Company Introduction

CODING is Tencent Cloud's one-stop DevOps R&D management platform, founded by Zhang Hailong (CEO) in 2014 in Shenzhen, China. In 2021, CODING was acquired by Tencent and became an integral part of the Tencent Cloud ecosystem, positioned as Tencent Cloud's DevOps brand.

As a leading Chinese representative in the developer tools space, CODING provides a full DevOps toolchain from code hosting to continuous deployment. It is one of the primary GitLab alternatives in China. CODING helps R&D teams quickly adopt agile development and DevOps practices, improving R&D management efficiency, with broad influence in the SME market and the Tencent Cloud ecosystem.

Key Milestones

2014–2017: Founding and Product Development

  • 2014: Zhang Hailong founded Coding.net in Shenzhen, initially positioned as a code hosting and collaboration platform
  • 2015: Launched project management features, beginning the transition to a DevOps platform
  • 2016: Secured funding, accelerating product development
  • 2017: Launched CODING DevOps platform, integrating code hosting, CI/CD, project management, and other core capabilities

2018–2020: Enterprise Services and Growth

  • 2018: Enterprise edition launched, offering on-premise deployment solutions for enterprise clients
  • 2019: Launched CODING Artifacts (package repository), completing the DevOps toolchain
  • 2020: CODING grew rapidly in the SME market, becoming a major player in China's DevOps market

2021: Tencent Acquisition

  • 2021: Tencent officially acquired CODING, making it a Tencent Cloud sub-brand, deeply integrated with Tencent Cloud's DevOps product line
  • 2021 Year-end: CODING merged with Tencent Cloud CODING-DevOps to launch the new Tencent Cloud DevOps solution

2022–2026: Tencent Cloud Ecosystem Integration

  • 2022: CODING deeply integrated with Tencent Cloud infrastructure, launching cloud-native DevOps solutions
  • 2023: CODING fully integrated with Tencent Cloud API Gateway, microservices, and container services
  • 2024: Launched AI-assisted development features powered by Tencent Hunyuan large model
  • 2025: CODING continued expanding in the Tencent Cloud ecosystem, serving millions of developers and tens of thousands of enterprises
  • 2026: CODING continues to iterate as Tencent Cloud's DevOps brand, providing full-chain DevOps solutions for Chinese enterprises

Product Matrix

Code Hosting

  • CODING Repositories: Supports Git and SVN version control systems, with code review (MR/PR), branch management, code search, and code comparison
  • Protected Branches: Branch permission management, mandatory code review, and merge checks

CI/CD

  • CODING Continuous Integration: Cloud-native CI service supporting Docker builds, parallel tasks, custom build environments, Jenkinsfile compatibility
  • CODING Continuous Deployment: Multi-environment deployment support, integrated with Tencent Cloud CVM, TKE, SCF, and other compute resources

Project Management

  • CODING Project Management: Scrum agile development, kanban boards, requirements management, bug tracking, iteration planning
  • CODING Wiki: Team knowledge base with Markdown editing and version management

Artifact Management

  • CODING Artifacts: Supports Docker, Maven, npm, PyPI, NuGet, and other artifact formats, natively integrated with CI/CD pipelines

Test Management

  • CODING Test Management: Test case management, test plans, bug tracking, supporting manual and automated testing

API Documentation

  • CODING API Documentation: Auto-generation and management of API documentation

Market Position

CODING competes with the following platforms in China's DevOps and code hosting market:

  • Gitee (OSChina): China's largest open-source code hosting platform, focused on the open-source community with enterprise DevOps services
  • GitLab: Global leader in integrated DevOps platforms, available in China through JiHu (GitLab China)
  • GitHub: The world's largest code hosting platform, centered on developer community and AI programming
  • Alibaba Cloud DevOps (Yunxiao): Alibaba's DevOps platform, deeply integrated with the Alibaba Cloud ecosystem
  • Tencent Cloud DevOps (CODING): CODING itself is Tencent Cloud's DevOps brand

CODING's core competitive advantage lies in its deep integration with Tencent Cloud infrastructure (CVM, TKE, SCF, API Gateway, etc.), providing enterprises with a one-stop cloud-native DevOps experience.

Core Strengths

Deep Tencent Cloud Integration

CODING is deeply integrated with Tencent Cloud's compute, storage, networking, containers, and middleware products, supporting one-click deployment to Tencent Cloud for end-to-end automation from code to production.

Complete DevOps Toolchain

From code hosting, CI/CD, project management to artifact management, test management, and Wiki, CODING provides a full-coverage one-stop toolchain without the need to integrate multiple third-party tools.

Localization and Compliance

As a domestically developed platform, CODING meets Chinese enterprises' data security and compliance requirements, supports on-premise deployment, suitable for government and enterprise clients.

Agile Methodology Support

CODING has built-in Scrum agile development framework supporting Sprint iteration planning, daily standups, retrospectives, and other agile practices.

Flexible Deployment

Both SaaS public cloud and on-premise deployment modes are available to meet the needs of different enterprise sizes.

As Tencent Cloud's DevOps brand, CODING occupies an important position in China's SME DevOps market through its deep Tencent Cloud ecosystem integration and complete DevOps toolchain. For enterprises already using or planning to use Tencent Cloud, CODING is one of the optimal DevOps platform choices.