reviewdog

Spec sheet

Purpose

reviewdog integrates code analysis tools with code hosting services to post review comments when findings are in the patch diff.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The project is provided under the MIT License, which includes an as-is warranty disclaimer.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Alternative setup

The README says users can avoid depending on the reviewdog server by running under GitHub Actions or using the GitHub PR review reporter.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com

App setup

The reviewdog app page directs users to install the GitHub app and obtain a REVIEWDOG_TOKEN for a repository.Read 10 Oct 2026 · reviewdog.app

CI integrations

The README documents integrations with GitHub Actions, Travis CI, CircleCI, GitLab CI, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, and local workflows.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Code hosting integrations

Reporters include GitHub Checks and pull request reviews, GitLab merge request discussions, and Bitbucket Code Insights reports.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com

Code suggestions

Code suggestions are supported for RDFormat or diff input, with reporter support varying by destination.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Contribution model

The Open Collective page describes reviewdog as an open-source collective and identifies Open Source Collective as its fiscal host.Read 11 Oct 2026 · opencollective.com

Forked pull requests

For forked pull requests where GITHUB_TOKEN lacks write access to Check or Review APIs, reviewdog falls back to GitHub Actions annotations, which have a per-run limit.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Hosted server dependency

The GitHub PR Checks reporter can use the reviewdog GitHub App server, and the README says its availability is not guaranteed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Hosted service dependency

The GitHub PR Checks reporter can use a reviewdog app server, and the README cautions that it cannot guarantee that server runs continuously.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com

Input formats

It accepts compiler or linter output via stdin and supports errorformat, RDFormat, unified diff, checkstyle XML, and SARIF 2.1.0 JSON.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Installation

Installation options include a shell installer, Homebrew, Scoop on Windows, Go install, and a GitHub Action setup step.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Language support

The README describes integrating with any linter tools regardless of programming language and lists public actions for many language and file checks.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Local use

It can run locally to filter linter output by diff.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Maintainer and support

The repository names haya14busa as author and invites users to support the project through GitHub Sponsors or Open Collective.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Maintainer support

The README invites contributors to create reviewdog actions and offers to put their repositories under the reviewdog organization and co-maintain them.Read 10 Oct 2026 · github.com

Report destinations

Reporters include GitHub Checks and pull request reviews, GitLab merge request discussions and commits, Gerrit change review, and Bitbucket Code Insights.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security credentials

Reporters use platform API tokens or credentials where required, and the README documents environment variables for GitHub, GitLab, Gerrit, and Bitbucket authentication.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

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