generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: https://docs.gitlab.com/api/rest/third_party_clients/
notes: >-
  GitLab maintains one first-party client: the glab CLI (gitlab-org/cli). All
  REST/GraphQL client libraries are community-maintained and explicitly listed by
  GitLab as third-party (official: false). The command surface of glab is in
  cli/gitlab-cli.yml.
packages:
- language: go
  registry: gitlab
  name: glab
  url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cli
  install: brew install glab
  official: true
  role: cli
  description: The official GitLab CLI, adopted and maintained by GitLab at gitlab-org/cli.
- language: shell
  registry: homebrew
  name: glab
  url: https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/glab
  install: brew install glab
  official: true
  role: cli
- language: shell
  registry: snap
  name: glab
  url: https://snapcraft.io/glab
  install: sudo snap install --edge glab
  official: true
  role: cli
- language: shell
  registry: winget
  name: GLab.GLab
  url: https://winget.run/pkg/GLab/GLab
  install: winget install GLab.GLab
  official: true
  role: cli
- language: javascript
  registry: npm
  name: "@gitbeaker/rest"
  url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@gitbeaker/rest
  install: npm install @gitbeaker/rest
  official: false
  description: Gitbeaker — comprehensive typed GitLab SDK for Node, browsers, Deno; community-maintained.
- language: python
  registry: pypi
  name: python-gitlab
  url: https://pypi.org/project/python-gitlab/
  install: pip install python-gitlab
  official: false
  description: The most widely used Python client for the GitLab API; community-maintained.
- language: ruby
  registry: rubygems
  name: gitlab
  url: https://rubygems.org/gems/gitlab
  install: gem install gitlab
  official: false
  description: NARKOZ/gitlab — Ruby wrapper and CLI for the GitLab REST API; community-maintained.
- language: go
  registry: pkg.go.dev
  name: gitlab.com/gitlab-org/api/client-go
  url: https://pkg.go.dev/gitlab.com/gitlab-org/api/client-go
  install: go get gitlab.com/gitlab-org/api/client-go
  official: false
  description: >-
    client-go (formerly go-gitlab / xanzy) — the Go client now hosted under the
    gitlab-org namespace; community-maintained project.