# git-spice

8 Hacker News commenters recommended git-spice and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Open-source git tool for stacking small, focused pull requests on GitHub and GitLab, praised for doing just what is needed.

## Why people recommend it

- Free and open-source, no strings attached (3 comments): "it's very easy to use and powerful, and of course open-source" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49113901)) "it's been working pretty well and it's open source and free" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46328657)) "It's free and open-source, no strings attached." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46748355))
- Stacks PRs on GitHub and GitLab (2 comments): "it's probably the best workflow for small, focused stacked PRs you can achieve in a Github / Gitlab based repository" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46159532)) "tightly integrates with Github to give you stacked PRs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46210078))
- Does only what's needed (2 comments): "doesn't try to step outside the bounds of what is needed to easily stack PRs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49114518)) "It does exactly what you want and, importantly, no more than that." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49114134))

## 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, "git-spice", https://hackerapproved.com/p/git-spice/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).