Codefather: Protect your codebase beyond CODEOWNERS

GitHub’s CODEOWNERS auto-assigns reviewers. But it can’t enforce real rules.

Codefather gives you absolute control over your repository and can either replace or supercharge CODEOWNERS.

Features:

- Files and folders protection - Advanced file-matching (globs, wildcards, regex) - Commit blockage (you can block or warn and let codeowners decide) - Available offline (CLI) and online (GitHub Action) - Auto-assign reviewers - Role hierarchy (teams, leads, dev) - Personalized feedback - Customizable config - Godfather vibe (optional)

> Who cares? CODEOWNERS already makes sure relevant people validate the code!

True. But Codefather brings more to the table: It blocks unauthorized changes before they waste review time, empowers leads without flooding them with every PR, lets you choose between hard blocking or advisory enforcement, and provides actionable feedback by listing sensitive files touched and who to contact.

Run it offline and online with a single config, enjoy advanced file-matching patterns, automatically translate your CODEOWNERS file, and get over 100 personalized reactions to your commits.

For projects with many contributors and strict governance, this enforcement tool might be helpful!