LaReviewvsProval
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
LaReview
puemos · Code review agent
#183OSS
Panel
6.12 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.5
- Usefulness
- 6.0
- Cost
- 8.0
- Longevity
- 5.0
“It draws a heatmap of which files are riskiest, for teams who found git blame insufficiently confrontational.”
Proval
seoes · Code review agent
#211OSS
Panel
5.92 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.7
- Usefulness
- 5.7
- Cost
- 7.3
- Longevity
- 5.0
“It can be configured to reply only when mentioned, a courtesy no human reviewer has ever extended to anyone.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | LaReview | Proval |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Code review agent | Code review agent |
| Runs | local | local, cloud |
| Platforms | macos, linux | linux, web |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | No | No |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | No |
| Multi-file edits | No | No |
| Git operations | Yes | Yes |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | YesLaReview drives the coding agent you select; the review reasoning runs in that agent, not in LaReview itself. | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | No | Yes |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Claude Code, coding agents | OpenAI-compatible, Ollama, llama.cpp |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | No | Yes |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | byok |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | MIT | AGPL-3.0 |
| GitHub stars | 182 | 102 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | LaReview | Proval | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 7.0 | 6.3 | LaReview — Pick this when large pull requests are the bottleneck and you already pay for a coding agent; pick a hosted review bot if you want it to run without you. |
| El Crítico | 6.0 | 4.8 | LaReview — The row states that review reasoning runs in whichever coding agent you selected, not in LaReview, so the quality of a review is a property of your configuration. |
| El Profesor | 6.0 | 6.0 | no preference |
| La Inversora | 5.3 | 4.5 | LaReview — A hundred and seventy-four stars, one maintainer and no commercial surface, competing in the one category where the funded incumbents already sit inside the pull request. |
| La Jefa | 6.0 | 6.3 | Proval — One container image against our own Git host, which is the shortest path to production on this board, and there is still no console and no audit export. |
| El Hacker | 6.5 | 7.8 | Proval — AGPL-3.0 and it takes any compatible endpoint, including Ollama and llama.cpp, so the one tool that reads all my code never has to phone anyone. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.