Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/alibaba/open-code-review/vs/charmbracelet/glow
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/alibaba/open-code-review/vs/charmbracelet/glow.md
Description: open-code-review and glow share 3 technologies: charm.land/lipgloss/v2, charm.land/bubbletea/v2, and charm.land/bubbles/v2. Both are written in Go.

# open-code-review vs glow

open-code-review and glow share 3 technologies: charm.land/lipgloss/v2, charm.land/bubbletea/v2, and charm.land/bubbles/v2. Both are written in Go.

- [alibaba/open-code-review](https://seerepo.com/r/alibaba/open-code-review): Secure, fast, efficient, battle-tested at Alibaba's scale. Hybrid architecture code review tool: deterministic pipelines + LLM Agent, precise line-level comments, built-in multi-language ruleset (NPE, thread-safety, XSS, SQL injection), OpenAI & Anthropic compatible.
- [charmbracelet/glow](https://seerepo.com/r/charmbracelet/glow): Render markdown on the CLI, with pizzazz! 💅🏻

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: charm.land/lipgloss/v2, charm.land/bubbletea/v2, charm.land/bubbles/v2
- Only in open-code-review: net/http, OpenAI, Anthropic, MCP, Preact, React, react-router-dom, Model Context Protocol, openai-go, Coder, github.com/pkoukk/tiktoken-go, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetricgrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracehttp, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/stdout/stdoutmetric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric, Tailwind CSS, Mermaid, three, dompurify, marked, @opencode-ai/plugin
- Only in glow: charm.land/glamour/v2, github.com/muesli/termenv, github.com/muesli/roff, github.com/charmbracelet/log

## Side by side

| | open-code-review | glow |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 187,193 lines written, 321 code files | 4,619 lines written, 27 code files |
| Who writes it | 2.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Warp | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 10, 2026, 842 commits, 49,753 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 874 commits, 27,962 stars |
| Tests | 397 test files. 69.8% of its code files have a test that imports them | 6 test files. 37% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, open-code-review or glow?

open-code-review, with 187,193 lines written; glow has 4,619.

The proof: [alibaba/open-code-review's code at commit f15c6db](https://github.com/alibaba/open-code-review/tree/f15c6dbb575deed313d9945ced17e5de082c3ca7)

### Which has more GitHub stars, open-code-review or glow?

open-code-review, with 49,753 stars; glow has 27,962.

The proof: [alibaba/open-code-review on GitHub](https://github.com/alibaba/open-code-review)

### Which has more tests, open-code-review or glow?

open-code-review, with 397 test files; glow has 6.

The proof: [alibaba/open-code-review's code at commit f15c6db](https://github.com/alibaba/open-code-review/tree/f15c6dbb575deed313d9945ced17e5de082c3ca7)

### Which was updated more recently, open-code-review or glow?

open-code-review: its last push was on November 10, 2026, and glow's on November 4, 2026.

The proof: [alibaba/open-code-review's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/alibaba/open-code-review/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, open-code-review or glow?

open-code-review: an AI signed 2.3% of its commits, with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Warp.

## Sources

- alibaba/open-code-review: Read on November 10, 2026, at commit f15c6db (https://github.com/alibaba/open-code-review/tree/f15c6dbb575deed313d9945ced17e5de082c3ca7)
- charmbracelet/glow: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 8b0600f (https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow/tree/8b0600fa445535b9c53194c0d4f7fe3cf700ef3e)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.