open-code-review vs beads

open-code-review and beads share 9 technologies: net/http, Anthropic, charm.land/lipgloss/v2, OpenTelemetry, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlpmetric/otlpmetrichttp, and go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric. Both are written in Go.

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What they share and what sets them apart

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.

Go49.5kRead on November 5, 2026, at commit 891df1bWhat is open-code-review built with?

Only in open-code-review

In common

gastownhall

beads

Beads - A memory upgrade for your coding agent

Go28.6kRead on November 8, 2026, at commit 2edea9cWhat is beads built with?

Only in beads

Side by side

SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
open-code-review184,408 lines written317 code files
beads1,299,687 lines written1,440 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
open-code-review2.3% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Warp
beads41.4% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, Amp, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codex, Factory, Devin, and Kilo Code
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
open-code-reviewLast push November 5, 2026829 commits49,499 stars
beadsLast push November 8, 202610,396 commits28,583 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
open-code-review381 test files69.4% of its code files have a test that imports them
beads2,621 test files86.1% of its code files have a test that imports them

Frequently asked questions

Which is bigger, open-code-review or beads?
beads, with 1,299,687 lines written; open-code-review has 184,408.

The proof: gastownhall/beads's code at commit 2edea9c

Which has more GitHub stars, open-code-review or beads?
open-code-review, with 49,499 stars; beads has 28,583.

The proof: alibaba/open-code-review on GitHub

Which has more tests, open-code-review or beads?
beads, with 2,621 test files; open-code-review has 381.

The proof: gastownhall/beads's code at commit 2edea9c

Which was updated more recently, open-code-review or beads?
beads: its last push was on November 8, 2026, and open-code-review's on November 5, 2026.

The proof: gastownhall/beads's commits on GitHub

Which has more commits signed by AI, open-code-review or beads?
beads: an AI signed 41.4% of its commits, with Claude Code, Amp, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codex, Factory, Devin, and Kilo Code; in open-code-review, 2.3%.

The proof: the commits each tool signed in gastownhall/beads

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