release-it conventional changelog
Writes changelogs from conventional commits with release-it.
Dev workflow and config npm MIT
How release-it conventional changelog is used
release-it conventional changelog is a dependency in 12 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983); counting those, it appears in 21 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. The most used alternative in our scan is Changesets (116 projects). Projects that use it most often also use Release It (95.2%), Husky (47.6%), lint-staged (42.9%).
release-it conventional changelog popularity over time
Gid Score 35: downloads 51, use in agent projects 28, GitHub stars 0, downloads trend 65 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with release-it conventional changelog
| Release It | 95.2% of release-it conventional changelog projects · 492.7× more than average |
|---|---|
| Husky | 47.6% of release-it conventional changelog projects · 4.7× more than average |
| lint-staged | 42.9% of release-it conventional changelog projects · 5.5× more than average |
| TypeScript | 90.5% of release-it conventional changelog projects · 1.6× more than average |
| Jest | 33.3% of release-it conventional changelog projects · 5.3× more than average |
| Prettier | 52.4% of release-it conventional changelog projects · 2.5× more than average |
| tsx | 42.9% of release-it conventional changelog projects · 2.8× more than average |
| ESLint | 66.7% of release-it conventional changelog projects · 1.8× more than average |
From all 21 projects in our scan that use release-it conventional changelog, including the dependency samples.
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Cursor | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list release-it conventional changelog as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @release-it/conventional-changelog |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (20), React Native / Expo (1) |
| Example projects | portel-dev/ncp, Miladxsar23/smartstepper, incubrain/foundry, dx-zero/mcpn, TeamCoderz/WordyMe |
Alternatives to release-it conventional changelog
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside release-it conventional changelog are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Changesets npm Manage versioning and changelogs in monorepos with declarative version updates. |
65 | 116 (2.4%) | 3.3M | 12.5K | MIT |
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