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Frontend Code Review Checklist

Document template for Google Docs and Word

Make a copy in Google Docs
Price
Free
Style
Minimal
Difficulty
Beginner
Updated
November 6, 2026

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Overview

Reviews slow down when nobody agrees what to check, so people argue about style and rubber-stamp the rest. This template sets shared checklists for authors and reviewers, with size limits, turnaround targets and an escalation path. It focuses each review on accessibility, performance, component reuse and the styles and tests that keep a frontend healthy.

The sample is for Orchardby Software, a fictional web team that aims for pull requests under 400 changed lines, a first review within four working hours and a median turnaround of five hours. Replace the principles, targets and examples with your own, and keep each checklist short enough that people will actually use it.

Useful for

  • An author preparing a pull request for a shared button change
  • A reviewer working through a large refactor before lunch
  • A tech lead settling a disagreement about a component API

What's included

  • Accessibility policy with the review checks and key rule
  • Performance scorecard with budgets and definitions
  • Component reference for a button API, with props and examples
  • Styles article on design tokens, naming and exceptions
  • Test checklist with owners and a short author list
  • Review flow with a disagreement path and a guide page

How to use it

  1. 1

    Click Make a copy in Google Docs, then confirm on the Google page. The copy is saved to your own Google Drive.

  2. 2

    Replace the three principles with the ones your team will hold each other to.

  3. 3

    Trim each checklist to items your CI does not already enforce, then add owners.

  4. 4

    Set your size and turnaround targets, and copy them into the pull request template.

  5. 5

    Delete the guide page, name who breaks a tie, then share the checklist with the team.

What you need

Requirements

  • A Google account with access to Google Drive

Works with

  • Google Docs
  • Microsoft Word (download the .docx)

Questions

Is this code review checklist template free to use?

Yes, you can copy it for nothing. Your Drive copy lets each team trim the checklist to the tools it actually runs.

Are the company, people and figures real?

No. Orchardby Software, its engineers and every target are fictional sample data. Set your own limits and turnaround times before adopting the checklist.

Should reviewers check formatting by hand?

No. Let the linter and formatter settle style, so reviews focus on correctness, accessibility, performance and whether the design fits the codebase.

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