Is Gitee, GitHub, or some other software forge preferred in China and the Global South?

I’m trying to decide whether I should mirror my open-source repos onto Gitee or another forge, as Github’s dominance in the space and ownership by Microsoft is rather disconcerting for anyone in non-U.S.-aligned countries.

  • Al-Andalusian
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    1 year ago

    I half-remember reading somewhere that GitHub isn’t available in China but I’m not sure. OpenKylin, a Chinese Linux distro, seems to have it’s repository hosted on gitee

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    1 year ago

    I’ve recently seen people host stuff on a site called CodeBreg, try that maybe?

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      Gitee is China’s “independent, open-source code hosting platform” alternative to GitHub, intended to reduce dependence on GitHub.

      Github has a history of cutting off service to non-U.S.-aligned countries. For example in 2019 GitHub cut off certain services from users in U.S.-sanctioned countries including Iran, Syria, and Crimea.