GoKawiilRickub launches self-hosted Git platform with built-in AI code review 'Athena'
Rickub is a new Git hosting platform that bundles organization and repository management, merge requests, and an integrated AI reviewer called Athena that leaves inline comments and verdicts on every merge request. It also supports running existing GitHub Actions workflows unchanged, hosting OCI artifacts like container images, Helm charts, SBOMs and WASM in the same namespace as code, and offers CLI, API and MCP access using one token and permission model.
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By combining source control, CI compatibility, artifact registries and AI-assisted review under a single login and permission system, Rickub is positioning itself as an all-in-one alternative to stitching together GitHub, container registries and separate AI code-review tools. The EU-hosted, non-training-data promise around Athena also signals an attempt to appeal to privacy-conscious teams wary of sending code to third-party AI services.
- Rickub bundles Git hosting, CI compatibility, artifact registries and AI code review into one platform.
- Athena, the built-in AI reviewer, processes data in the EU and is not used for model training.
- A unified token and permission model spans the CLI, JSON API, and a hosted MCP endpoint for AI agents.
Source: rickub.com, 2026-09-18
Published there as: “Show HN: Rickub – The Smartest Git in the Universe”
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