pr-agent vs pr-lens
pr-agent is much bigger: 13.5k stars against 2.1k. Over the days we have tracked them pr-agent moved +10.3% and pr-lens +186.6%, so pr-lens is growing faster right now.
pr-lens leads on model freedom. pr-agent does not take any axis by a clear margin.
Stars and commit dates come from our own daily tracking. The six axes are read off each project's documentation by our review pipeline, so they describe what a project says about itself, not what we measured in its code.
Where they stand today
An open-source, community-maintained, self‑hostable PR reviewer that compresses and adapts PR context and exposes JSON-configurable prompts for team customization.
- Stars
- 13.5k
- Tracked growth
- +10.3%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 1h ago
- Language
- Python
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Uses your API key (OpenAI/other providers)
Generates animated architecture and data-flow diagrams that visualize a PR’s blast radius and step-by-step walkthroughs directly inside the pull request.
- Stars
- 2.1k
- Tracked growth
- +186.6%
- Maturity
- ●●●●●
- Last commit
- 2d ago
- Language
- TypeScript
- License
- MIT
- Cost to run
- Free for open source; otherwise your API key
Six axes, head to head
Each axis runs 0 to 5. The label under a score is what that project's own docs claim, not a category average.
| Axis | pr-agent | pr-lens |
|---|---|---|
Context depth How much of your codebase it sees before it answers: the open diff, the diff plus related files, or the whole repository. | ●●●●● PR + related files | ●●●●● Diff + related files |
Noise control How it keeps output volume down — severity thresholds, deduplication, incremental runs over new commits only. | ●●●●● Configurable prompts | ●●●●● Configurable filters |
Customization How far it bends to your team: custom rules, prompts, style guides, per-path config. | ●●●●● Config files & prompts | ●●●●● Config file options |
Privacy Whether your code stays on your own infrastructure: fully local, self-hostable, or cloud API only. | ●●●●● Self-hostable | ●●●●● Cloud API key |
Model freedom Whether you can point it at any provider, or it is wired to one. | ●●●●● Multiple providers | ●●●●● Bring-your-own key |
Setup ease What it takes to get a first useful run out of it. | ●●●●● One-step setup | ●●●●● One-click App |
Which one to pick
Pick pr-agent if…
Pick PR-Agent when you need a self‑hosted, highly customizable PR reviewer that supports multiple Git providers and scales to large pull requests.
Pick pr-lens if…
Visual-first — install the GitHub App to get animated architecture and data-flow diagrams posted automatically to every PR so you can understand a change before reading its code.
- Model freedom: Bring-your-own key (5/5 against 3/5)
What people want from each one
The-PR-Agent/pr-agent
coldteadotai/pr-lens
Questions people ask
Is pr-agent better than pr-lens?
pr-lens leads on model freedom. pr-agent does not take any axis by a clear margin. pr-agent is worth picking when pick PR-Agent when you need a self‑hosted, highly customizable PR reviewer that supports multiple Git providers and scales to large pull requests.
Which of pr-agent and pr-lens keeps my code private?
pr-agent: Self-hostable (4/5). pr-lens: Cloud API key (3/5).
What does each one cost to run?
pr-agent: Uses your API key (OpenAI/other providers). pr-lens: Free for open source; otherwise your API key.
Full profiles: The-PR-Agent/pr-agent and coldteadotai/pr-lens. Everything else in Code review agents.