Gitee
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Type of site |
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|---|---|
| Available in | |
| Headquarters | China |
| Area served | Worldwide, mainly China |
| Owner | OSChina |
| Industry | Software |
| URL | gitee |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Users | 8 million[1] |
| Launched | 2013 |
| Current status | Online |
Gitee (simplified Chinese: 码云; traditional Chinese: 碼雲; pinyin: Mǎyún) is an online forge that allows software version control using Git and is intended primarily for the hosting of open source software. It was launched by Shenzhen-based OSChina in 2013.[2][3] Gitee claims to have more than 10 million repositories and 5 million users.[3]
Gitee was chosen by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the Chinese government to make an "independent, open-source code hosting platform for China."[3]
Censorship[edit]
On May 18, 2022, Gitee announced all code will be manually reviewed before public availability.[4][5] Gitee did not specify a reason for the change, though there was widespread speculation it was ordered by the Chinese government amid increasing online censorship in China.[4][6]
References[edit]
- ^ "About us". Gitee (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ^ Borak, Masha (2020-08-28). "China pins its hopes on Gitee as an open source alternative to Microsoft's Github amid US tech tensions". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
- ^ a b c Liao, Rita (2020-08-21). "China is building a GitHub alternative called Gitee". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
- ^ a b "China's GitHub-like source code platform gets less open with manual reviews". South China Morning Post. 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
- ^ "Gitee 开源库将先审再上线" (in Chinese (China)). 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ Yang, Zeyi (30 May 2022). "How censoring China's open-source coders might backfire". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
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