A half-assed assessment of open source AI code review tools (www.happyassassin.net)

A recent exploration of open-source AI code review tools highlighted the advancements and usability of these systems, particularly in the context of Red Hat's initiatives. The author, leveraging AI for code reviews in a Fedora project, successfully integrated a tool called ai-code-review with Forgejo, marking a significant step towards enhancing collaborative software development. This integration utilized the Gemini model, showcasing its modular design that allows for easy swapping of language model providers. The goal is to eventually implement a Fedora-specific LLM to serve the open-source community, indicating a potential shift towards more tailored AI solutions in code review processes. The evaluation of various AI code review tools revealed that ai-code-review and Qodo’s pr-agent showed the most promise, with the former being more versatile and better architected. Although other tools like kodus-ai and ai-pr-reviewer are active, their complexity and limitations raise questions about their overall effectiveness. This insight is significant for the AI/ML community as it sheds light on the ongoing refinement of AI tools that can improve developer productivity and collaboration, paving the way for more robust and accessible solutions in the software development landscape.