Orchard – Code hosting with semantic diffs and merges

Summary: Orchard is a code hosting platform that provides semantic diffs, merges, and code intelligence by analyzing code structure at the function, type, and symbol level instead of raw text. It highlights changes to functions and signatures, prevents merge conflicts between different functions in the same file, and includes built-in symbol search and call graphs.

What it does

Orchard uses syntax and symbols to deliver structural diffs and smarter merges, showing which entities changed in pull requests rather than line-based changes. It integrates code intelligence features like symbol references and call graphs directly into the host.

Who it's for

Developers and teams seeking code hosting that understands code structure to reduce merge conflicts and improve code review clarity.

Why it matters

It solves the problem of traditional line-based diffs and merges that cause conflicts by treating code as text rather than structured entities.