---
title: "Making room for what's next in the GitLab UI"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/making-room-for-what-s-next-in-the-gitlab-ui-58qfdkaju
source_url: https://about.gitlab.com/blog/making-room-for-whats-next-in-the-gitlab-ui
type: article
source: "GitLab"
published: 2026-08-26T11:54:01.678Z
updated: 2026-08-26T11:54:19.473Z
tags: ["ui-design", "gitlab", "devsecops"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Making room for what's next in the GitLab UI

**[GitLab](https://daily.dev/sources/gitlab)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

GitLab describes an ongoing simplification of its product UI, moving away from a crowded color palette and Bootstrap-era styling toward design tokens, neutral controls, and a quieter application chrome. The company frames this reduction as groundwork for a future UI where relevant controls surface contextually rather than requiring users to hunt for them, hinting at AI-driven, self-surfacing interactions. It acknowledges rollout imperfections and points to an open feedback issue for reporting UX problems.

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