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Bitbucket is a web-based platform for version control, code collaboration, and software development. It provides a Git repository hosting service that allows teams and individuals to collaborate on code, track changes, manage projects, and deploy software. Bitbucket is commonly used by developers, DevOps teams, and software development organizations to manage their source code and collaborate on projects.

Key features of Bitbucket include:

1. Git and Mercurial Repositories: Bitbucket supports both Git and Mercurial version control systems, allowing users to choose the one that best fits their development workflow.

2. Version Control: Bitbucket provides a centralized location for teams to store and manage their source code. Developers can track changes, commit code, create branches, and manage code versions.

3. Code Collaboration: Bitbucket enables collaboration by allowing multiple developers to work on the same codebase simultaneously. It provides features like pull requests, code reviews, and inline commenting to facilitate communication and collaboration.

4. Branching and Merging: Developers can create feature branches, hotfix branches, and other types of branches to work on specific tasks or features. Bitbucket provides tools for merging code changes back into the main codebase.

5. Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD): Bitbucket integrates with various CI/CD tools and services, allowing teams to automate build, test, and deployment processes as part of the development workflow.

6. Code Insights: Bitbucket offers code insights and analytics that help teams identify code quality issues, track code coverage, and monitor build status.

7. Issue Tracking: Bitbucket includes an issue tracking system that allows teams to create and manage tasks, bugs, and feature requests. It can be integrated with project management tools for comprehensive project tracking.

8. Access Control and Permissions: Bitbucket provides access control and permissions management, allowing administrators to control who can access repositories and perform specific actions.

9. Integration with Third-Party Tools: Bitbucket integrates with a wide range of third-party tools and services, such as JIRA, Trello, Slack, and more, to enhance collaboration and project management.

10. Cloud and Self-Hosted Options: Bitbucket offers both cloud-based hosting and self-hosted options, providing flexibility for organizations to choose the deployment model that suits their needs.

Bitbucket is widely used by development teams to improve code collaboration, version control, and project management. It supports both individual developers and large teams working on diverse software projects.