GitLab Heroes

Be a Hero

At GitLab, we believe everyone can contribute. In that spirit, we believe everyone in our community can become a GitLab Hero.

If you are new to GitLab and looking to get started contributing to our community, we have many ways to contribute. You can improve documentation, contribute code, organize a GitLab meetup, give a tech talk, or write a blog post.

If you are active in our community and organizing meetups, recording demos for YouTube, giving talks at conferences and events, writing technical blog posts, or contributing to our open source project, we want to engage, support, and recognize you for your contribution as a GitLab Hero.

Hero Rewards

Invitations to special events including GitLab Commit
Support for travel to speak about GitLab at events
GitLab Ultimate licenses
Special Heroes swag so people know how awesome you are
Access to GitLab's product, engineering, and developer evangelism teams to help with reviews of talks and blog posts

Attributes of a Hero

Possess a passion for GitLab, DevSecOps, and Open Source software.
Aspire to our mission, uphold our values, and adhere to our Code of Conduct.
Sustained level of contribution to GitLab as a code contributor, community organizer, or thought leader.

Hero's Journey

GitLab Heroes range from Contributor to Hero to Superhero. The table below lists example contributions and rewards for each level.

	Contributor	Hero	Superhero
Contributions (pick 1 or more)	Contribute 5 merged MRs (or one awesome MR!) to improve GitLab - includes the application, website, or docs Contribute 5 merged MRs to a project that is part of the GitLab for Open Source program Organize a GitLab meetup group Give multiple tech talks about GitLab Publish 3 blog posts about GitLab Actively contribute to the GitLab forum and GitLab issues	Contribute 10 merged MRs to improve GitLab Be a maintainer of a project that is part of the GitLab for Open Source program Organize 8 GitLab meetup events per year Present about GitLab at a regional conference Post 5 YouTube videos about GitLab Most hearts received in a quarter on the forum	Serve on GitLab's Core Team Organize 12 GitLab meetup events per year Give a keynote about GitLab at a global conference Publish an article or video about GitLab with 10,000 views Most hearts received in a year on the forum
Rewards	Unique Heroes swag Support from GitLab's Community Relations teams Shoutouts on the GitLab Company Call & social media	Rewards of Contributor, plus: Free GitLab Ultimate license for personal use Invites to conferences and GitLab events Support when traveling to events to talk about GitLab	Rewards of Hero, plus: Access to GitLab team members for help with content Coaching to build technology thought leadership

Contributor

Hero

Superhero

Contributions (pick 1 or more)

Contribute 5 merged MRs (or one awesome MR!) to improve GitLab - includes the application, website, or docs

Contribute 5 merged MRs to a project that is part of the GitLab for Open Source program

Organize a GitLab meetup group

Give multiple tech talks about GitLab

Publish 3 blog posts about GitLab

Actively contribute to the GitLab forum and GitLab issues

Contribute 10 merged MRs to improve GitLab

Be a maintainer of a project that is part of the GitLab for Open Source program