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reviewdog vs superpowers-zh
reviewdog has 9,601 GitHub stars, 495 forks, 131 open issues and last shipped yesterday. superpowers-zh has 8,157 stars, 763 forks, 12 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. reviewdog leads on adoption by 18% (9,601 vs 8,157 stars). reviewdog is written in Go under MIT; superpowers-zh is written in JavaScript under MIT. reviewdog has attracted 5% as many forks as stars, superpowers-zh 9%. reviewdog was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (code-review), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| reviewdog | superpowers-zh | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 9.6K | ★ 8.2K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | Go | JavaScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 495 | ⑂ 763 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick reviewdog if
- You weight community size — 9.6K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches Go
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick superpowers-zh if
- You want the superpowers-zh feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You evaluated both and superpowers-zh fits your workflow better
About reviewdog
reviewdog is an automated code review tool written in Go and released under the MIT license. It lives in the version control and collaboration space of the developer tooling ecosystem, and it integrates with code analysis tools regardless of programming language. Rather than performing analysis itself, reviewdog consumes the output of existing linters and static analysis tools and turns those findings into review comments on code hosting services. The project has been published for roughly ten years, carries more than nine thousand stars and close to five hundred forks, and its topic list covers CI, linting, stat…
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About superpowers-zh
superpowers zh is the Chinese language community edition of the superpowers agent skills framework, packaging 20 skills — 14 translated from upstream plus 4 written for Chinese development workflows — for use across 26 AI coding tools, and it is aimed at Chinese speaking developers and teams who already drive assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, or Gemini CLI and want those assistants to follow a disciplined engineering method instead of jumping straight into code.
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Frequently asked questions
Is reviewdog or superpowers-zh more popular?
reviewdog has 9,601 GitHub stars and superpowers-zh has 8,157. reviewdog has the larger community by that measure.
Are reviewdog and superpowers-zh free?
Both are open source. reviewdog is licensed under MIT and superpowers-zh under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between reviewdog and superpowers-zh?
reviewdog is written in Go and superpowers-zh in JavaScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, reviewdog or superpowers-zh?
Choose reviewdog if you want the larger community (9,601 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose superpowers-zh if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.