What is Hound?
Take care of pesky code reviews with a trusty Hound. Hound reviews GitHub pull requests for style guide violations.
Hound is a tool in the Code Review category of a tech stack.
Hound is an open source tool with 1.7K GitHub stars and 391 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Hound's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Hound?
Companies
10 companies use Hound in their tech stacks, including thoughtbot, Verba, and Edufii.
Developers
Hound Integrations
Why developers like Hound?
Here’s a list of reasons why companies and developers use Hound
Hound's features
- Open source
- Free for public repos
- Automated reviews of GitHub pull requests for style guide violations
- GitHub integration
Hound Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Hound?
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Code Climate
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Prettier
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RuboCop
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