# CodeKit Reviews **Vendor:** Incident57 **Category:** [Java Web Frameworks](https://www.g2.com/categories/java-web-frameworks) **Average Rating:** 4.3/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 4 ## About CodeKit CodeKit is a web framework to build websites. ## CodeKit Reviews ### 1. A wizard's box of web development tools **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** a.h.s. b. | Software Architect, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2022 **What do you like best about CodeKit?** I've never had to learn Gulp, or Webpack, or any of those other "bundle your web development assets" toolkits, because I use CodeKit, which has been around longer than most of them. It's easy to use, has a GUI interface, and the best release notes of any app I've ever owned. **What do you dislike about CodeKit?** There aren't many. It does its job very well. The depth of options available for configuring, processing, and building development projects is vast, so sometimes figuring out which configuration options you need is daunting. **What problems is CodeKit solving and how is that benefiting you?** CodeKit absolves me from needing to know a lot about javascript modules, preprocessing SASS files, and importing things from NodeJS. I tell it what I need, and it takes care of all the bundling and building details. ### 2. A great tool that allows be to build websites and not worry about setting up all the config elements **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** James C. | Creative Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 24, 2023 **What do you like best about CodeKit?** CodeKit is an excellent tool during the web design process. As a front-end developer, I use it to compile all my files, css, JS, etc., and optimise the images. It also has a great browser sync tool to show changes without refreshing. **What do you dislike about CodeKit?** It takes a little bit of setting up, but there is great documentation. **What problems is CodeKit solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's a great tool to save time in compiling all my files and optimizing my website. ### 3. Glitchy **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Liz M. | Writer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 29, 2022 **What do you like best about CodeKit?** Has been very helpful for many of our deliverables but we're finding it quite glitchy and sometimes laggy. We've been looking for alternate, more reliable solutions **What do you dislike about CodeKit?** Reliability and speed - when it works it's great but when it doesn't it's quite frustrating. Hoping newer releases address this issue because we do enjoy the product a fair bit **What problems is CodeKit solving and how is that benefiting you?** Makes it easy to use our web development tools throughout our ecosystem, great to streamline our processes in a user-friendly way. Easy to learn and optimize for even novice users ### 4. It just works **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** collette s. | founder, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 04, 2019 **What do you like best about CodeKit?** While there's many alternatives code kit is one that just pretty much works out of the box, set up is smooth and easy, and its perfect for those who work better with or just like seeing a clean interface. It's low cost and perfect for SASS. **What do you dislike about CodeKit?** Code kit is Mac only, and can sometimes feel like overkill for some people. **Recommendations to others considering CodeKit:** use what works best for you **What problems is CodeKit solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm able to compile SASS with ease, while using live sync for previewing. Which i wasn't able to find simple ways of doing previously. ## CodeKit Discussions - [What is CodeKit used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-codekit-used-for) - [View CodeKit pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/codekit/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-20+01%3A45%3A00+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=aeff19fb-be31-46bb-a78c-4d456f54bace&secure%5Btoken%5D=510cf5d37eeb60e4dfcf01182d5cf461828da5112a3ef3e2fe5d30ade7af2c15&format=llm_user) ## Top CodeKit Alternatives - [spring.io](https://www.g2.com/products/spring-io/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (290 reviews) - [JHipster](https://www.g2.com/products/jhipster/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (83 reviews) - [Grails](https://www.g2.com/products/grails/reviews) - 3.6/5.0 (23 reviews)