# steveukx/git-js

A light weight interface for running git commands in any node.js application.

Repository: https://github.com/steveukx/git-js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/git-js
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-14T14:22:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 79, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4778, "days_push": 19, "days_rel": 142, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 20}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3855, forks 339 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:27.178063+00:00)

## What it is
simple-git is a lightweight Node.js/TypeScript library that provides a promise-based interface for running git commands from any Node.js application. It wraps the git CLI binary, exposing commands like commit, push, pull, branch, and log through a fluent API.

## Use cases
- run git commands from a node.js script
- automate git commits and pushes in CI scripts
- read git log and branch info programmatically
- build a tool that manages git repositories
- clone and pull repos from an app
- check git status in a deployment pipeline

## When to choose
- you need to script or automate git operations in Node.js
- you want a typed, promise-based wrapper around the git CLI
- you need lightweight git access without shelling out manually

## When to avoid
- you need a pure-JS git implementation without a git binary installed
- you are building a browser-based app (requires Node.js and git on the system)
- you need deep plumbing-level git object access

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools, version-control, cli
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: git, simple-git, typescript, nodejs-wrapper, automation, nodejs

## Member repositories
- steveukx/git-js (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:27.178063+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 2026-08-29T18:25:56.342249+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/steveukx/git-js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:27.178063+00:00, sha d5b62fe2c3bd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.