Pinrail
Shares rank 13 of 17 code review tools by recommenders
A desktop inbox where coding agents wait for your review instead of terminal scrollback, which some commenters say is cleaner and keeps everything in one app. No recurring criticism.
A desktop inbox where coding agents wait for your review instead of terminal scrollback, which some commenters say is cleaner and keeps everything in one app. No recurring criticism.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not 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: not 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.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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 | — | — |
| PinrailThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“i really liked the visuals”
“pinrail does not appear to be completely hopeless”
“its useful to have it in a single app”
“it's like the awesome plannotator... on a bit of steroids and, at least to my brain, cleaner”
“I built it because I kept approving agent work in the worst possible place: a terminal scrollback.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.