Graphite
Code review platform and CLI for stacked pull requests on GitHub.
Liked for making a stacked pull request workflow practical on GitHub12345, and some commenters describe it as a tool they use every day.67 The main caveats are that it is a paid product, with one commenter objecting to a $40-a-month AI reviewer89, and that it appears to support only GitHub.10
Why people recommend it
Stacked PRs · 3
Commenters use it to manage stacked PRs and avoid very large pull requests.
“After using Graphite it's been very hard going back to stack-less GitHub.”
“There’s a startup callled Graphite dedicated to stacked PRs. I have been using them for a while now”
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“we use Graphite to manage stacked diffs, and as far as I can tell, Graphite doesn't support anything but GitHub”
Daily use · 3
Some commenters call it fantastic or enjoyable and use it every day.
“Graphite is a fantastic tool that I use every day.”
“Graphite is a fantastic tool that I use every day.”
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“A lot of the features seem inspired by Graphite, which is also really enjoyable.”
Caveats and dissent
Pricing · 2
It is paid, and one commenter objects to paying $40 a month for an AI reviewer.
“I really wish Graphite had just gone down the path of better Git hosting and reviewing, instead of trying to charge me $40 a month for an AI reviewer.”
“since getting hooked on the stacking workflow at work (we use Graphite mostly)”
GitHub only · 1
One team lead says it doesn't support anything but GitHub, which ties the team to GitHub.
“we use Graphite to manage stacked diffs, and as far as I can tell, Graphite doesn't support anything but GitHub”
Vendor dependence · 1
One commenter didn't want a paid product at the core of their daily workflow and built their own tool.
“since getting hooked on the stacking workflow at work (we use Graphite mostly)”
Adoption · 1
One team tried it, but it didn't stick, and they switched to jj for stacking.
“We had previously tried out Graphite but it didn't really stick.”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“I also get to keep shipping amazing code collaboration tooling to the industry”
“I also get to keep shipping amazing code collaboration tooling to the industry”
Threads where it came up
- Cursor Acquires Graphite 2 mentions
- Graphite is joining Cursor 2 mentions
- item 49877097 1 mention
- Breaking Claude Code Opus 5 Auto Mode 1 mention
- Stacked PRs are now live on GitHub 1 mention
- git-stk: Git-native stacked branch workflow helper 1 mention
Data: graphite.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 13
“I connected my TrueNAS box to Graphite and Grafana.”
“In my company we use graphite and stacked PRs”
“After using Graphite it's been very hard going back to stack-less GitHub.”
“since getting hooked on the stacking workflow at work (we use Graphite mostly)”
“There’s a startup callled Graphite dedicated to stacked PRs. I have been using them for a while now”
“I really wish Graphite had just gone down the path of better Git hosting and reviewing, instead of trying to charge me $40 a month for an AI reviewer.”
“We use AI tools thoughtfully to optimize our daily work - Cursor, Claude Code, Graphite, v0 / Replit, and Granola.”
“we use Graphite to manage stacked diffs, and as far as I can tell, Graphite doesn't support anything but GitHub”
“A lot of the features seem inspired by Graphite, which is also really enjoyable.”
“https://graphite.art/ looks promising”
“Graphite is a fantastic tool that I use every day.”
“Graphite is a fantastic tool that I use every day.”
“We had previously tried out Graphite but it didn't really stick.”