Ito AI
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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.
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.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not 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
Runs code instead of only reading it
“Makes it plug and play to do code reviews that actually run your code instead of looking at it really hard.”
Comment from 14 Jun 2026 in “Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)” “Ito makes a guess and then verifies it with runtime evidence.”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Show HN: Ito – Code reviews that run code” “I build Ito.ai to do code reviews that actually run code.”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Ask HN: How do you stay at the bleeding edge of AI tooling?”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Electron base may be slow
“It's an electron app? Wouldn't that be a little slow for this use-case?”
Comment from 6 Nov 2025 in “Show HN: Ito AI, open source smart dictation” Lua code looks unidiomatic
“This reads like someone very used to Rust (and its Builder pattern) and then translating it verbatim to Lua.”
Comment from 15 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Ito – Build Terminal UIs in Lua” “this code just looks .. not so Lua - like”
Comment from 15 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Ito – Build Terminal UIs in Lua”
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 | — | — |
| Ito AIThis page | 6 | 2 | 75% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This is cool and I love how enthusiastic you are about it, super inspiring”
“This reads like someone very used to Rust (and its Builder pattern) and then translating it verbatim to Lua.”
“this code just looks .. not so Lua - like”
“The declarative API looks sick!”
“Ito makes a guess and then verifies it with runtime evidence.”
“I build Ito.ai to do code reviews that actually run code.”
“Makes it plug and play to do code reviews that actually run your code instead of looking at it really hard.”
“It's an electron app? Wouldn't that be a little slow for this use-case?”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.