Graphite is a developer productivity platform built on top of Git and GitHub, designed to streamline how engineering teams review, manage, and ship code. It focuses on improving the code review process by introducing structured workflows that make changes easier to manage and deploy incrementally.

At its core, Graphite introduces the concept of stacked pull requests (or “stacked diffs”), where large code changes are broken down into smaller, dependent units. This approach reduces review complexity, accelerates feedback cycles, and helps teams maintain higher code quality. The platform complements this workflow with automation tools, dashboards, and AI-assisted features that support developers throughout the development lifecycle.

Graphite addresses common bottlenecks in modern software development, such as slow code reviews, large and difficult-to-review pull requests, and coordination challenges across teams. By enabling smaller, more manageable changes and providing visibility into development workflows, it allows teams to ship code more frequently and with greater confidence.

Positioned as a productivity layer for engineering teams, Graphite is particularly useful for organizations working with GitHub that want to adopt faster, more scalable development practices inspired by workflows used at large technology companies.

Key features include:

• Support for stacked pull requests (stacked diffs) to manage incremental changes
• Integration with Git and GitHub workflows
• Tools for faster and more structured code reviews
• Automation and dashboards for tracking development progress
• AI-assisted features to improve developer efficiency

Common use cases include:

• Improving code review workflows
• Managing large codebases with incremental changes
• Increasing developer velocity
• Reducing merge conflicts
• Enabling teams to ship features more frequently

Graphite is developed as a software platform for engineering teams, inspired by internal tooling practices used at large technology companies.