# peritus/bumpversion

Version-bump your software with a single command

Repository: https://github.com/peritus/bumpversion
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bumpversion
Homepage: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bumpversion
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2023-07-14T05:03:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4918, "days_push": 1146, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1519, forks 142 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:57.638744+00:00)

## What it is
A small Python command-line tool that increments version strings across source files in a single command, optionally creating commits and tags in Git or Mercurial. It is configurable via a .bumpversion.cfg file and works with any text files regardless of programming language.

## Use cases
- bump the version number across all files in my repo with one command
- automatically create a git commit and tag when releasing a new version
- update version strings in multiple files from a config file
- increment semver major/minor/patch parts before a release
- manage version numbers without a VCS

## When to choose
- you need a simple, language-agnostic version bump tool for text files
- you want automatic commits and tags as part of your release flow
- you prefer declarative configuration in .bumpversion.cfg

## When to avoid
- you want an actively maintained tool - use the maintained fork bump2version (c4urself) or its successor instead
- you need binary file or non-text version handling
- you need deep integration with modern CI/CD release tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: cli, developer-tools, version-control, configuration-management
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: cli, python, cross-platform
- tags: version-bumping, release-automation, semver, git-tags, deprecated-use-fork, command-line, automation

## Member repositories
- peritus/bumpversion (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:57.638744+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 2026-08-30T04:31:58.277337+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/peritus/bumpversion (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:57.638744+00:00, sha 3f97cc185470)
  - homepage: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bumpversion (fetched 2026-08-29T11:35:14.626313+00:00, sha 1c4ee090f4df)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/bumpversion/json (fetched 2026-08-29T11:35:14.629030+00:00, sha b1b549d1e3ad)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.