# Codiff

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Codiff and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A local diff review tool for reviewing code changes, offered as a Neovim plugin and a standalone app, that people say is fast on large commits. Critics question its performance claims against an Electron app.

## Why people recommend it

- Better than IDE diff views (2 comments): "That's awesome. Been reviewing code diffs on the IDE and it's been hard, so will check this out!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48166320)) "a few features the JetBrains diff view is lacking, notably file search" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48166541))

## What people warn about

- Performance claims questioned as Electron app (1 comments): "You're seriously suggesting that an electron app you vibe coded in two days is more performant" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48166874))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [GitHub Stacked PRs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-stacked-prs.md): 64 recommend
- [Gerrit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gerrit.md): 60 recommend
- [Graphite code review](https://hackerapproved.com/p/graphite.md): 52 recommend
- [CodeRabbit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/coderabbit.md): 34 recommend
- [Stage](https://hackerapproved.com/p/stage.md): 32 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Codiff", https://hackerapproved.com/p/codiff/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).