# CODEOWNERS COMPARISON

**Codefather** can serve as a drop-in replacement for GitHub’s CODEOWNERS—or play alongside it like a trusted consigliere.

GitHub’s [CODEOWNERS](https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-code-owners) lets you define file owners in your codebase and automatically assign them as reviewers. No pull request can be merged until an appropriate codeowner has approved it.

**Codefather** offers more flexibility in assigning codeowners: support for various roles (teams, leads, developers), complex file-match rules, local execution, commit protection, and more. It can prevent unauthorized changes, warn developers, list prohibited files with error levels and contact points, block sensitive merges via GitHub Actions, and auto-assign reviewers when needed.

**Codefather** is designed to offer a delightful developer experience—a single config file for both CLI and GitHub Action usage, efficient commands to protect your codebase, automatic translation of CODEOWNERS into Codefather config, and over 100 personalized reactions to your commits.

**Whether you're enforcing strict governance or just want the Don watching over your commits, Codefather brings clarity, control, and charisma to your workflow.**

| FEATURE                      | CODEFATHER | GITHUB CODEOWNERS |
| ---------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------- |
| Files and folders protection | ✅          | ✅                 |
| Github Action                | ✅          | ✅                 |
| Auto-assign reviewers        | ✅          | ✅                 |
| Teams support                | ✅          | ✅                 |
| CLI + pre-commit             | ✅          | ❌                 |
| Roles hierarchy              | ✅          | ❌                 |
| Personalized feedbacks       | ✅          | ❌                 |
| Customizable config          | ✅          | ❌                 |
| Commit blockage              | ✅          | ❌                 |
| Godfather vibe               | ✅          | ❌                 |
