Re-review requested after auth flow cleanup
meltenc/pulldeck #41@alice
re-review
GitHub review priority · Native macOS app
Know what to review first.
PullDeck turns GitHub review requests into a clear priority queue, timed in working hours and ready in your menu bar.
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PR with no first review after the warning threshold
acme/api #23@dina
1st review overdue
Urgent release blocker with a very large diff and failing checks
acme/mobile #72@chloe
1st review overdue
Old migration waiting long enough to trigger overdue handling
acme/platform #18@bob
overdue
Long PR title to verify wrapping in the menu bar popover row layout
acme/web #105@erin
overdue
Unlabelled cleanup with pending checks
acme/tools #7@frank
overdue
Ready to merge2
Ready to merge after approval and green CI
acme/web #91
Ready to merge without required checks
acme/docs #92
In review2
Address requested changes on settings persistence
meltenc/pulldeck #88
changes requested
Still in review because mergeability is unknown
acme/api #96
Draft1
Draft exploration with prior review feedback
acme/desktop #94
changes requested
23 min
Average time to fully refocus after an interruption (Gloria Mark, UC Irvine)
More code creates more review work, not more reviewer attention.
GitHub can tell you that six pull requests need attention. It cannot tell you whether a requested follow-up, a late first review or an older queue item should come first.
PullDeck resolves that ambiguity before you open a browser. The queue stays ordered by review action, while a quiet badge lets you choose when to switch context.
How PullDeck decides what comes first.
Five native tiers turn review state into an order your team can understand and predict.
Working time, not wall-clock time
Overdue signals can count only your working hours, in your own time zone.
Stable inside every tier
The longest wait comes first, then the PR number breaks a tie.
- 1Re-review requestedYou reviewed it before and your feedback is requested again.
- 21st review overduePast the threshold, with no decisive review submitted yet.
- 3OverdueWaiting for your review beyond the configured threshold.
- 41st review missingReady for someone to take a first look.
- 5Everything elseNo urgent review signal. The longest wait comes first.
A review priority system, not another inbox.
Deterministic, not scored
Every position follows a visible tier and a stable tie-breaker. No opaque urgency score, no ranking that changes for reasons your team cannot explain.
Team rules, personal time
Export the review policy your team shares: labels, diff-size tiers and the overdue threshold. Working hours and time zone stay personal to each reviewer and each Mac.
Context before the click
Review state, waiting time, diff size, checks and labels stay visible in the queue. You can choose the next review without opening every pull request first.
Grounded in how code review actually moves.
- 50% higher delivery performance
- Teams with fast code reviews outperform. PullDeck exists to shorten time-to-review without pinging anyone.DORA 2023 · Google Cloud
- < 1 hour to first feedback
- Median time to first feedback on small changes at Google. Fast first response is the norm PullDeck's tiers protect.Google · ICSE 2018
- ~400 lines per review
- Defect detection drops sharply beyond ~400 changed lines. That's why every row shows diff size before you commit your attention.SmartBear × Cisco
- Time In Review
- Meta measures how long diffs wait on reviewers and builds work-hours awareness into its tooling. Same idea behind PullDeck's business-hours overdue rule.Meta Engineering, 2022
- More than defects
- Reviews transfer knowledge and team awareness. One more reason queues shouldn't silently stall.Microsoft Research · ICSE 2013
One review policy. Personal working hours.
For engineers
- Open one ordered queue instead of reconstructing priority from notifications, tabs and timestamps.
- Batch reviews between focus blocks. The menu bar keeps the queue visible without pulling you into it.
- See why a PR comes first before opening it: review state, wait time and diff size stay on the row.
For engineering leaders
- Give the team one review policy: the same tiers, overdue threshold, labels and diff-size bands.
- Surface first reviews and follow-up reviews before they quietly stall delivery.
- Keep calendars personal. Shared rules never overwrite a reviewer's hours or time zone.
Privacy
Simple to audit. Boring on purpose.
- No backend
- The app talks to GitHub's API directly from your Mac. Nothing sits in between.
- Zero telemetry
- The app has no analytics, no crash reporting, no tracking of any kind.
- Keychain only
- Your token lives in the macOS Keychain, never in a file, never in plain text.
- Read-only token
- A fine-grained personal access token with read-only permissions is all it needs.
- GitHub, plus updates
- The app calls api.github.com for your PRs and fetches a signed update feed from pulldeck.dev. That check is anonymous: no identifiers, no profiling, no usage data.
- Signed native updates
- Sparkle is the only package dependency. It verifies every direct update with EdDSA before PullDeck replaces the app.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
What is PullDeck?
PullDeck is a native macOS menu bar app that turns GitHub review requests into an explainable priority queue. It shows what to review first, why it comes first and the context you need before opening the pull request.
How does PullDeck prioritize pull requests?
PullDeck uses five deterministic tiers: re-review requested, first review overdue, overdue, first review missing, then everything else. Within a tier, the pull request waiting longest comes first, with the PR number as a stable tie-breaker. There is no black-box urgency score.
Does PullDeck send my code or data anywhere?
No. PullDeck has no backend and sends zero telemetry. It talks to api.github.com for your pull requests and anonymously fetches an update feed from pulldeck.dev. The feed sends no identifiers, profiling or usage data, and your GitHub token stays in the macOS Keychain.
Is PullDeck free?
Yes. PullDeck is free while in beta. A one-time lifetime license will be introduced later, and beta users get access now at no cost.
Which macOS versions are supported?
PullDeck runs on macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later. It is a native Swift and SwiftUI app, not Electron.
How do I install it?
Two ways. With Homebrew, run brew install --cask lumargo/pulldeck/pulldeck, then update later with brew upgrade. Or download the .dmg, drag PullDeck.app into your Applications folder, and double-click to open. The app is signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple, so macOS opens it directly with no Gatekeeper warning. The icon then lives in your menu bar, not the Dock.
Does PullDeck start automatically at login?
Optionally. There's a launch-at-login toggle in the menu, off by default. Turn it on and PullDeck is in your menu bar every time you sign in, ready before you are.
Does PullDeck work offline?
PullDeck needs a connection to api.github.com to fetch your pull requests. Offline, it keeps showing the last deck it fetched and surfaces a network error until you reconnect, then it refreshes automatically. There's no cloud sync.
What about Windows and Linux?
Not yet. We started on macOS to get the system-wide integration right; other platforms are on the roadmap.
How is PullDeck different from GitHub notifications?
GitHub notifications report events. PullDeck organizes review work. It separates a re-review from a late first review, applies your working-hours-aware overdue threshold, and keeps the resulting queue in your menu bar until you choose to open it.
How is PullDeck different from a pull request monitor?
A pull request monitor can show what exists or what changed. PullDeck is built around the next review action. Its native tiers distinguish follow-up reviews, first reviews and overdue work, then explain the order directly in the interface.
What GitHub permissions does PullDeck need?
Only a fine-grained personal access token with read-only permissions. PullDeck never writes to your repositories.
Do I need to configure PullDeck?
No. PullDeck works as soon as you paste a token, with tuned defaults, and it follows your Mac's time zone on its own. Everything is still configurable: labels, diff-size tiers, overdue thresholds, working hours. A team config can be exported and imported so everyone shares the same rules, while each reviewer keeps their own working hours and time zone.
Who builds PullDeck?
PullDeck is an independent side project, built and maintained by a software engineer who lives the code-review grind every day and wanted a calmer way to keep up. Its prioritization rules are based on published code-review research from Google, Microsoft, Meta and SmartBear.
Open the queue. Start with the right review.
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