conventional-changelog/standard-version

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

standard-version is a Node.js CLI utility that automates semantic version bumping and CHANGELOG.md generation based on Conventional Commits, replacing `npm version` with automatic changelog, commit, and git tag creation. The project is officially deprecated in favor of release-please or the commit-and-tag-version fork.

Use cases

• automatically bump semver versions from conventional commits
• generate a CHANGELOG.md from git commit history
• replace npm version with automated release commits and tags
• release a Node.js project without manual version editing
• enforce conventional commits in a release workflow

When to choose

• you maintain a legacy Node.js project already using standard-version
• you cannot use GitHub Actions and need a standalone release CLI
• you want a simple, battle-tested semver + changelog automation tool

When to avoid

• starting a new project - it is deprecated; use release-please or commit-and-tag-version instead
• you need monorepo or multi-language release support
• you rely on active maintenance and new features

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

version-control cli developer-tools documentation developer-tools version-control cli cross-platform conventional-commits semver changelog-generation release-automation git-tags deprecated automation command-line nodejs

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