Gerrit (software)

Free web-based team code collaboration tool

Gerrit

Original author(s)| Google
Initial release| 2 November 2009; 15 years ago (2009-11-02) (independent release, labelled version 2)[1]
Stable release|

3.11.1[2] / 13 January 2025

Repository|

* gerrit.googlesource.com/gerrit

Written in| Java
Platform| Java Platform, Enterprise Edition
Available in| English
Type| Code review
License| Apache License 2.0
Website| www.gerritcodereview.com

Gerrit (/ˈɡɛrɪt/ GERR-it) is a free, web-based team code collaboration tool. Software developers in a team can review each other's modifications on their source code using a Web browser and approve or reject those changes. It integrates closely with Git, a distributed version control system.

Gerrit is a fork of Rietveld, a code review tool for Subversion. Both are named after Dutch designer Gerrit Rietveld.[3][4]

## History

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Originally written in Python like Rietveld, it is now written in Java (Java EE Servlet) with SQL since version 2 and a custom-made Git-based database (NoteDb) since version 3.[5]

In versions 2.0–2.16 Gerrit used Google Web Toolkit[6] for its browser-based front-end. After being developed and used in parallel with GWT for versions 2.14–2.16, a new Polymer[7] web UI replaced the GWT UI in version 3.0.

## See also

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* Free and open-source software portal

* List of tools for code review

## References

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1. ^ "Gerrit2 - Access Controls". gerrit-documentation.storage.googleapis.com. 2 November 2009. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
2. ^ "Release 3.11.1". 13 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
3. ^ "Gerrit's History". Retrieved 2020-10-12.
4. ^ van Rossum, Guido (2008-05-06). "An Open Source App: Rietveld Code Review Tool". Blogspot. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
5. ^ "Gerrit Code Review - NoteDb Backend". 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
6. ^ "Gerrit: Google-style code review meets git". LWN.net. 2009-10-30. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
7. ^ "Gerrit Polymer Frontend". Retrieved 2020-10-12.

## External links

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Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Git/Gerrit Code Review

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