Graphite review

Graphite is a hosted code-review platform that sits alongside GitHub and Git. It is not a replacement version-control system: Graphite syncs with a team's GitHub account and adds a review workflow around pull requests. Its product surface includes a PR page, team inbox, CLI, and VS Code extension.

The workflow joins AI code review, Graphite Chat, stacked pull requests, and a merge queue. Developers can split a larger change into sequenced PRs, get AI feedback before merge, discuss changes from the PR page, and queue changes in order. Graphite also describes stacking-integrated CI that runs only when needed. The target is the handoff between writing code and merging it, rather than source hosting or build infrastructure. GitHub remains a dependency in the documented workflow, while Graphite provides the review and merge tools around it. Teams should map its behavior to their branch protections, CI jobs, and existing Git scripts before adoption.

The documented integration surface is a GitHub-synced platform with a CLI for stacked pull requests and a VS Code extension. Graphite says it works with Git scripts, aliases, and existing workflows, and its PR page is where developers can discuss changes, address CI failures, apply suggested fixes, and commit changes. Slack notifications are included on Starter and above.

The product is centered on pull requests rather than a named API integration. Before building custom automation, confirm API availability, SDK support, authentication, and supported languages in Graphite's docs; the homepage does not identify an API style or language-specific SDKs. The homepage links to documentation for the CLI, merge queues, and CI optimizations, giving teams places to check how those workflows fit their repository setup. The main integration decision is whether the team wants Graphite's CLI and PR workflow in addition to its existing GitHub process.

Hobby costs $0 and covers personal account repositories, inbox and in-app notifications, the CLI for stacked PRs, MCP and the VS Code extension, plus limited Chat and AI Reviews. The pricing page also advertises a 30-day free trial with no credit card required. The key boundary on Hobby is that AI features are limited; the page does not publish a numeric allowance.

Starter is $20 per user per month with annual billing and includes GitHub Organization repositories, Slack notifications, team insights, and Hobby features. Team costs $40 per user per month annually and adds unlimited Chat and AI Reviews, AI Review customizations, automations, and Merge Queue. The pricing page lists paid plans at 20% off with annual billing; monthly prices are not published. Enterprise is custom-priced and adds advanced merge-queue settings, custom analytics and ACLs, SAML, audit log (SIEM), GHES support, and premium support and SLAs. There are no listed add-ons. Plan costs grow with seats, while AI usage thresholds and overage terms should be confirmed before rollout.

Graphite is sold as a hosted platform synced with GitHub. The vendor does not publish its software licence, source availability, self-hosting option, or data-export process. Teams that require source access or deployment inside their own infrastructure should get direct answers before adopting it; the vendor's site establishes a hosted workflow, not a self-hosted server.

The clearest dependency is the workflow itself: Graphite's PR page, inbox, stacking tools, and merge queue sit on top of GitHub repositories and Git. A team can continue using Git and GitHub, but it should test how stacked branches, queued changes, review history, and team settings translate to a workflow without Graphite. Ask what data can be exported, how account deletion works, and whether repository and review data remain accessible after cancellation. Do not assume that Git compatibility means Graphite-specific workflow state is portable.

Graphite's feature set touches pull-request review, CI, and merges, so teams should validate its behavior against their branch protections and release process before depending on the merge queue. The vendor describes a stack-aware queue that lands PRs in order and keeps branches green, plus stacking-integrated CI that runs only when needed. Confirm how queue failures, concurrent changes, and CI retries behave in the team's own configuration.

The vendor does not publish numeric rate limits or AI usage allowances in the pricing details. Hobby has limited AI Reviews and Chat; Team includes unlimited versions of both, but teams should confirm the applicable terms and any operational limits. Enterprise lists SAML, audit log (SIEM), GHES support, and premium support and SLAs. Ask about uptime commitments, data retention, access controls, incident response, and support scope for the chosen plan. Per-seat pricing also makes adoption across larger engineering groups a budget consideration.