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alibaba/open-code-review

RepoRadar surfaced alibaba/open-code-review — an AI project — into the Radar section, where it sits at Gold tier with a 'try now' verdict. Its strongest signal is novelty, scored 10.0 out of 10.

Score8.7
Popularity100.0
Risklow
TierGold
Score breakdown
Usefulness9.1
Novelty10.0
Momentum10.0
Maturity9.3
Open-source/build7.4
Evidence7.2
Workflow potential9.4
Setup ease6.5

Popularity is tracked separately. Support, ads, sponsorships, and tips never affect these signals.

Why it matters

Useful for platform teams, DevEx engineers, and code-quality leads who want a self-hostable, production-grade AI code-review tool that beats general-purpose agents on precision and token cost instead of bolting a Skills-shaped prompt onto Claude Code, because alibaba/open-code-review ships an Apache-2.0 CLI battle-tested at Alibaba's scale over the past two years, combines deterministic

Who should use it

Builders Power users

Who should skip it

Pass on alibaba/open-code-review if its scope or audience does not match what your team is building right now.

About this signal

alibaba/open-code-review is tracked by RepoRadar as an AI project in the Radar section. First seen 2026-06-22; the source record was last checked on 2026-06-22. The current verdict is 'try now' with a Gold tier and review needed setup difficulty. Across RepoRadar's eight signals, alibaba/open-code-review is strongest on novelty (10.0) and momentum (10.0) and weakest on setup ease (6.5) — a profile worth weighing against your own priorities. This page summarizes the public evidence on the linked source page and states where additional review is still needed.

How this item is evaluated

The alibaba/open-code-review record combines a 8.7/10 composite score with separate popularity (100.0), risk (low), and setup (review needed) signals. See the scoring methodology for the current weights and evidence definitions.

Putting this into practice? Read How to evaluate an AI tool before you adopt it for the checklist behind this score.

Risk explanation

Risk label is still being reviewed from the captured evidence. Treat the item as unknown-risk until you review the linked source, permissions, setup path, and data access.

Evidence links
Closest alternatives / related signals
Verification record

What RepoRadar actually verified

Discovered

Automated discovery and source capture. Last checked 2026-08-13T19:31:03.163686Z.

No editorial or hands-on review is claimed. This record remains at Discovered.

Verification sources

Longitudinal intelligence

How this decision record is moving

Raw history JSON →

43 dated snapshots retained from 2026-06-22 through 2026-08-13; see the snapshot index for explicit coverage gaps. Stars, version, release, pricing, integration, risk, maintenance, verdict, score, and momentum fields remain explicit even when a source has not reported them. Repository momentum is a normalized 0–10 RepoRadar signal; GitHub stars appear only where the popularity monitor retained exact timestamped observations.

RepoRadar score8.7 current · +0.0 net
Repository momentum10.0 current · +0.0 net
GitHub stars (observed)20,401 current · +11,127 net
GitHub stars20,401 exact observation
Versionv1.9.2
Last release2026-08-12T06:51:06Z
Maintenanceactive
Current risklow
Current verdicttry now
Pricing baselineNo structured commercial pricing baseline
Pricing checkedNot applicable or not recorded
Pricing freshnessNo dated commercial pricing review
Integrations baselineNo structured integrations recorded

Recent dated points

DateScoreMomentumStarsRiskVerdictMaintenance
2026-08-138.710.020,401lowtry nowactive
2026-08-128.710.020,274lowtry nowactive
2026-08-118.710.020,018lowtry nowactive
2026-08-108.710.019,888lowtry nowactive
2026-08-098.710.019,763lowtry nowactive
2026-08-088.710.019,643lowtry nowactive
2026-08-078.710.018,205lowtry nowactive
2026-08-068.710.019,351lowtry nownot recorded
2026-08-058.710.019,081lowtry nownot recorded
2026-08-048.710.018,205lowtry nowactive
2026-08-038.710.018,205lowtry nowactive
2026-08-028.710.017,684lowtry nowactive

Why the record changed

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Stars changed: 20274 → 20401.

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Stars changed: 20018 → 20274.

version changed

Version changed: v1.9.1 → v1.9.2.

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Stars changed: 19888 → 20018.

version changed

Version changed: v1.9.0 → v1.9.1.

version changed

Version changed: v1.8.10 → v1.9.0.

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Stars changed: 19763 → 19888.

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Stars changed: 19643 → 19763.

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Stars changed: 18205 → 19643.

version changed

Version changed: v1.8.6 → v1.8.10.

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Stars changed: 19351 → 18205.

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Reconstructed from adjacent retained daily snapshots; no upstream cause is inferred. Stars changed: 19081 → 19351.