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ngerakines/commitment

A commit message generator that I use. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/ngerakines/commitment · homepage · Python · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5911
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 759
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1265 stars · 198 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Commitment is a small Tornado web application that generates random, humorous commit messages, powering whatthecommit.com with HTML and plain-text endpoints. It can be used via curl in git aliases or editor extensions to auto-fill commit messages.

Use cases

  • generate a random funny commit message
  • wire a git alias that commits with a random message
  • get plain-text commit messages via curl for scripts
  • self-host a commit message generator
  • integrate random commit messages into VSCode

When to choose

  • you want a quick, humorous commit message generator with a simple text API
  • you want to self-host a lightweight Tornado service
  • you want to hook random commit messages into git aliases or editor extensions

When to avoid

  • you need meaningful, AI-generated commit messages describing actual changes
  • you need an offline CLI tool rather than a web service
  • you need enterprise-grade reliability or support

Facets

service · maturity stable

http-server data-generation developer-tools developer-tools version-control python self-hosted commit-messages humor git tornado random-generation automation web-server

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
ngerakines/commitmentmain32

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="ngerakines/commitment")

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