GitLab with orbit CLI

Manage GitLab projects, merge requests, pipelines, pipeline schedules, issues, branches, tags, commits, members, and users through the orbit CLI. Works with both GitLab Cloud and self-hosted instances via REST API v4, with multi-profile support and 1Password secret resolution.

Prerequisites

1. orbit CLI installed — if which orbit fails, install with:
   • macOS/Linux (Homebrew): brew install jorgemuza/tap/orbit
   • macOS/Linux (script): curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jorgemuza/orbit/main/install.sh | sh
   • Windows (Scoop): scoop bucket add jorgemuza https://github.com/jorgemuza/scoop-bucket && scoop install orbit
2. A profile with a gitlab service configured in ~/.config/orbit/config.yaml
3. Valid credentials (Personal Access Token or Bearer token) — can be stored in 1Password with op:// prefix

Quick Reference

All commands follow the pattern: orbit -p <profile> gitlab <command> [flags]

Alias: orbit -p <profile> gl <command> [flags]