Gerrit (software)

Gerrit (/ˈɡɛrɪt/ GHERR-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

Original author(s)	Google
Initial release	2 November 2009; 15 years ago (2009-11-02) (independent release, labelled version 2)[1]
Stable release	3.10.2[2]  / 9 October 2024
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 is a fork of Rietveld, a code review tool for Subversion. Both are named after Dutch designer Gerrit Rietveld.^[3][4]

History

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

• Free and open-source software portal

• List of tools for code review

References

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 3.10.2". 9 October 2024. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
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

• Official website