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P4 Code Review (formerly Helix Swarm) is a web-based code review tool that connects to your Perforce P4 server.
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Overview
P4 Code Review (formerly Helix Swarm) is a web-based code review tool that connects to your Perforce P4 server. It unites teams to do more effective code reviews by enabling contributors to share files, comment, suggest tasks, vote up or down, and submit final work.
Highlights
- Custom workflows provide teams with flexibility and control over the code review process.
- Priority filters enable teams to tackle the most important tasks first.
- CI/CD integrations enable teams to get immediate feedback, so teams can deploy all their code in one spot.
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This product is available free of charge. Free subscriptions have no end date and may be canceled any time.
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If you are an AWS Free Tier customer with a free plan, you are eligible to subscribe to this offer. You can use free credits to cover the cost of eligible AWS infrastructure. See AWS Free Tier for more details. If you created an AWS account before July 15th, 2025, and qualify for the Legacy AWS Free Tier, Amazon EC2 charges for Micro instances are free for up to 750 hours per month. See Legacy AWS Free Tier for more details.
Dimensions summary
The software itself is free; you pay only for the AWS EC2 instance that runs it. You choose from 14 instance sizes across three families. The t3 options (nano, micro, small, medium) suit lighter workloads. The m5 sizes (large through 8xlarge) balance compute and memory. The r5 sizes (large through 8xlarge) provide more memory per instance. Within each family, larger sizes add more CPU and memory, and billing rises accordingly. All are charged per hour of runtime. Pick the size that matches your team's code review load and scale up or down as needed.
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Each family maps to a different resource balance. The t3 sizes give burstable CPU for light, intermittent use. The m5 sizes offer a steady mix of CPU and memory. The r5 sizes weight toward memory. Within any family, moving to a larger size adds more CPU and memory.
Billing meters running instance-hours. A fully stopped instance does not accrue hourly software charges, since the software itself is free. Underlying AWS storage attached to the stopped instance may still incur AWS fees. Charges resume when you start the instance again.
The code review application carries no software fee. You pay only for the AWS EC2 instance-hours of the size you select. It requires a Perforce P4 server to function, which you run separately. No per-user or per-review charge applies through this listing.
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P4 Code Review
P4 Code Review is a web-based, free code review tool for P4. It unites teams to do more effective code reviews by enabling contributors to share files, comment, suggest tasks, vote up or down, and submit final work.
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Version release notes
Helix Swarm 2025.1 - AWS Marketplace Release Notes Overview
Helix Swarm 2025.1 is the latest release of Perforce's collaborative code review and workflow platform for Helix Core. This version introduces usability improvements for developers, enhanced platform compatibility, performance safeguards, and critical security updates.
What's New Key Features
Independent Code Selection in Diff Panel - Copy or highlight code separately on either side of the diff view, making reviews and discussions more precise.
Support for RHEL 9.5 - Ensures compatibility with the latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments.
Library Upgrades - React updated to v18, MUI to v5, and jQuery to v3.7.1 for modernized UI and improved security.
Enhanced Voting Tooltips - Tooltips now display the specific version where a vote was cast, reducing confusion in multi-version reviews.
Stability & Performance Improvements
Redis Authentication Fix - Secure password handling now works correctly.
Large Changelist Protection - The "Request Review" button is disabled for changelists over 1,000 files to prevent out-of-memory issues.
Optimized p4 describe - Reduces unnecessary load when displaying changelists.
Mixed-Case Username Fix - Users on case-insensitive servers can now edit comments reliably.
Consistent Timestamps - Default format now shows HH:MM:SS.
Security Updates
Patched Redis vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-46981 and CVE-2024-51741) to ensure compliance with enterprise security standards.
Updated P4PHP to 2024.2 for compatibility with the latest Helix Core release.
Documentation Enhancements
Clearer installation instructions for Docker, Redis, and ImageMagick.
Improved guidance on Workers, AI analysis, and Windows/Strawberry Perl environments.
Review description search clarified (enabled by default without requiring Helix Search).
Upgrade Guidance
Back up Swarm configuration and test in staging before production deployment.
Verify Redis settings and authentication.
If upgrading from a version prior to 2024.2, update Helix Core to ensure full compatibility.
Review UI customizations for compatibility with React 18 and MUI 5.
Summary
Helix Swarm 2025.1 strengthens usability, security, and compatibility while improving scalability for enterprise environments. This release is recommended for all customers running Swarm on AWS.
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Usage instructions
To get started, you will need to install Perforce P4 first, available on AWS Marketplace - https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-nw7wxff425so4
To connect to the Swarm server, Enter IP of the VM in the browser (IP is the "Public IPv4 address"), username is "perforce" and password is the "Instance Id of associated P4 instance" (ex: i-a123456789). Operating system username is "rocky".
Additional Documentation:
https://www.perforce.com/manuals/swarm/Content/Swarm/chapter.quickstart.html
https://www.perforce.com/manuals/swarm/Content/Swarm/about.html#How_to_use_this_guide
https://www.perforce.com/manuals/swarm/Content/Swarm/home-swarm.html
https://www.perforce.com/manuals/swarm-user-workflow/Content/Swarm/user_workflow_overview.html
CloudFormation link with updated Description of Optional Parameters: https://perforce-cf-templates.s3.amazonaws.com/helix-swarm-releases/perforce-helix-swarm-1.0.0.yaml
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Customer reviews
Sadaf R.
Helix Core
Reviewed on Aug 30, 2023
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to track changelists and file history.
What do you dislike about the product?
Managing multiples workspaces is very difficulty.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Heliz Core makes easy to track changelists and file history. We can identify the code changes snap very easily.
Vincent B.
P4V
Reviewed on May 24, 2022
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
Nothing special, I am just used to it and I find it pretty easy to use now
What do you dislike about the product?
When he fails to rename/move and when it freezes
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Not typing p4 commamd
Paul B.
Great product, especially with Swarm
Reviewed on Feb 26, 2022
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The upgrade service cost next to nothing and the upgrade to latest version, with Swarm added, is much more stable than my previous version.
What do you dislike about the product?
I could not be more happy with how the upgrade was run so professionally and with all questions answered as we went along. The gentleman that helped me was superb.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Stability and addition of Swarm. Great products
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Great product, at least give it a test drive
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Couldn't do it without Helix Core
Reviewed on Aug 12, 2021
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
The easy and quick access to files is most helpful
What do you dislike about the product?
It needs to be debugged occasionally. We have ran across minor glitching
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The benefits are that we can have multiple users, especially with cloud supported integration.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
The product was great for team use. A multi-user interface helps make our integration process faster.
HC provides good access to cloud-based files.
HC has an excellent support team. Available when you need it. Help with fixing bugs.
The price is semi fair, but maintenance costs are a bit high. The cost is per license (per person).
HC provides good access to cloud-based files.
HC has an excellent support team. Available when you need it. Help with fixing bugs.
The price is semi fair, but maintenance costs are a bit high. The cost is per license (per person).
Daniel H.
Good standard enterprise-level version control
Reviewed on Aug 12, 2021
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
P4 Helix Core is a battle-tested solution that supports large file systems. All of the standard and advanced features are here including branching, merging, diffing, file locking and more.
What do you dislike about the product?
GUI Client is too basic and won't detect local file changes automatically. This makes missing file checkins or misunderstandings about latest version vs. local version very confusing, especially for non-engineers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Complete and reliable file version control solution for our software project that supports small and large teams.