overview so you can get to useful work faster.

Traction & availability

We haven’t actively marketed since launch, and yet over 600 developers are already using ExplainGitHub daily — chatting with repos and using the extension. Everything above is free for now while we iterate.

What’s next (coming by end of October)

  • Bring-your-own storage (Azure Blob / AWS S3 / GCP) for secure ingestion

  • Bring-your-own LLM (OpenAI/Azure/fine-tuned models)

  • Team & enterprise features: PR tracking, issue monitoring, org dashboards

I’d love your feedback — what should we prioritise next? Try it: explaingithub.com (or change any repo URL from github.com to explaingithub.com and see the magic).

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David strc

This new GitLab support is exactly what I needed. I work with both GitHub and GitLab repos, and having a single place to explore them with context aware AI is going to save me a lot of back-and-forth.

Zubair Collier

I’ve been using ExplainGitHub for a while, and the saved chats feature is a big win. I often jump between projects, so being able to continue exactly where I left off is a real productivity boost for me.

Gabor Kriston

The GitDiagram feature is awesome. I just tried it on a large monorepo and finally understood the structure without digging for hours.

Kate Sleeman

Opening the chat directly from any repo page with the browser extension is chef's kiss. No more tab overload.

Dexter Donnelly

600 daily users without marketing? That's serious organic pull. Excited to see bring your own storage in the next update.

William Woods

Smarter context is a big win. No more hunting down which files to feed it. It just finds them for me.

Daniel Henry

I work across multiple projects with constantly changing teams, so anything that helps me get up to speed faster is a win. This update feels like it was built for situations like mine.