Jay Elsheikh

Posted on Aug 5 • Edited on Nov 15

The open source browser copilot for PRs in Gitlab & Azure Devops (works with Ollama)

#codereview #gitlab #gemini

Hey everyone 👋

A few months ago I started building a small side project to make code reviews a little less painful. Today I’m excited to share two big updates:

If you haven’t heard of ThinkReview before, here’s the quick intro.

🔍 What is ThinkReview?

ThinkReview is a browser extension that helps you review code directly inside your GitLab/GitHub/Bitbucket merge requests.

You can literally chat with your MR, ask questions about the diff, explore potential bugs, and generate review comments.

The key difference from typical AI review bots (CodeRabbit, CodeAnt, etc.) is:

You stay fully in control of the final review.

Think of it as “AI-assisted thinking,” not automated reviewing.

This is especially useful for devs who still prefer reviewing code in the browser, not inside an IDE or via CI bots.

You can explore the code, file issues, request features, or contribute.

Making the project open source was the #1 request from early users, especially those in companies with strict audit/security requirements.

As of version 1.4.0, ThinkReview can now connect to Ollama, letting you run:

For privacy-focused teams (or anyone who prefers local inference), this is a huge upgrade.

ThinkReview works on all Chromium browsers.

If you have ideas, want to contribute, or need help setting up local models, feel free to reach out:

I’d love to hear feedback from this community — especially from developers experimenting with LLM-assisted workflows.

Thanks for reading!

— Jay