Changesets
Manage versioning and changelogs in monorepos with declarative version updates.
Dev workflow and config npm MIT
Used in agent projects
146
1.1% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in dev workflow and config
#15 of 88
by use in those projects
Downloads
5.6M
npm, last 7 days, @changesets/cli
GitHub stars
12.5K
last push Oct 4, 2026
How Changesets is used
Changesets is a dependency in 146 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (1.1%), #15 of 88 in dev workflow and config. The most used alternative there is dotenv. Projects that use it most often also use Turborepo (39.0%), Vitest (41.8%), Husky (32.9%). It is more common in projects set up for Kiro (6.8%) than for Devin Desktop (1.8%).
Often used with Changesets
| Turborepo | 39.0% of Changesets projects · 12.4× more than average |
|---|---|
| Vitest | 41.8% of Changesets projects · 3.4× more than average |
| Husky | 32.9% of Changesets projects · 5.2× more than average |
| Biome | 28.8% of Changesets projects · 8.2× more than average |
| TypeScript | 80.8% of Changesets projects |
| Prettier | 42.5% of Changesets projects · 2.4× more than average |
| lint-staged | 23.3% of Changesets projects · 5.0× more than average |
| tsx | 25.3% of Changesets projects · 2.5× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 2.4% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 1.9% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 2.2% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 4.1% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 3.3% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 4.4% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 6.8% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 1.8% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Changesets as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @changesets/cli |
|---|---|
| Packages counted | @changesets/cli, @changesets/changelog-github, @changesets/changelog-git, @changesets/read, @changesets/pre, @changesets/config, @changesets/assemble-release-plan, @changesets/types |
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (134), Next.js (4), Rust (2), Java / Kotlin (2) |
| Example projects | primer/react, c15t/c15t, ant-design/ant-design-web3, family/connectkit, Huxpro/vue-lynx |
Alternatives to Changesets
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dotenv npm Load environment variables from .env files into process.env. |
2,001 (15.8%) | 189M | 20.5K | BSD-2-Clause |
| python-dotenv pypi Load environment variables from .env files in Python applications. |
828 (6.5%) | 156M | 8,898 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Husky npm Modern Git hooks manager for running tasks on git events. |
797 (6.3%) | 36.2M | 35.3K | MIT |
| lint-staged npm Run linters on git staged files to catch issues before commit. |
591 (4.7%) | 29.5M | 14.7K | MIT |
| concurrently npm Run multiple npm scripts concurrently for efficient development workflows. |
572 (4.5%) | 22.2M | 7,856 | MIT |
| cross-env npm Set environment variables across Windows, Mac and Linux in npm scripts. |
265 (2.1%) | 25.8M | 6,521 | MIT |
| Pydantic Settings pypi Settings management and configuration from environment variables using Pydantic. |
251 (2.0%) | 96.8M | 1,475 | — |
| Rich pypi Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in terminal output. |
243 (1.9%) | 117M | 57.5K | MIT |