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Gerrit Code Review vs GitHub: catalog facts
Gerrit Code ReviewGitHub
Free

Open source with no licensing fees.

Freemium

Free to start, with paid plans and paid features such as Copilot.

Web, Self-hosted Web
  • Patchset-based review with inline comments
  • Fine-grained permission model
  • Repositories, issues, code review and CI in one place
  • GitHub Actions for automated builds and tests
  • Needs a server to host and maintain
  • Patchset workflow differs from pull-request based platforms
  • Proprietary hosted service, not self-hostable in this form
  • Many advanced features sit behind paid plans
Self-hosted Web application, Hosted service
Open source Closed source
License not stated License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Needs internet

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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