DigitalOcean App Platform is a fully managed PaaS solution that simplifies building, deploying, managing, and scaling applications. It recently introduced GitLab integration for seamless deployment from GitLab repositories. The platform also supports GitHub and will soon support BitBucket. Additionally, it offers the Bring Your Own Container Image feature to deploy pre-built container images. DigitalOcean App Platform aims to reduce barriers of entry and provide support for various use cases.