Gerrit
Open-source, web-based code review and Git repository hosting tool.
Liked for code review, including per-commit review of stacked diffs,123 especially at large companies where pull requests get unwieldy,45 and as a self-hosted option for keeping code review in-house.678 The caveats are a learning curve before the productivity payoff9 and a concern that it may take significant work to administer.10
Why people recommend it
Code review · 3
Commenters recommend it for teams that care about code review, and one says its review UI beat GitHub's.
“Use Gerrit if you care about code review.”
“Gerrit instances (which had better PR UI than GH implementation)”
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“I love JJ and stacked diffs with Gerrit and Phabricator”
Self-hosting · 3
Commenters name it as a self-hosted choice for enterprises and for private projects.
“if I was an enterprise I would definitely be self hosting with Forgejo or Gerrit or whatever”
“I do have my own self-hosted Gerrit I use for other somewhat more private things.”
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“Use Gerrit if you care about code review.”
Scales to large orgs · 2
Commenters say its workflow suits large companies and has been a sustained productivity win.
“The Gerrit style works fantastically here.”
“it's a big and sustained productivity win once everyone is past the learning curve”
Stacked diffs · 1
One commenter says it handles stacked diffs and per-commit review in a way that is hard to replicate on GitHub.
“I love JJ and stacked diffs with Gerrit and Phabricator”
Caveats and dissent
Learning curve · 1
One long-time user says the productivity gains come only once everyone is past the learning curve.
“it's a big and sustained productivity win once everyone is past the learning curve”
Admin effort · 1
One commenter suspects it might require significant work to administer.
“Gerrit is the other option I'm aware of but it seems like it might require significant work to administer.”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub 2 mentions
- Maiao: Gerrit-style code review workflow for GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, others 1 mention
- Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative 1 mention
- Stacked PRs are now live on GitHub 1 mention
- Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects 1 mention
- Ask HN: How / What do you use for Code Review? 1 mention
Data: gerrit.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 9
“The Gerrit style works fantastically here.”
“if I was an enterprise I would definitely be self hosting with Forgejo or Gerrit or whatever”
“Gerrit instances (which had better PR UI than GH implementation)”
“Use Gerrit if you care about code review.”
“I love JJ and stacked diffs with Gerrit and Phabricator”
“I do have my own self-hosted Gerrit I use for other somewhat more private things.”
“A while back I used Gerrit for reviewing changes to infrastructure automation”
“it's a big and sustained productivity win once everyone is past the learning curve”
“Gerrit is the other option I'm aware of but it seems like it might require significant work to administer.”