Gitee
Type of site |
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|---|---|
| Available in | |
| Headquarters | China |
| Area served | Worldwide, mainly China |
| Owner | OSChina |
| Industry | Software |
| Website | {{{1}}} |
| 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
In 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
- ↑ "About us" (in zh-CN). http://gitee.com/about_us.
- ↑ Borak, Masha (2020-08-28). "China pins its hopes on Gitee as an open source alternative to Microsoft's Github amid US tech tensions" (in en). https://www.scmp.com/abacus/tech/article/3099107/china-pins-its-hopes-gitee-open-source-alternative-microsofts-github.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Liao, Rita (2020-08-21). "China is building a GitHub alternative called Gitee" (in en-US). https://techcrunch.com/2020/08/21/china-is-building-its-github-alternative-gitee/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "China's GitHub-like source code platform gets less open with manual reviews" (in en). 2022-05-19. https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3178323/gitee-chinas-answer-github-review-all-code-temporarily-closing-open.
- ↑ "Gitee 开源库将先审再上线" (in zh-cn). 2022-05-19. https://www.solidot.org/story?sid=71569. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ↑ Yang, Zeyi (30 May 2022). "How censoring China's open-source coders might backfire". https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/05/30/1052879/censoring-china-open-source-backfire/.
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