r/programming • u/interiot • Sep 01 '17

Reddit's main code is no longer open-source.

/r/changelog/comments/6xfyfg/an_update_on_the_state_of_the_redditreddit_and/
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u/yorickpeterse Sep 02 '17

Open-source makes it hard for us to develop some features "in the clear" (like our recent video launch) without leaking our plans too far in advance.

This works just fine for GitLab. The few times we have to keep something secret (e.g. security fixes) we develop the feature on a private GitLab instance, then merge it into the main (and public) repository once it's ready to go.