Gerrit
Gerrit Code Review is an open source, patchset-based code review platform built specifically for Git-based development. It enables teams to collaborate with powerful review workflows, fine-grained permissions and seamless CI/CD integration, scaling from small teams to thousands of developers.
Key Features
- Patchset-based code review — A review model that resembles the proven mailing-list workflow used by Git and the Linux kernel, with inline comments and iterative refinement.
- Fine-grained permission model — Enterprise-grade access control for enforcing security policies, compliance and complex team structures.
- Git-native performance — Optimised for Git with sophisticated branching strategies and seamless integration into existing workflows.
- Enterprise scalability — Scales to thousands of concurrent developers with global replication, active-active clustering and zero-downtime upgrades.
- REST API and integrations — Full REST API, webhooks, CLI tools and IDE integrations, plus CI/CD hooks for Jenkins, GitHub Actions and webhook-based systems.
- Extensible plugin ecosystem — 100+ community plugins and a plugin architecture for custom integrations.
Why Use Gerrit?
Gerrit is the preferred choice when rigorous, review-gated code quality matters — trusted by Android, Chromium, Qt and the OpenInfra ecosystem. Its patchset workflow keeps broken code out of the main repository by running tests before merge and requiring review approval.
Use Cases
- Projects that require mandatory, auditable code review before changes merge
- Large organisations and regulated industries needing fine-grained access control and compliance
- Open-source projects adopting the Linux-kernel-style patch review model
- Teams that want CI/CD gating integrated directly into the review process
Platform
Linux · macOS · Windows (server: Java, self-hosted)
Licence
Apache 2.0