# Ito AI

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Ito AI and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Reviews code by running it to check changes, instead of only reading the diff. Critics question whether the Electron base is too slow and say the Lua code reads more like Rust.

## Why people recommend it

- Runs code instead of only reading it (3 comments): "Makes it plug and play to do code reviews that actually run your code instead of looking at it really hard." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48530655)) "Ito makes a guess and then verifies it with runtime evidence." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48560079)) "I build Ito.ai to do code reviews that actually run code." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48559253))

## What people warn about

- Electron base may be slow (1 comments): "It's an electron app? Wouldn't that be a little slow for this use-case?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45838871))
- Lua code looks unidiomatic (2 comments): "This reads like someone very used to Rust (and its Builder pattern) and then translating it verbatim to Lua." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50101138)) "this code just looks .. not so Lua - like" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50101035))

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