Hound

Plans and prices

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On the record

Access method

Hound’s help page says its GitHub App uses a token to communicate with GitHub’s REST API.help.houndci.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Integration

Hound is offered as a GitHub App that comments directly in pull requests.github.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Intended users

The site describes Hound as a tool for developers and teams maintaining clean, consistent codebases.houndci.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Languages

The site lists JavaScript, Ruby, Python, Swift, PHP, Sass, Go, Elixir, TypeScript, CoffeeScript, Haml, and Shell as currently supported.houndci.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Open source

Thoughtbot says Hound is open source and describes the project as a hosted service.thoughtbot.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Purpose

Hound automates code review for GitHub pull requests by commenting on code quality and style issues.houndci.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Review limits

The listed paid plans cap private reviews at 50, 300, 1,000, or 3,000, depending on plan.houndci.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Security information

The Hound homepage links to a security policy explaining the access Hound needs, but that linked policy returned a 404 when opened.houndci.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Style guides

Hound provides default style guides and lets teams customize them.houndci.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Support

The homepage directs users to the Hound Help Center or @houndci for questions.houndci.com · read 11 Oct 2026

Workflow

Hound reviews and comments when a GitHub pull request is opened or updated.houndci.com · read 11 Oct 2026

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