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Should I use Gitee?

China's code hosting and DevOps platform - gitee.com

· 2 days ago

Gitee fits China-based dev teams that need local code hosting, compliance, and private enterprise deployment. Teams outside China or doing global open-source work get more from GitHub or GitLab.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 20+ public sources: news, reviews, official pages, and CVE databases.

Ratings

  • Value for moneyNo pricing complaint or value evidence found
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

Free

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Gitee PremiumQuote-based
Gitee GoPrepaid per build time

Best for

  • China-based dev teams
  • Enterprises needing private Git deployment
  • Teams integrating DingTalk or WeCom
  • Compliance-heavy Chinese organizations

Not for

  • Global open-source projects
  • Teams outside China
  • Anyone needing GitHub Pages-style hosting
  • Developers avoiding manual content review

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Gitee Pages shut down; host static sites elsewhere.

high

All open-source repos temporarily closed during 2022 review; plan repo exports.

medium

Gitee Go CI bills prepaid by build duration and sits outside enterprise packages.

medium

New open-source repos face manual review before they go public.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • All-in-one suite: code hosting, CI, scanning, project management
  • 14M+ registered users and mirrors of major projects
  • Picked by China's IT ministry as a national code platform
  • Offers private deployment services for enterprises
  • Integrates with DingTalk and WeCom developer workflows

Cons

  • Manual human review applies to all code and repos
  • Gitee Pages service discontinued
  • Proprietary platform, not open source
  • Gitee Go CI excluded from enterprise plans, prepaid by build time
  • Censorship concerns erode open-source community trust

Sources & method

- 12 sources - No Gitee platform CVEs found; manual code review policy since 2022; Jenkins Gitee Plugin has three 2026 CVEs.

official x2review x3security x2news x5
  • CVE-2026-92140: Jenkins Gitee Plugin stored XSS, Stored cross-site scripting flaw in the Jenkins Gitee Plugin, disclosed September 2026.
  • CVE-2026-57292: Jenkins Gitee Plugin CSRF, Cross-site request forgery flaw in the Jenkins Gitee Plugin.
  • CVE-2026-57293: Jenkins Gitee Plugin info disclosure, Information disclosure flaw in the Jenkins Gitee Plugin.

Key stats

  • Ease of use: 3/5

    Rating

  • Free

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money. No pricing complaint or value evidence found
  • Ease of use: 3/5. Manual reviews and CLA friction slow workflows
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Hosting, CI, scanning, and project management in one suite
  • Support quality. No support evidence in sources
  • Security posture: 3/5. Manual reviews and Gitee Scan; plugin CVEs in 2026
  • 14M+ Registered users As of December 2025
  • 8M Programmers on platform Reported 2022
  • $107M Funding raised Over 2 rounds, per AVCJ
  • 2009 Founded Per Owler

Pricing

Free

Free

  • Standard code hosting
  • Guess: free personal accounts

Gitee Premium

Quote-based

  • Paid enterprise features
  • Org-level projects

Gitee Go

Prepaid per build time

  • CI/CD build minutes
  • Excluded from enterprise packages

Security

No Gitee platform CVEs found; manual code review policy since 2022; Jenkins Gitee Plugin has three 2026 CVEs.

  • CVE-2026-92140: Jenkins Gitee Plugin stored XSSStored cross-site scripting flaw in the Jenkins Gitee Plugin, disclosed September 2026.⁹
  • CVE-2026-57292: Jenkins Gitee Plugin CSRFCross-site request forgery flaw in the Jenkins Gitee Plugin.⁸
  • CVE-2026-57293: Jenkins Gitee Plugin info disclosureInformation disclosure flaw in the Jenkins Gitee Plugin.

What users say

Users treat Gitee as a workable GitHub alternative inside China but criticize manual reviews and censorship.

Companies that use it

  • OpenHarmony
  • MindSpore
  • Alibaba (LoongCollector repo)
  • Kubernetes (official mirror)

Companies that could

  • Kubernetes Uses GitHub instead
Full analysis

Based on 20+ public sources: news, reviews, official pages, and CVE databases.

China's GitHub: fit for China-based teams needing local hosting and compliance. Skip for global open-source work.

Methodology

Based on 20+ public sources: news, reviews, official pages, and CVE databases.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Gitee, China's answer to GitHub, to review all codescmp.com
    news
  2. China is building a GitHub alternative called Giteetechcrunch.com
    news
  3. How censoring China's open-source coders might backfiretechnologyreview.com
    news
  4. Gitee Review: Pros and Conssilicloud.com
    review
  5. Gitee DevSecOps scanning (Gitee Scan)segmentfault.com
    review
  6. Gitee product security pagegitee.com
    official
  7. Gitee Go billing pagegitee.com
    official
  8. CVE-2026-57292 Detailnvd.nist.gov
    security
  9. CVE-2026-92140: Jenkins Gitee Plugin XSSsentinelone.com
    security
  10. Gitee 2026 funding and profiletracxn.com
    news
  11. Gitee profile and user countbaike.baidu.com
    news
  12. Gitee Pages discontinued discussionzhihu.com
    review

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