20 Best Code Review Tools For Developers [2025 Guide]
https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-code-review-tools/
A comprehensive review of 20 code-review tools, highlighting free and open-source options such as GitHub, GitLab, Gerrit, RhodeCode (community edition), Review Board, and Peer Review Plugin for Trac.
12 Best Code Review Tools for Developers
https://kinsta.com/blog/code-review-tools/
A breakdown of code review tools, emphasizing open-source and free tools like Review Board, Gerrit, RhodeCode community edition, Peer Review for Trac, GitHub PR reviews, and Reviewable for open-source repos.
7 Code Review Tools to Balance Quality and Speed
https://www.atlassian.com/blog/loom/code-review-tools
Atlassian blog highlighting GitLab as an open-source Git repo with integrated code review and collaboration features (merge requests, approvals, automation).
Gerrit Code Review
https://www.gerritcodereview.com/
Official site for Gerrit — a free, web-based team code collaboration and review tool that integrates closely with Git and allows approving or rejecting changes via a browser interface.
Phabricator
https://phacility.com/phabricator/
Phabricator is a free, open-source suite of web-based development collaboration tools including Differential (code review), repository browser, bug tracker, and wiki; integrates with Git, Mercurial, and Subversion.
Review Board
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review_Board
An open-source, web-based collaborative code review tool (MIT-licensed) that supports many VCS (Git, Mercurial, SVN, Perforce, etc.) and is free for both personal and commercial use.
Kallithea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallithea_%28software%29
Free software (GPL-licensed) providing Git and Mercurial hosting with collaboration features like code review, pull requests, issue tracking, and forking – a community fork of RhodeCode.
Gitea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitea
A free, community-driven Git forge written in Go, offering code review, pull requests, CI/CD, issue tracking and wiki features—ideal for lightweight self-hosting collaboration.
Sider (Automated Code Review)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sider_%28Automated_Code_Review%29
An automated code review tool that integrates with GitHub pull requests to scan for style issues, complexity, duplication, and security; free for open-source projects.
A Beginners Guide to Code Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48vMaDUv530
YouTube video sharing methodology and best practices for getting started with code reviews, including useful resources and tools.
Cracking the Code Review by Paco van Beckhoven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyLP8hFsKo8
A YouTube talk emphasizing the importance of code reviews for ensuring code quality and fostering team collaboration.