stage: Systems
group: Distribution
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description: "GitLab's development guidelines for Distribution"Contribute to GitLab Distribution
Learn how to add new components and services to the GitLab application.
Support all package methods
Additions must support both Omnibus GitLab and Cloud Native GitLab. Changes to one must be made to the other to retain feature parity.
Contributing
The primary projects handled by Distribution are listed below. For more information, visit the Distribution team engineering handbook page or select one of the subsections in the navigation bar.