Take Review Board to the next level with Power Pack

Whether a document lives in your source tree or is uploaded directly to a change, Document Review brings it into the same powerful, lightweight workflow used for code. Review design specs, safety requirements, and architecture diagrams right alongside the code they describe.

Documents can be diffed to show exactly what changed between revisions, keeping reviews focused and efficient. Highlight text or select regions to leave precise, contextual comments. Jump through the document using the table of contents or thumbnail previews.

Document Review supports:

• Microsoft Office documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• OpenOffice/LibreOffice documents (Writer, Calc, Impress)
• Google Workspace documents (Docs, Sheets, Slides)
• PDF documents

No more passing around spec_final_v3_REAL(2).docx, reviews lost in inboxes or buried comment histories. Review Board preserves the full review context so you'll always know who reviewed what, when, and why. Every revision, comment, and approval is recorded and easily accessible, giving you a clear, audit-ready history of how a document evolved.

Team members have specific responsibilities and expertise that influence how code is reviewed and approved. User Roles make it easy to map those responsibilities, define approval flows, and craft automation rules. They enable powerful review policies, like ensuring every change is approved by at least one architect, or triggering a Slack notification whenever an intern publishes a review.

Or, you can make roles for Commit Message Poets and Keyboard Shortcut Legends. We won't stop you.

The best teams and organizations are always looking for ways to be more efficient, no matter how big or small they are. Our at-a-glance graphs will show you who is pulling their weight, how thoroughly code is being reviewed, and more. By getting insight into how your developers are taking advantage of code review, you can develop more cost-effective processes and policies, saving your team time and money.

Plus, who doesn't like pretty pictures?

Premium repository support allows you to review your code on any of the above source code management solutions. Perfect for enterprises.

Power Pack also includes facilities for storing auxiliary data like SSH keys in the database rather than on the front-end server's filesystem, which allows you to scale by spinning up additional servers as needed.