Editing BitKeeper (section)

{{short description|Proprietary software tool for distributed revision control of computer source code}}
{{Infobox software
|name                       = BitKeeper
|logo                       = Bitkeeper-logo.png
|logo size                  = 250px
|screenshot                 =
|caption                    =
|collapsible                =
|author                     = BitMover Inc.
|developer                  =
|released                   = {{Start date and age|2000|05|04}}
|discontinued               = yes
|latest release version     = 7.3.3
|latest release date        = {{Start date and age|2018|12|29}}<ref>{{cite web|url = https://users.bitkeeper.org/t/bk-7-3-3-released-2018-12-29/1111 |title = BitKeeper version 7.3.3 released Dec 29 2018| date=9 February 2019 }}</ref>
|latest preview version     =
|latest preview date        = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
|status                     =
|programming language       = [[C (programming language)|C]]
|operating system           = AIX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux, Mac OS X, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, Windows
|platform                   =
|size                       =
|language                   =
|genre                      = [[Distributed revision control]]
|license                    = 2016: [[Apache License|Apache-2.0]]{{efn|Apache-2.0 since 2016-05-09.}}<br />2000: [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]{{efn|Proprietary from 2000 until 2016-05-09.}}
}}
'''BitKeeper''' is a discontinued [[software]] tool for [[distributed revision control]] of computer [[source code]]. Originally developed as [[proprietary software]] by BitMover Inc., a privately held company based in [[Los Gatos, California]],<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bitkeeper.com/company_contact_us | publisher = BitMover | title = Company information | access-date = 2016-07-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160801032431/http://www.bitkeeper.com/company_contact_us | archive-date = 2016-08-01 | url-status = dead }}</ref> it was released as [[open-source software]] under the [[Apache License|Apache-2.0]] license on 9 May 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bitkeeper.org/index.html|title=BitKeeper|access-date=2016-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510153848/https://www.bitkeeper.org/index.html|archive-date=2016-05-10|url-status=dead}}</ref> BitKeeper is no longer being developed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://users.bitkeeper.org/t/bitkeeper-development/1145|publisher=BitMover|title=BitKeeper community forum|date=31 December 2019 |access-date=2020-05-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/bitkeeper-scm/bitkeeper/graphs/contributors|publisher=GitHub|title=Contributors to bitkeeper|access-date=2021-04-30 }}</ref>