Codiff is a native macOS desktop app for reviewing staged and unstaged Git diffs locally before committing, with LLM walkthrough and inline comment export.
Key Takeaways
codiff -w generates an LLM-powered walkthrough of your current Git changes.
Inline comments on changed lines can be copied as Markdown with full diff context for follow-up review.
Targets pre-commit review of both staged and unstaged changes via a terminal helper installed from within the app.
macOS only at v0.1.0; install via release page download, then enable the codiff CLI through Codiff > Install Terminal Helper.
Hacker News Comment Review
The macOS-only constraint is the primary friction point; commenters flagged this immediately as a limiter for cross-platform teams.
A commenter shipped a comparable web-based tool, prereview, built specifically to review Claude-generated changes over Tailscale, signaling active parallel development in agentic diff review tooling.
JetBrains users noted Codiff covers gaps the IDE diff view misses, particularly file search, suggesting real incremental value even for IDE-heavy workflows.
Notable Comments
@realrocker: Built a Tailscale-accessible web prereview tool with a /prereview Claude skill and a Hand-off button for agentic workflows, as a direct parallel to Codiff.
