Use with self-hosted CodeRabbit

Connect the CLI to your self-hosted CodeRabbit instance

Configure the CodeRabbit CLI to work with your organization’s self-hosted CodeRabbit instance. This setup gives you all the benefits of AI-powered code reviews while maintaining full control over your code and data.

Prerequisites

Before connecting to your self-hosted instance, ensure:

CLI version

CodeRabbit CLI version 0.3.5 or higher installed

Clean setup

Log out of the extension if you were previously connected to the managed service (coderabbit auth logout)

Connect your self-hosted instance

1. Install CLI

   Download and install the CodeRabbit CLI to start reviewing code locally.

   Installation script

   curl -fsSL https://cli.coderabbit.ai/install.sh | sh
   

   brew install coderabbit
   
2. Restart your shell

   After installation, restart your shell or reload your shell configuration.

   # Restart your shell or run:
   source ~/.zshrc
   
3. Authenticate

   Link your CodeRabbit account to enable personalized reviews based on your team’s patterns.

   coderabbit auth login --self-hosted
   

   This is going to ask you for more details in the further steps.

4. Select your Git provider

   Select the Git provider from the list using arrow keys to connect the CLI with.

5. Enter your self-hosted CodeRabbit url

   Provide your self-hosted CodeRabbit’s url: “your-self-hosted-coderabbit-url/”. Verify the url validation.

6. Complete sign-in in the browser

   A browser window opens automatically. Sign in via your Git provider and the authentication completes in the browser.