# ngerakines/commitment

A commit message generator that I use.

Repository: https://github.com/ngerakines/commitment
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/commitment
Homepage: http://whatthecommit.com/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-08-04T12:43:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5911, "days_push": 759, "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 1265, forks 198 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:10.937251+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: service
- maturity: stable
- function: http-server, data-generation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: python, self-hosted
- tags: commit-messages, humor, git, tornado, random-generation, automation, web-server

## Member repositories
- ngerakines/commitment (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:10.937251+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 2026-08-30T05:03:52.989719+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ngerakines/commitment (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:10.937251+00:00, sha 4a9684e91795)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.