# Install commitizen

Defines a standard way of committing rules and communicating it. Version 4.16.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-31.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:commitizen
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install commitizen
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install commitizen
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/commitizen/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#commitizen
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/commitizen/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id shipengqi.commitizen -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: shipengqi.commitizen from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:commitizen
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/commitizen>
- **Version:** 4.16.3
- **Source summary:** Defines a standard way of committing rules and communicating it
- **Homepage:** <https://commitizen-tools.github.io/commitizen/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://commitizen-tools.github.io/commitizen>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/17/cc/d87b094ef858c67febcd1d8902352c84b42c9ebc8221d6f2e9d553273358/commitizen-4.16.3.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-31T10:33:57Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- cz (cli)
- git-cz (cli)
- cz (alias)
- git-cz (alias)

## Dependencies

- libyaml
- python@3.14

## Build Dependencies

- maturin
- rust

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 4.16.3
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-31
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://commitizen-tools.github.io/commitizen/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Notes de sécurité

no executable entrypoint in the package index.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- no executable entrypoint in the package index

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** commitizen
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - commitizen: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/commitizen/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - commitizen: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/commitizen/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - shipengqi.commitizen: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: shipengqi.commitizen from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


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- [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph