University of Science and Technology of China

USTC Open Source Software Mirror

The USTC Open Source Software Mirror, operated by the campus Linux User Group (LUG @ USTC), is one of the largest open source software mirror services among universities in mainland China, hosting Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, CentOS and many other distributions. It is consumed over standard package-manager protocols (HTTP/HTTPS/rsync) rather than a formally documented REST API; configuration help and a public status page are provided.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/help/

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Status
https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/status/
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GitHub
https://github.com/ustclug/mirrorhelp
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ustc/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: ustc:mirrors
name: USTC Open Source Software Mirror
description: The USTC Open Source Software Mirror, operated by the campus Linux User Group (LUG @ USTC),
  is one of the largest open source software mirror services among universities in mainland China, hosting
  Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch Linux, CentOS and many other distributions. It is consumed over standard
  package-manager protocols (HTTP/HTTPS/rsync) rather than a formally documented REST API; configuration
  help and a public status page are provided.
humanURL: https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/help/
baseURL: https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/
tags:
- Open Source Mirror
- Linux
- Package Repository
- Infrastructure
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/help/
- type: Status
  url: https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/status/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/ustclug/mirrorhelp