Gerrit
The open source, patchset based, code review platform for Git-based development
- Also known as
- gerrit
What is Gerrit?
Gerrit is a web-based code review system that enables teams to collaborate on Git repositories with powerful patchset based review workflows, fine-grained permissions, and seamless integration with CI/CD pipelines.
Gerrit pricing
We don't have Gerrit's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Free and open source with no licensing fees or vendor lock-in
What Gerrit does
The capabilities that matter for version control, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- VCS model
- Distributed
- Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple)
- Git
- Hosting
- Self-hosted only
- Code review
- Gerrit change-based
- Large-file / binary handling
- -
- Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS)
- ✓
- Built-in CI
- -
- Access control granularity
- Branch
- Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email)
- -
- Open-source core
- Open-source
- Self-managed license model
- Free
- API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks)
- REST API
- SSO / SAML / SCIM
- -
- Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore)
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Self-hosted
Gerrit alternatives
Other version control we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- GitA free and open source distributed version control systemlow · 6%
- ForgejoBeyond coding. We forge.low · 3%
- MercurialWork easier, Work fasterlow · 8%
- FossilA Coherent Software Configuration Management Systemlow · 14%
- Apache SubversionEnterprise-class centralized version control for the masseslow · 10%
- GiteaPrivate, Fast, Reliable DevOps Platformlow · 34%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Gerrit, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package Downloads | 64 | 26.00 | 1663.2 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 63 | 18.00 | 1135.8 | ✓ |
| Pricing Transparency | 80 | 8.00 | 640.0 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 100 | 6.00 | 600.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 29 | 16.00 | 462.5 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 58 | 5.00 | 290.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 8.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 8.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Release Cadence | 0 | 10.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 13.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 65% |
Adoption
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"hosting":"self","vcs_model":"distributed","api_surface":"REST API","code_review":"gerrit_change_based","license_model":"free","access_control":"branch","monorepo_scale":true,"underlying_vcs":"Git","open_source_core":"open_source"} | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Java | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 63% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 67% |