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Type of site |
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| Available in | |
| Headquarters | China |
| Area served | Worldwide, mainlyChina |
| 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 aproprietary onlineforge that allows softwareversion control usingGit and is intended primarily for the hosting ofopen source software. It is afork ofGitea and uses a compatibleAPI. It was launched byShenzhen-basedOSChina in 2013.[2][3] Gitee claims to have more than 10 millionrepositories and 5 million users.[3]
Gitee was chosen by theMinistry of Industry and Information Technology of the Chinese government to make an "independent, open-source[ambiguous] code hosting platform for China."[3]
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 onlinecensorship in China.[4][6]
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