ReviewMate — AI Code Reviewer

AI-powered code reviews in VS Code. Bring your own provider — Gemini, Groq, Claude, or local Ollama.

What it does

Press Ctrl+Shift+R (Cmd+Shift+R on Mac) on any file and ReviewMate sends the code to your chosen AI provider for review. Issues come back as:

🔴🟡🔵 Inline squiggles (Error / Warning / Info)
💡 Quick-fix suggestions via the lightbulb
🗂️ A grouped list in the sidebar
📄 A full-page report opened in an editor tab
📜 An output channel log of every review you've run

Bring your own API key — ReviewMate doesn't proxy your code through any server. With Ollama, your code never leaves your machine.

Supported providers

Provider	Free?	Quality	How to get a key
Gemini	✅ 1M tokens/day	Good	https://aistudio.google.com/apikey
Groq (Llama 3)	✅ ~14,400 req/day	Good	https://console.groq.com/keys
Claude	❌ Paid (~$0.001/review)	Top	https://console.anthropic.com/settings/keys
OpenAI	❌ Paid (cheap on `gpt-4o-mini`)	Top	https://platform.openai.com/api-keys
Ollama (local)	✅ Fully offline	Varies by model	https://ollama.com — install + `ollama pull codellama`

Each provider's model is configurable — set reviewmate.geminiModel, reviewmate.claudeModel, etc. in settings to use a stronger (or cheaper) model than the default.

Get started in 30 seconds

Install from the Marketplace: search "ReviewMate" or run
```
code --install-extension trongbui.reviewmate
```
Open the command palette (Cmd+Shift+P) → ReviewMate: Change Provider → pick one → paste your API key.
Open any code file → press Cmd+Shift+R.

That's it. Issues appear inline and in the ReviewMate sidebar (Explorer panel).

Commands

Command	Default keybinding
`ReviewMate: Review this code`	`Cmd+Shift+R` / `Ctrl+Shift+R`
`ReviewMate: Review Uncommitted Diff`	—
`ReviewMate: Change Provider`	—
`ReviewMate: Open Full Report`	—
`ReviewMate: Export Report as Markdown`	—
`ReviewMate: Show Output Log`	—
`ReviewMate: Clear Diagnostics`	—

Settings

Open Settings (Cmd+,) and search "ReviewMate".

Setting	Default	Description
`reviewmate.provider`	`gemini`	One of `gemini`, `groq`, `claude`, `openai`, `ollama`
`reviewmate.apiKey`	`""`	API key for the selected provider (not Ollama)
`reviewmate.customInstructions`	`""`	Free-form text appended to every review prompt
`reviewmate.geminiModel`	`""`	Override Gemini model (default `gemini-2.5-flash`)
`reviewmate.groqModel`	`""`	Override Groq model (default `llama-3.3-70b-versatile`)
`reviewmate.claudeModel`	`""`	Override Claude model (default `claude-haiku-4-5-20251001`)
`reviewmate.openaiModel`	`""`	Override OpenAI model (default `gpt-4o-mini`)
`reviewmate.ollamaModel`	`codellama`	Model name when using Ollama
`reviewmate.ollamaUrl`	`http://localhost:11434`	Ollama server URL

Documentation

Skills — full feature reference and what every command does
Architecture — provider pattern, data flow, file responsibilities
Technical — stack, build, models, release workflow

Privacy

ReviewMate sends only the code you select (and the language ID) to the provider you choose. No telemetry. No analytics. No proxy servers. With Ollama, no data leaves your machine. Your API key lives in VS Code's local settings — never logged, never shared.

Contributing

Issues and PRs welcome at https://github.com/trongbui1105/ReviewMate.

To run locally:

git clone https://github.com/trongbui1105/ReviewMate.git
cd ReviewMate
npm install
npm run compile

Then open the folder in VS Code and press F5 to launch the Extension Development Host. See docs/architecture.md for an overview of how the codebase is organized.

License

MIT