git-spice
Ranked 11 of 17 code review tools by recommenders
Open-source git tool for stacking small, focused pull requests on GitHub and GitLab, praised for doing just what is needed.
Open-source git tool for stacking small, focused pull requests on GitHub and GitLab, praised for doing just what is needed.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 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
Free and open-source, no strings attached
“it's very easy to use and powerful, and of course open-source”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “Stacked PRs are now live on GitHub” “it's been working pretty well and it's open source and free”
Comment from 19 Dec 2025 in “Graphite is joining Cursor” “It's free and open-source, no strings attached.”
Comment from 24 Jan 2026 in “Claude Code's new hidden feature: Swarms” Stacks PRs on GitHub and GitLab
“it's probably the best workflow for small, focused stacked PRs you can achieve in a Github / Gitlab based repository”
Comment from 5 Dec 2025 in “Stacked Diffs with git rebase —onto” “tightly integrates with Github to give you stacked PRs”
Comment from 9 Dec 2025 in “Jujutsu worktrees are convenient (2024)” Does only what's needed
“doesn't try to step outside the bounds of what is needed to easily stack PRs”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “Stacked PRs are now live on GitHub” “It does exactly what you want and, importantly, no more than that.”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “Stacked PRs are now live on GitHub”
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 | — | — |
| git-spiceThis page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“doesn't try to step outside the bounds of what is needed to easily stack PRs”
“It does exactly what you want and, importantly, no more than that.”
“it's very easy to use and powerful, and of course open-source”
“client-side only and works just as well as Graphite”
“Personally I use git-spice in place of all the conventional git commands.”
“It's free and open-source, no strings attached.”
“git spice and jujutsu are both fantastic”
“it's been working pretty well and it's open source and free”
“tightly integrates with Github to give you stacked PRs”
“it's probably the best workflow for small, focused stacked PRs you can achieve in a Github / Gitlab based repository”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.