# conventional-changelog/standard-version

:trophy: Automate versioning and CHANGELOG generation, with semver.org and conventionalcommits.org

Repository: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/standard-version
Language: JavaScript
License: ISC
License Family: permissive
Topics: version, release, semantic, versioning, standard, changelog, history, tag, git, cli, tags, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-07-16T17:09:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3803, "days_push": 48, "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 7976, forks 763 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:10.435992+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: version-control, cli, developer-tools, documentation
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: conventional-commits, semver, changelog-generation, release-automation, git-tags, deprecated, automation, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- conventional-changelog/standard-version (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:10.435992+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 2026-08-29T17:32:35.598756+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:10.435992+00:00, sha aba05b9b819e)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/standard-version (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:54.504018+00:00, sha 4e88aa4f9c33)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.