rbtools ☆

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Description:
CLI and API for working with code and document reviews on Review Board

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: review-board code-review cli python dev-tools

Install: brew install rbtools

About:
Rbtools is a command-line tool and API for interacting with Review Board, a web-based code and document review tool. It allows developers to post, manage, and review diffs directly from their terminal or CI scripts. Its main value is streamlining the code review workflow without needing to leave the command line.

Key Features:

Post and manage review requests from the command line
Integrate code reviews into CI/CD pipelines
Support for Git, SVN, Mercurial, and Perforce
Python API for custom automation and tooling

Use Cases:

Automating code review posting in CI/CD environments
Quickly creating and updating review requests from the terminal
Integrating custom tooling with Review Board's API

Alternatives:

GitHub CLI (gh) – Rbtools is specific to Review Board, while GitHub CLI is for the GitHub ecosystem.
Diffusion (Phabricator) – Part of the Phabricator suite, similar goal but different ecosystem.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Dec 4, 2024 9:02pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	809213ae
Sep 14, 2024 12:55am		0	VERSION_BUMP	96a87a16