Good Code Review Software available?

Question

It's been 18 months since the same kind of question was asked. This is an update.

I've been searching around for free Code Review Software but couldn't find a definitive answer to find a good tool that would be easy to setup for our team. My list includes:

• reitveld, running on Google App Engine.
• Review Board, from VMWare.
• Codestriker, not tried.
• trac-peerreview, a Trac plugin.

We've been using rietveld for some time, it is really neat on the interface side, and right what we need for our reviews. But it is a pain to manage.

Do you use any other Code Review Tool, in this list or any other, that is mature, free, easy to setup and manage?

Edit: Targetting a team of Windows and Linux developers, I am biased toward Web tools. But if a solution made of local applications running on both platforms exists, it is OK.

Answer 1

It would have been better if you could post about the platform/language you are using for the coding. Like for .NET code review tools are available. I use FxCop that finds out any deviation in any policy. It comes with a good collection of policies from Microsoft. And it is extensible, means you can also publish and attache policies customised for your need. StyleCop is another tool that looks into the styling of code. Have you ever looked at these? Or if your intent of the review is different from what I am writing?

Answer 2

We're using SmartBear's Code Reviewer, and it works well for us. It works with reasonable browsers in Windows and Linux, and allows real-time commenting. It keeps track of changes made and displays them in easy-to-read and easy-to-comment form. It does no analysis itself, so I don't know whether you have any needs in that area. I've found it easy to use, although I don't know about the administrative burden.

I have no relation with SmartBear other than as a reasonably satisfied user.

Answer 3

Eclipse has the (freely available) Jupiter plugin for code reviews, that works quite nicely (if your team is using Eclipse).

http://code.google.com/p/jupiter-eclipse-plugin/

Answer 4

Don't forget Gerrit, a rewrite from reitveld to support Git. It also contains some new feature such as verified tag.

In Digg's blog, there is an article on how digg is using it with Hudson. I find it rather interesting.

Personally, I just use reitveld.