Review Board: It's a bright day for code review!

Review Board is an open-source web-based code review tool that also supports reviewing documents, images, and more, designed for developers, teams, companies, and open-source projects.

🚀 Overview

Review Board is a mature, extensible platform for collaborative code and document reviews, helping teams maintain high code quality through detailed diff reviews, threaded discussions, and integrations with various version control systems.

It revolutionized code review back when emailing patch files was the norm, introducing web-based reviews with features like syntax highlighting and issue tracking that have become industry standards.

What problem does this project solve?

Inefficient, scattered code reviews via email or basic pull requests; provides a centralized, feature-rich review process for code, images, docs.

Who is it built for?

Development teams, open-source projects, companies of all sizes using Git, Perforce, SVN, etc.

Why did you build it?

Started in 2006 by pioneers in code review to create a better, collaborative alternative to emailing diffs, and it continues to innovate.

✨ Key Features

Advanced code review supporting any language with multi-line commenting, moved code detection, syntax highlighting, and interdiffs.
Image review for screenshots, mockups, SVGs with side-by-side diffs, color diffs, and contextual region comments.
Document review for PDFs, Office files, contracts with text selection comments, thumbnails, and change highlighting.
Dashboard for tracking review requests, bulk actions, filtering; RBTools CLI for posting/landing reviews.
Automated reviews via Review Bot integrating CI tools like Jenkins; rich API for extensions.

🛠 Tech Stack

Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript, Less CSS
Backend: Python, Django
Database: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite
Auth: Custom backends, LDAP, Active Directory, OAuth2
Hosting: Self-hosted (Docker, Linux), RBCommons (managed hosting)

👥 Who Is This For?

This project is useful for:

Developers who want to streamline code reviews with advanced diff tools
Teams looking for a unified platform to review code, designs, and docs collaboratively
Open-source projects and companies maintaining quality across diverse file types