# Install commitizen with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, winget Defines a standard way of committing rules and communicating it. Version 4.16.4 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-23. ## 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 page:** - **Version:** 4.16.4 - **Source summary:** Defines a standard way of committing rules and communicating it - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-23T10:08:56Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+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: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 4.16.4 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-23 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://commitizen-tools.github.io/commitizen/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage Commitizen is a Python CLI for standardized Git commits and release automation. Its official documentation presents it as a tool for Conventional Commits, semantic version bumping, and changelog generation. ### Project history The project grew around the idea that commit-message conventions can drive release work: the CLI guides commit creation, validates commit messages, calculates version bumps from commit history, and can update changelogs. The public Python package history on PyPI dates back to 2017, placing this implementation in the wave of Conventional Commits tooling that moved commit metadata into everyday release automation. ### Adoption history Commitizen is distributed as a Python package and documented for installation through pipx, uv, pip, conda, Poetry, pdm, and Homebrew. That spread is notable because the tool is not only a Python-project helper; it is commonly installed as a developer workstation CLI for projects in any language that want commit and release rules. ### How it is used Typical usage centers on `cz commit` for guided commits, commit-message validation through pre-commit-style hooks, and `cz bump` for version and changelog updates. Its package-manager value comes from making release conventions executable rather than leaving them as prose in CONTRIBUTING files. ### Why package nerds care Commitizen sits at the intersection of source-control hygiene and package release mechanics. For package maintainers, it is significant because the same commit taxonomy can feed semantic versioning, changelog text, tags, and CI release steps. ### Timeline - 2017: PyPI records public Commitizen releases. - 2020s: Official documentation emphasizes Conventional Commits, semantic versioning, changelog generation, and pre-commit integration. - 2026: PyPI continues to publish 4.x releases. ### Related projects - Commitizen is closely related to Conventional Commits, Semantic Versioning, Keep a Changelog, and pre-commit-style Git hook workflows. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for commitizen. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ./.cz.toml, ./cz.toml, ./.cz.json, ./cz.json, ./.cz.yaml, ./cz.yaml, ./pyproject.toml ## 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:** - **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 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [python@3.14](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/python-3-14/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [maturin](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/maturin/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gitversion](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitversion/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, release-management, semantic-versioning. - [cocogitto](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cocogitto/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: changelog, cli, conventional-commits, developer-tools, git. - [git-cliff](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-cliff/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: changelog, cli, conventional-commits, developer-tools, git. - [changelogen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/changelogen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: changelog, cli, conventional-commits, developer-tools, release-management. - [commitlint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/commitlint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, conventional-commits, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [convco](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/convco/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: changelog, cli, conventional-commits, developer-tools, release-management. - [czg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/czg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, conventional-commits, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [git-quick-stats](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-quick-stats/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, commits, developer-tools, git, version-control. - [commitizen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/commitizen/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: changelog, commitizen, conventional, cz, git. - [commitizen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/commitizen/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/commitizen.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/commitizen.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph