A desktop Git diff reviewer with inline commenting, designed for local code review workflows with AI coding agents.

AI coding agents like Claude Code, OpenCode, and Codex work directly in your local environment - modifying files in real-time before any commit or push. Traditional GitHub PR reviews don't fit this workflow. You need to review changes locally, provide feedback, and guide the agent's next turn.

revu bridges this gap: a desktop review interface that exports structured feedback agents can consume.

Inspired by Conductor's working directory review feature.

• Unified and split diff views - syntax highlighting with word-level change detection
• Inline comments - add categorised feedback to lines or selections
• Stage/unstage files - manage staging and create commits directly
• Export for Agent - exports review and copies the file path to clipboard for agent use
• CLI integration - open with revu /path/to/repo

brew install eddmann/tap/revu

Download the latest release from GitHub Releases:

• macOS: .dmg (Apple Silicon and Intel)
• Linux: .AppImage or .deb

git clone https://github.com/eddmann/revu.git
cd revu
bun install
bun run tauri build

# Copy to Applications (macOS)
cp -r src-tauri/target/release/bundle/macos/revu.app /Applications/

Open revu and browse to a Git repository, or launch from the command line:

revu /path/to/repo

1. Run ! revu . in your agent to open revu with the current repo
2. Review changes and add comments by clicking on lines
3. Click "Export for Agent" when done — the file path is copied to your clipboard
4. Reference the exported review in your agent with @{paste path}

The review is saved to ~/.revu/{repo-name}-{timestamp}.md.

When you click "Export for Agent", revu writes a structured XML file that agents can parse:

<revu-review>
<review-summary>
Total: 3 comments
Action required: 2 (1 issue, 1 suggestion)
</review-summary>

<comment id="1">
<file>src/App.tsx</file>
<line>42</line>
<side>new</side>
<category>issue</category>
<code language="tsx">
const value = props.data
</code>
<text>This will crash if props.data is undefined</text>
</comment>
</revu-review>

git clone https://github.com/eddmann/revu.git
cd revu
make install    # Install dependencies
make dev        # Start development server
make build      # Build production app
make fmt        # Format all code
make lint       # Run linting checks

Prerequisites:

• Bun
• Rust toolchain
• Tauri CLI (bun add -g @tauri-apps/cli)

React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS 4, Zustand, Tauri 2, Rust, libgit2, Vite 7, Bun

MIT