Gitee

For the self-hostable open-source Git forge project, see Gitea.
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 (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]

  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.