# tuicr

9 Hacker News commenters recommended tuicr and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A terminal tool for reviewing code changes, adding comments, and exporting them to an AI agent to fix, which people say suits agent-based review workflows.

## Why people recommend it

- Terminal code review, comments exported to agents (3 comments): "it's built exactly for this purpose (reviewing code in your terminal and then adding comments and exporting it to an agent to fix)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47174001)) "The best code review improvement I have done in my workflow with Claude is using tuicr" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48091999)) "I've been using tuicr for agent code reviews and have been enjoying that." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48322605))
- Listed among good terminal review tools (3 comments): "that's a good addition to fresh editor (also tui) and both rust" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48093671)) "I urge you to have a look at tools like tuicr and hunk." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49854075)) "See tuicr for a cool tui tool in this space" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49840106))

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