Codiff
Shares rank 13 of 17 code review tools by recommenders
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.
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.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Better than IDE diff views
“That's awesome. Been reviewing code diffs on the IDE and it's been hard, so will check this out!”
Comment from 17 May 2026 in “Show HN: Codiff, a local diff review tool” “a few features the JetBrains diff view is lacking, notably file search”
Comment from 17 May 2026 in “Show HN: Codiff, a local diff review tool”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Performance claims questioned as Electron app
“You're seriously suggesting that an electron app you vibe coded in two days is more performant”
Comment from 17 May 2026 in “Show HN: Codiff, a local diff review tool”
Other code review tools people recommend
The four most recommended other code review tools, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Stacked PRs | 64 | 63 | 50% | 3 | — | — |
| Gerrit | 60 | 12 | 83% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Graphite code review | 52 | 16 | 76% | 9 | — | Approved |
| CodeRabbit | 34 | 32 | 52% | 11 | — | — |
| CodiffThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“codediff.nvim is also good for resolving conflicts.”
“You're seriously suggesting that an electron app you vibe coded in two days is more performant”
“I built Codiff specifically because TUI review became overwhelming to me.”
“Codiff is faster and scales to larger commits than those.”
“a few features the JetBrains diff view is lacking, notably file search”
“That's awesome. Been reviewing code diffs on the IDE and it's been hard, so will check this out!”
“why would I throw away all the muscle memory and custom configuration of my editor for a comparatively bare bones standalone tui?”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.