cookpete/auto-changelog

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1395 stars · 162 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

auto-changelog is a Node.js command line tool that generates a CHANGELOG.md file from a git repository's tags and commit history. It supports customizable templates, tag patterns, and link generation for commits, issues, and merges.

Use cases

• generate a changelog from git commit history
• create release notes automatically from git tags
• produce a keepachangelog-format changelog for my repo
• generate changelog for a monorepo
• customize changelog output with templates and regex patterns

When to choose

• you maintain a git-based project and want an automated, repeatable changelog
• you want configurable templates and tag/issue pattern matching
• you prefer a simple npm-installed CLI with no CI dependency

When to avoid

• you use conventional commits and want semantic-release-style automated versioning and publishing
• your project is not version-controlled with git
• you need changelogs generated from GitHub PRs/issues rather than git history

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli documentation version-control developer-tools developer-tools version-control documentation cli cross-platform changelog-generator git npm release-notes markdown command-line nodejs

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