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by ChrisMarshallNY 2149 days ago
I don't feel like GH is really meant to be a code review platform. It does PRs, but I assume that review should be done offline (like in other tools, like Crucible).

We have used GH as a review platform for an open-source project, but they tend to be relatively minor PRs. If they got hairier, we'd probably find something else.

Personally, I really don't like having a gazillion different tools. If we can use one tool for several purposes, then that's what I prefer. If the tool becomes too cumbersome, then I'll work with something more specialized.

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Is there a good self-hosted open source platform for this? I’m new to all this, even though I’ve been computing since I was in grade school. Coding is a new discipline for me, and it’s hard to know the territory without a guide. I’ve seen you around and would trust a recommendation from you.
Thank you, I’m going to look into this more.
I have used and enjoyed Upsource (JetBrains code review tool) particularly for trunk development where you often need to be able to cherry-pick randomly-ordered commits into a review.

I honestly don't know how much our org paid for it though.