# Local codereview tool for handing structured review to agent

> Source: <https://github.com/rosenbjerg/local-review>
> Published: 2026-07-09 07:17:11+00:00

A local, single-user tool for reviewing a git branch, leaving line/range comments,
and exporting the review as markdown to hand to a coding agent. Go backend + React
frontend, shipped as a single binary. See [SPEC.md](/rosenbjerg/local-review/blob/main/SPEC.md) for the design.

The React app builds into `web/dist`

, which the Go binary embeds — so build the
frontend first, then the binary:

```
# 1. frontend
cd web
npm install
npm run build
cd ..

# 2. single binary (embeds web/dist)
go build -o local-review .
./local-review -root /path/to/folder-of-repos
```

Opens `http://127.0.0.1:7777`

in your browser. Pick a **repository** (any git repo
directly under the root), then a head branch (base defaults to the merge-base with
`main`

/`master`

), review the diff, click/drag line numbers to comment, then
**Export** to preview, copy, or download the markdown.

The SQLite DB lives next to the binary (`local-review.db`

), keyed by repo path, so
one install serves many repos and resumes each independently; draft reviews are
pruned after `-retention-days`

(default 30).

| flag | default | purpose |
|---|---|---|
`-root` |
`.` |
folder containing one or more git repositories |
`-port` |
`7777` |
listen port |
`-retention-days` |
`30` |
prune draft reviews older than this on startup |
`-no-open` |
`false` |
don't auto-open the browser |

Run the Go server and the Vite dev server side by side (Vite proxies `/api`

to `:7777`

):

```
./local-review -root /path/to/folder-of-repos -no-open   # terminal 1
cd web && npm run dev                                     # terminal 2 → http://localhost:5173
```