Code Review Focus
Dedicated to reviewing and improving existing code, not just generating new code
Sourcery
VS
GitHub Copilot
The complete code review alternative to GitHub Copilot
Get focused code reviews with Sourcery's AI reviewer. Complement code generation with comprehensive code quality analysis and security scanning.
| Feature | Sourcery | GitHub Copilot |
|---|---|---|
| PR Summaries | | |
| Review Diagrams | | ✗ |
| Smart Comment Filtering | | ✗ |
| Custom Review Guidelines | | ✗ |
| VS Code / Cursor / Windsurf Reviews | | |
| JetBrains Reviews | | ✗ |
| Progressive Learning | | ✗ |
| Static Analysis Tools | | ✗ |
| Security Reviews | | |
| Daily Full Repo Security Scans | | ✗ |
Why look for GitHub Copilot alternatives?
While GitHub Copilot excels at code generation, teams find that its code reviews can be noisy and miss critical issues.
Why engineering teams pick Sourcery over GitHub Copilot
Sourcery focuses on code review and quality improvement for existing codebases, complementing code generation tools and coding agents
High impact, low noise
Sourcery has built smart filtering into its reviews that lets it give in depth feedback about a PR without being too noisy
Ongoing Security Analysis
Daily security scans and vulnerability detection for your entire codebase
Works Where You Do
Get reviews at every step of the development process, even outside of GitHub or VS Code.
Reviews That Learn
Sourcery takes into account how you interact with its reviews so that they get smarter and more accurate over time.
How Sourcery works
Three simple steps to better code reviews and improved code quality
Automatically review every PR
Install Sourcery into your GitHub or GitLab org and connect your repositories. Sourcery automatically reviews every new PR.
Earlier reviews in your IDE
Get feedback while you work with Sourcery's IDE reviews. Ask for feedback on your current branch, your recent commits, or an existing file.
Always-on security scans
Sourcery scans your whole codebase every day to check for potential security vulnerabilities.
Ready to switch to Sourcery?
Use Sourcery alongside GitHub Copilot for complete code generation and review workflow
GitHub or GitLabTwo-minute installNo credit card needed