Bitbucket, founded in 2008 by Jesper Nøhr, is a web-based hosting service for software development projects that use Git for version control. Initially supporting Mercurial repositories, Bitbucket expanded to include Git support in 2011. In 2010, Atlassian acquired Bitbucket, integrating it into its suite of developer tools. Bitbucket offers both free and commercial plans, providing unlimited private repositories and seamless integration with Atlassian products like Jira and Confluence. Key features include pull requests with code review, Bitbucket Pipelines for continuous integration and delivery, and support for Git Large File Storage (LFS). As of 2014, Bitbucket was utilized by over 330,000 teams and more than 2.5 million developers, hosting 200 terabytes of code. The platform continues to evolve, enhancing its services to meet the needs of modern software development teams.
Website: https://bitbucket.org/
Highlights
Bitbucket is a Git-based source code repository hosting service owned by Atlassian.
It offers both commercial plans and free accounts with an unlimited number of private repositories.
Bitbucket provides seamless integration with Atlassian tools like Jira and Confluence.
The platform supports features such as pull requests with code review, Bitbucket Pipelines for continuous delivery, and Git Large File Storage (LFS).
As of 2014, over 330,000 teams comprising more than 2.5 million developers used Bitbucket, hosting 200 terabytes of code.
