critique is a terminal UI for reviewing git diffs with syntax highlighting, split view, and word-level diff.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Mobile optimized – Automatically detects mobile devices and serves a unified diff view optimized for smaller screens. Add ?v=mobile to any URL to force mobile view.
- Dark/Light mode – Automatically adapts to your system’s color scheme preference using CSS prefers-color-scheme.
- Syntax highlighting – Full syntax highlighting for 18+ languages, same as the terminal UI.
- Split view – Side-by-side diff on desktop, unified view on mobile.
- Fast loading – HTML is streamed for quick initial render, cached for 24 hours.
- Syntax Highlighting – Powered by Shiki with support for 18+ languages
- Split View – Side-by-side comparison for wide terminals (auto-switches to unified view on narrow terminals)
- Word-Level Diff – Highlights specific word changes within modified lines
- File Navigation – Quick file switcher with fuzzy search
- Click to Open – Click line numbers to open in your editor (set REACT_EDITOR env var)
- Watch Mode – Live updates as you edit files
- Web Preview – Generate shareable HTML previews hosted on critique.work
- Cherry Pick – Interactive file picker to apply changes from other branches
Website: github.com/remorses/critique
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Developer: Tommy D. Rossi
License: MIT License
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