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@semantic-release/git

Semantic Release plugin to commit release assets to git repository.

Dev workflow and config npm MIT

Used in agent projects
43
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in dev workflow and config
#40 of 88
by use in those projects
Downloads
1.9M
npm, last 7 days, @semantic-release/git
GitHub stars
340
last push Oct 8, 2026

How @semantic-release/git is used

@semantic-release/git is a dependency in 43 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #40 of 88 in dev workflow and config. The most used alternative there is dotenv. Projects that use it most often also use semantic-release (95.3%), @semantic-release/changelog (88.4%), Husky (55.8%).

Often used with @semantic-release/git

semantic-release95.3% of @semantic-release/git projects · 201.8× more than average
@semantic-release/changelog88.4% of @semantic-release/git projects · 273.7× more than average
Husky55.8% of @semantic-release/git projects · 8.9× more than average
Vitest55.8% of @semantic-release/git projects · 4.6× more than average
@semantic-release/github51.2% of @semantic-release/git projects · 232.0× more than average
Semantic Release Exec44.2% of @semantic-release/git projects · 267.2× more than average
Prettier51.2% of @semantic-release/git projects · 2.9× more than average
Semantic Release Commit Analyzer34.9% of @semantic-release/git projects · 210.9× more than average

By coding agent

Claude Code0.8% of projects set up for it
Cursor0.7% of projects set up for it
GitHub Copilot0.5% of projects set up for it
OpenAI Codex2.4% of projects set up for it
Gemini CLI1.1% of projects set up for it

Share of public repos configured for each agent that list @semantic-release/git as a dependency.

Install

Packagenpm install @semantic-release/git
Main stacksTypeScript / JavaScript (36), Next.js (4), Python (1), .NET (1)
Example projectsMaintainerr/Maintainerr, JMBeresford/retrom, Doist/todoist-mcp, blueprintui/blueprintui, Doist/todoist-cli

Alternatives to @semantic-release/git

All dev workflow and config

Tool Used in agent projectsDownloads / wk GitHub starsLicense
dotenv npm
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2,001 (15.8%) 189M 20.5K BSD-2-Clause
python-dotenv pypi
Load environment variables from .env files in Python applications.
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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
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