commitizen
Tooling for standardized git commits following conventional commit format.
Dev workflow and config npm MIT
Used in agent projects
44
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in dev workflow and config
#38 of 88
by use in those projects
Downloads
1.8M
npm, last 7 days, commitizen
GitHub stars
17.5K
last push Sep 25, 2026
How commitizen is used
commitizen is a dependency in 44 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #38 of 88 in dev workflow and config. The most used alternative there is dotenv. Projects that use it most often also use Husky (88.6%), lint-staged (72.7%), Prettier (70.5%).
Often used with commitizen
| Husky | 88.6% of commitizen projects · 14.1× more than average |
|---|---|
| lint-staged | 72.7% of commitizen projects · 15.6× more than average |
| Prettier | 70.5% of commitizen projects · 4.0× more than average |
| cz-conventional-changelog | 65.9% of commitizen projects · 246.1× more than average |
| Playwright (JavaScript) | 38.6% of commitizen projects · 4.4× more than average |
| TypeScript | 90.9% of commitizen projects · 1.6× more than average |
| Vitest | 40.9% of commitizen projects · 3.4× more than average |
| Testing Library | 29.5% of commitizen projects · 4.1× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.7% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.9% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 1.6% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list commitizen as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install commitizen |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (31), Next.js (11), Python (1), .NET (1) |
| Example projects | ChenyCHENYU/Robot_Admin, lucasvieirasilva/nx-plugins, awslabs/nx-plugin-for-aws, leboncoin/spark-web, dmokel/startup-monorepo-fastify-phaser-colyseus-threejs |
Alternatives to commitizen
| 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 |