# cookpete/auto-changelog

Command line tool for generating a changelog from git tags and commit history

Repository: https://github.com/cookpete/auto-changelog
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/auto-changelog
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-05-29T16:20:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 70/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 84, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3898, "days_push": 96, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1395, forks 162 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:36.510196+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, documentation, version-control, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, version-control, documentation
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: changelog-generator, git, npm, release-notes, markdown, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- cookpete/auto-changelog (main) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.510196+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:39:22.568913+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cookpete/auto-changelog (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:36.510196+00:00, sha 96d7cd8d8811)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/auto-changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T11:54:12.015609+00:00, sha a36d649cbcb6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.