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farol
Free, open-source CLI and GitHub Action that tells whoever approves a pull request how risky the merge is (fast track, quick or careful review, plus a 0-100 score) and which files carry the risk, using static analysis rather than an LLM.
💲 Open source (MIT). No account or hosted service; runs locally or in your CI. Source: github.com (checked Oct 27, 2026).
Pros & cons
👍 Pros
- Deterministic: same PR always gets the same answer
- Shows every page, API and job a change reaches
- Never executes or uploads your code
👎 Cons
- Very new (v0.2)
- Complements, not replaces, an AI code review
Latest release
Show HN launch
Launched on Show HN as a risk map for the person who approves AI-written pull requests. Run with npx @winninjs/farol or the winnin/farol/action GitHub Action. Source ↗
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