Best GitHub Alternative Pull Request Review Tool
A lot has changed since GitHub's pull request review tool was first introduced. See what you're missing.
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🔭 Read less code, better
Built by and used daily by a team of developers that are intimately familiar with how quickly minutes bleed into hours when reviewing code.
Attention to the code changes that really matter
Every diff tool since the beginning of diff tools has cataloged code changes as either "addition" or "deletion."
GitClear digs deeper. It recognizes the broader set of changes that real developers do:
End result? 30% less code to review. Instead of scrutinizing moved code as if it were newly added and deleted, code reviewers can train their limited time on the most significant changed lines.
AI summaries and completions
Get the gist for what changed in a file before diving into it. Skip files that don't need your attention.
Accelerate commenting with history-aware completions that remove redundant explanations to developers who habitually struggle in a particular area.
Review the new ✨
Traditional PR review tools show the full changeset for each file regardless of what you've reviewed before. GitClear remembers what changes you have previously seen, and by default, only presents the changes to each file since you last saw it.
Video Tours
Watch a walkthrough of pull request features and see the advantages of reviewing code on GitClear.
GitClear 2024 Pull Request Research
We tasked 50 developers with reviewing a sample PR across various git providers. Then we processed 12,000 pull requests to confirm an unusual result.
Lift beyond a better diff
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Reinforced privacy and proven security
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Zoom out for the big picture
Easily browse all activity
See what tickets and unplanned work is underway across all repos over the past week.
See the impact of AI
How is the rate of copy/paste code changing? Is the team still moving and refactoring code at the rate they did before adopting AI?
Help struggling developers sooner
Set up notifications when developers fall below their historical norms. Identify when newly onboarded developers are falling behind the norms for ramp-up time.
Track Google DORA stats
All the classic stats, like Cycle Time, Release Rate, Time to Repair, and the rest are available on our free plan.
Pinpoint meaningful tech debt
A directory browser that focuses on the tech debt that matters -- that which resides in the files being actively edited.
Set code quality goals
Incentivize writing tests, maintaining documentation, and other best practices supported by research.
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Compared to Google Critique
Google Critique is a code review tool that is built into Google's internal code review system. GitClear is a standalone code review tool that can be used with any git provider.
GitClear has incorporated several features from Critique into its design:
- List of pull requests pending review. Each pull request has a column for "Status," "Last action," "Reviewers," "Size" and "Description."
- Incremental changes. Both tools track what files have been reviewed, and when they were reviewed. When the reviewer returns after subsequent changes, the tool shows only the new changes (unless you request to see already reviewed).
- Code quality goals. Both tools allow you to set goals for how much work should be spent on contributing tests and documentation.
GitClear has also added features that Critique does not (yet) have:
- AI summaries and completions. GitClear provides a summary of what changed in a file before diving into it, and accelerates commenting with history-aware completions.
- Richer diff lexicon. Changes aren't all about "addition" and "deletion." GitClear recognizes "move," "update," "copy/paste," and "find/replace," and de-emphasizes moved lines and whitespace changes.
