I wanted AI code review I could actually own.
Not access through a subscription or a black-box service with its own limits. The deployment, credentials, providers, and usage under my control.
I kept hitting usage limits mid-week during deep building sessions. The models were capable. The workflow was useful. But access still depended on somebody else's weekly allowance, and centralized platforms can change whenever the company behind them decides to. Pricing, quotas, models, plan boundaries.
A workflow that fits this month may sit behind another subscription next month. I could not find a reliable open-source option that gave me the ownership model I wanted. So I built one.
That became Codra: A self-hosted AI review engine built around bring-your-own models, your own data boundary, and no Codra-imposed usage ceiling.
