Tool overview
What The Diff is listed under Programming AI tools.
What is What The Diff?
What The Diff connects to GitHub or GitLab to summarize pull requests, draft descriptions, notify teams, generate changelog content, produce weekly progress reports, and suggest inline refactoring. It supports repository-level controls, common programming languages, multilingual summaries, webhooks, email, Slack, and a changelog JSON API.
Best for
Development teams automating reviewed pull-request documentation and change communication
Who is it for?
Decision note
Confirm token consumption, repository limits, supported hosts, notification channels, API and webhook security, data handling, cancellation, support, and the current larger-volume options.
Key features
Automatic pull-request titles and descriptions
Team summaries through Slack and email
Weekly progress and repository activity reports
Inline AI refactoring suggestions
Changelog generation and public JSON API
Fine-grained settings for repositories and notifications
Use cases
Documenting pull requests consistently
Sending reviewed change summaries
Producing a product changelog
Identifying small refactoring opportunities
Pros
- Includes a useful permanent free plan
- Supports GitHub and GitLab workflows
- Works across nearly all programming languages
Limitations
What The Diff can misunderstand code intent, expose sensitive metadata through notifications, or propose unsafe refactors. Teams must review every output, minimize repository permissions, protect tokens and webhooks, test code changes, and follow internal approval policies.
Pricing details
Billing options
Pricing note
What The Diff Free costs $0 and includes 25,000 tokens per month, roughly ten pull requests. Pro 200k costs $19 per month and includes about 200,000 tokens, notifications, and priority support. Larger usage depends on the currently offered token options.
Supported programming languages
- Nearly all programming languages
Integrations
GitHub
GitLab
Slack
Webhooks
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