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
Type of site
Available in
HeadquartersChina
Area servedWorldwide, mainly China
OwnerOSChina
IndustrySoftware
URLgitee.com Edit this at Wikidata
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Users8 million[1]
Launched2013
Current statusOnline

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

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "About us". Gitee (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c Liao, Rita (2020-08-21). "China is building a GitHub alternative called Gitee". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Gitee 开源库将先审再上线" (in Chinese (China)). 2022-05-19. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  6. ^ 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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