# Farol

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Farol and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Shows a risk map of a pull request for approvers; deterministic and advisory, never blocks merges. Critics find the UI poor and the report longer than reading code.

## Why people recommend it

- Useful risk map for reviewers (1 comments): "I like the concept, a risk map could be useful in some circumstances but I absolutely hate the UI design" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50231799))
- Deterministic, advisory, never blocks merges (1 comments): "It's deterministic and informs only; it never blocks a merge." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50231355))

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## Cite as

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