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Is this GitLab username free?
Check any GitLab username against the platform itself, asked from the beat.rip edge. Beat.rip says taken, likely free or exactly why it cannot tell.
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- characters
- 2–255
- how it is checked
- Edge
- best free answer
- Likely free
GitLab username rules
- Length
- 2 to 255 characters
- Characters
- Letters, digits, dots, underscores and hyphens. Capitals are allowed, and Beat.rip lowercases every name before asking, so it checks the lowercase form.
Beat.rip checks these rules on your device before any request. A username that breaks them is marked invalid, never available, and no request is sent for it.
How Beat.rip checks GitLab
The beat.rip edge asks gitlab.com directly, and nobody in between. The namespace check GitLab’s own sign-up form calls (/users/{name}/exists, X-Requested-With): {"exists":true} for a user or group, false for neither. When it is rate-limited, the users API: a user is taken, an empty list is a weak likely because groups are invisible to it.
Requests are paced to one request at a time, 1,000 ms apart, identify themselves as beat.rip, and each answer is cached for seconds to minutes, so a busy minute never hammers the platform.
Every result row links to https://gitlab.com/name, with your name in place of “name”, so you can confirm by hand.
What each answer means on GitLab
- Taken
The platform’s own endpoint returned an account for the username.
- Likely free
No account at GitLab’s own endpoint. Likely free, but a name can still be reserved, suspended or held.
- Unknown
The platform refused, rate-limited or answered something unrecognised. The row says which and links to the profile.
- Invalid
The username breaks one of the rules above, so nothing was asked.
Questions about GitLab usernames
How long can a username be on GitLab?
Between 2 and 255 characters.
Which characters can a username use on GitLab?
Only letters, digits, dots, underscores and hyphens. Capitals are allowed, and Beat.rip lowercases every name before asking, so it checks the lowercase form.
Can Beat.rip tell whether a username is free on GitLab?
It can say “likely free” when GitLab’s own endpoint has no such account. A name can still be reserved, suspended or held, so Beat.rip never calls it available.
Does checking a username on GitLab reserve it?
No. Beat.rip cannot sign up on your behalf; claim the username on GitLab itself. Availability changes by the minute.