The lightweight source code inspection company.

Jolt Award Winner
"Best Collaborator Tool"

Smart Bear® is the first and most successful provider of commercial software for agile and lightweight source code reviews. Our flagship product Code Collaborator simplifies peer review by supporting workflows, integrating with incumbent development tools, and automating audit trails, metrics, and reporting.

The largest case study of peer review ever published

Smart Bear is the industry thought leader on lightweight code review and is well known for conducting the largest-ever case study of peer review at Cisco Systems. Read about this and other insights in the book Best Kept Secrets of Peer Code Review written by the founders and associates of Smart Bear.

Smart Bear also publishes articles in various trade magazines and provides various other helpful tips and techniques to help companies make the most of their code reviews.

About the company

Smart Bear is based in Austin, Texas and is privately held. Smart Bear has been profitable and cash-flow positive since Q4 2003. To get to know us better, check out our blog or read our company history.