Review Board
Review Board is a web-based code review tool supporting Git/SVN/Perforce/CVS/Mercurial, inline comments, diff viewing, issue tracking, and integrations.
Review Board is a web-based code review and document review platform designed to review changes from many version control systems and repositories in a consistent UI. It focuses on rich diff viewing, threaded discussions, and structured review workflows that can integrate with existing developer tools.
Key Features
- Supports multiple SCMs/repositories (commonly Git, Subversion, Perforce, Mercurial, CVS) through repository backends
- Rich diff viewer with inline comments, interdiffs (diff between revisions), file viewing, and reviewable file attachments
- Review requests with reviewers/groups, approvals/ship-its, issue tracking, and “fix it then close” style workflows
- Email notifications and configurable review/notification behavior
- Integrations/hooks for external systems (e.g., bug trackers and CI) and extensibility via extensions/plugins
- Admin UI for repository configuration, authentication options, and site-wide policy controls
Use Cases
- Team code review for on-prem or regulated environments needing a dedicated review tool
- Reviewing patches/changes across heterogeneous repositories (e.g., Git and Perforce in the same org)
- Design/spec/document review using file attachments alongside code diffs
Limitations and Considerations
- Some advanced integrations/workflows may require additional configuration or companion components (e.g., RBTools/CI hooks)
- UI/feature set is optimized for Review Board’s review-request model rather than Git hosting “pull request” semantics
Review Board fits teams that want a mature, SCM-agnostic review system with strong diff tooling and structured review requests. It is especially useful where organizations need consistency across multiple repository types and prefer a dedicated review UI integrated into existing infrastructure.