Oyo is a terminal code-review environment built around interactive diff viewing. It can review a working tree, branch, commit, range or Jujutsu change while keeping comments and review state associated with the target.
The application has grown beyond its original step-through diff workflow. Reviews can now contain comments, replies and resolved threads, and those discussions can be synchronised with several code-hosting platforms. Users can still switch freely between conventional scrolling and a mode that walks through edits one at a time.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Reviews working trees, branches, commits, ranges, Jujutsu changes and stacks.
- Provides scroll mode for reading a complete diff and step mode for examining edits sequentially.
- Offers unified, split, evolution, blame and preview views.
- Lets users comment on individual lines, hunks and files.
- Supports replies and review threads together with resolving and reopening feedback.
- Saves review state so a review can be closed and continued later.
- Synchronises review comments with GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg and self-hosted Forgejo.
- Supports remote thread resolution with services whose APIs expose that capability.
- Includes word-level diff highlighting, regex search and typo-tolerant file searching.
- Can preview Markdown, JSON, YAML, TOML, CSV and images.
- Supports multiple views in tabs and character, line and block text selection.
- Provides syntax highlighting with configurable tmTheme-compatible themes.
- Can fold unchanged context while retaining enclosing scope information.
- Includes watch mode, blame hints, a command palette and keyboard and mouse controls.
- Supports automated playback of changes in step mode.
- Provides commands and an integration workflow that coding agents can use against the same stored reviews.
Website: github.com/ahkohd/oyo
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Developer: Victor Aremu
License: MIT License
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