Gerrit Code Review: What It Is, Pricing & Alternatives

Overview

Gerrit is an open-source, web-based code review system for Git repositories, built around patchsets rather than branches.^[7] Each change is a single commit that is reviewed, revised as new patchsets and voted on before it is submitted to the target branch, which keeps history linear and makes every merged commit individually reviewed. Gerrit offers fine-grained permissions and integration with CI/CD pipelines, which typically post verification votes back to the change.^[7] The project describes itself as 100% open source with no licensing fees or vendor lock-in, and it is self-hosted, with releases in the 3.x series.^[7] Gerrit suits projects that require strict, commit-by-commit review. Its workflow differs from the pull-request model most developers know, so onboarding takes time, and running it requires server administration. It lacks built-in AI review, although plugins and external bots can add automated feedback.