Gitcolony
Next-generation collaborative code review for modern dev teams
About Gitcolony
Gitcolony is a collaborative code review platform that integrates with GitHub to let developers review code as it's being written rather than waiting for a large pull request. It offers gamified dashboards, cross-repo PR linking, automated merge enforcement, and customizable code policies — helping teams ship higher-quality software faster.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Review code proactively as it's written instead of reactively
- Handles multi-repo workflows elegantly with cross-repo PR linking
- Gamification increases team engagement with code reviews
- Available as both cloud and on-premise
- Simple pricing tiers suitable for small teams to enterprises
Cons
- Currently only integrates with GitHub (not GitLab or Bitbucket)
- Smaller ecosystem compared to built-in GitHub review tools
- Limited recent reviews — activity may have slowed
Key Features
Continuous Code Review
Review code as it's written in real time instead of waiting for a large pull request to accumulate
GitHub Integration
Deep integration with GitHub repositories for pull request management and review workflows
Cross-Repo PR Linking
Automatically links pull requests from different repositories sharing the same origin branch and merges them simultaneously
Gamified Review Dashboard
Gamification elements like points and leaderboards to increase developer engagement and participation in code reviews
Automated Merge Enforcement
Define business rules and code policies that must be satisfied before any PR can be merged
Reviewer Assignment
Appoint specific team members as reviewers or mergers for each pull request
Cloud and On-Premise Deployment
Available as a hosted cloud service or self-hosted on-premise installation for enterprise teams
Issue Tracking
Integrated issue tracking so code, conversations, and bugs are managed in one place
Pricing
- Up to 5 users
- Unlimited repos
- Code review workflows
- GitHub integration
- Up to 15 users
- Cross-repo PR linking
- Automated merge rules
- Analytics
- Up to 50 users
- Priority support
- Custom code policies
- Team management
- Unlimited users
- Enterprise support
- On-premise option
- SLA guarantee
Best For
Continuous Code Quality
Software teams wanting to catch bugs and enforce standards as code is being written, not after
Multi-Repo Release Management
Engineering leads enforcing merge policies and coordinating simultaneous merges across multiple repositories
Remote Team Collaboration
Distributed dev teams needing structured asynchronous code review with clear assignment and accountability
Developer Engagement
Startups and growth-stage teams using gamification to make code review a healthy team habit