Gitee

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

Gitee (simplified Chinese: 码云; traditional Chinese: 碼雲; pinyin: Mǎyún) is a proprietary online forge that allows software version control using Git and is intended primarily for the hosting of open source software. It is a fork of Gitea and uses a compatible API. 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	DevOps platform
Available in	English Chinese
Headquarters	China
Area served	Worldwide, mainly China
Owner	OSChina
Industry	Software
URL	gitee.com
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Optional
Users	8 million[1]
Launched	2013
Current status	Online

Gitee was chosen by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the Chinese government to make an "independent, open-source^[ambiguous] code hosting platform for China."^[3]

Censorship

On 18 May 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

• GitHub
• GitLab
• Bitbucket
• Gitea