ITHome (website)
ITHome is a Chinese technology portal website and forum{{Cite journal |last1=方兴东 |last2=黄浩宇 |last3=李彦清 |date=2025 |title= |script-title=zh:DeepSeek事件全球舆情风暴全程解析——中国AI技术的创新扩散、传播路径与地缘政治 |trans-title=Anatomy of a Global Firestorm: Analyzing the DeepSeek Incident, the Innovation Diffusion of Chinese AI, and its Geopolitical Implications |url=https://doi.org/10.16783/j.cnki.nwnus.2025.04.004 |journal=西北师大学报（社会科学版） |volume=62 |issue=4 |pages=30–44 |doi=10.16783/j.cnki.nwnus.2025.04.004 |access-date=2025-06-18}} established by Qingdao Ruanmei.{{cite news |title= |script-title=zh:IT之家：回归最简单的本质公作 |trans-title=ITHome: Returning to the simplest essential work |url=https://www.dailyqd.com/makers/2015-08/13/content_267700.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311061959/https://www.dailyqd.com/makers/2015-08/13/content_267700.htm |archive-date=2023-03-11 |accessdate=2023-03-12 |publisher=Qingdao Daily}}{{cite news |title= |script-title=zh:[创客列传]青岛IT奇才 自创科技媒体风靡全国 |trans-title=[Maker Chronicles] Qingdao IT genius creates tech media popular nationwide |url=http://unn.people.com.cn/n/2015/0821/c14717-27495387.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203160104/http://unn.people.com.cn/n/2015/0821/c14717-27495387.html |archive-date=2023-02-03 |publisher=People's Daily Online}}{{Cite web |title= |script-title=zh:IT之家_IT网站排名_中国网站排名_网络媒体精品推荐 |trans-title=ITHome_IT Website Rankings_China Website Rankings_Premium Online Media Recommendations |url=http://www.iwebchoice.com/html/chart_5578.shtml |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005063414/http://www.iwebchoice.com/html/chart_5578.shtml |archivedate=2016-10-05 |accessdate=2016-10-03 |work=Web Choice }} Initially launched on May 27, 2011, it primarily focused on sharing IT technology content. Later, Ruanmei merged content from its subsidiary sites Vista Home, Win7 Home, and Win8 Home into ITHome, and developed clients for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows 10 UWP{{Cite web |last=NetEase |title= |script-title=zh:IT之家Win10 UWP版5.74上架：阅读提速省流量+新评论菜单 |trans-title=ITHome Win10 UWP version 5.74 launched: Faster reading, data saving + new comment menu |url=http://mobile.163.com/16/1118/18/C663146400118021.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203205610/http://mobile.163.com/16/1118/18/C663146400118021.html |archive-date=2017-02-03 |accessdate=2017-01-23 |work=NetEase Mobile}} and WeChat Mini Programs.
Incidents
On October 26, 2016, the CEO Zhang Kai (username "Assassin") issued an announcement stating he could no longer tolerate Alibaba Cloud's overselling and service interruption issues, and had migrated the hosting entirely to Baidu Cloud.{{cite news |last= |author=Assassin |first= |date=2016-10-26 |script-title=zh:IT之家公告：完成阿里云至百度云站点迁移工作 |trans-title=ITHome Announcement: Completed site migration from Alibaba Cloud to Baidu Cloud |url=http://www.ithome.com/html/it/267407.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220175553/http://www.ithome.com/html/it/267407.htm |archive-date=2017-02-20 |access-date=2017-02-20 |newspaper=ITHome |location=}} Alibaba Cloud subsequently issued an apology letter, but indirectly mentioned that website performance should consider system architecture and avoid single-point design.{{cite web |author=Alibaba Cloud |date=2016-10-27 |title= |script-title=zh:关于IT之家的说明 |trans-title=Statement regarding ITHome |url=https://yq.aliyun.com/articles/62398 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216165923/https://yq.aliyun.com/articles/62398 |archive-date=2019-02-16 |access-date=2017-02-20 |website=Yunqi Community |publisher= |quote=}}
Reception
According to Qingdao Daily, ITHome achieved third place in Baidu's China's technology media influence rankings within just four years of establishment, trailing only Zhongguancun Online and PConline. Its founder, Zhang Kai, was a top scorer in Gaokao and studied in Nankai University. Despite attending fewer than 100 classes, his strong interests in software cracking, programming, and gaming laid the foundation for his later internet entrepreneurship.{{Cite web |title=IT之家：回归最简单的本质工作 青报网-青岛日报官网 |url=https://www.dailyqd.com/makers/2015-08/13/content_267700.htm |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=www.dailyqd.com}}