# Install kommit with Homebrew, apk, dnf, pacman, zypper

More detailed commit messages without committing! Version 1.1.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:kommit
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install kommit
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add kommit
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kommit from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install kommit
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: kommit from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S kommit
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: kommit from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install kommit
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kommit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:kommit
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kommit>
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Source summary:** More detailed commit messages without committing!
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/vigo/kommit>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/vigo/kommit>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/vigo/kommit#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/vigo/kommit/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- git-kommit (cli)
- git-kommit (alias)

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.1.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/vigo/kommit
- Upstream latest detected: v1.1.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Project history and usage

Kommit is a small Git helper that lets users collect detailed commit-message notes before running `git commit`. It stores the notes in `.git/kommit-message` and uses a `prepare-commit-msg` hook to append them to the final commit message.

### Project history

The repository was created on 2016-01-15, matching the README changelog entry for the initial commit. Version 0.1.0 followed on 2016-01-16, and the README records the 2016-02-10 switch to the `git-kommit` filename for Git subcommand integration.

### Adoption history

Kommit's adoption footprint is intentionally small: it is a shell tool distributed through Homebrew and other Unix package sets for developers who want a scratchpad for commit-message detail without modifying source code.

### How it is used

Typical use is `git kommit -m` or `git kommit -t` to append notes, `git kommit -s` to show them, and `git kommit -i` to install the Git hook.

### Why package nerds care

Kommit is notable as a compact example of Git's external-command convention and hook system: a single executable named `git-kommit` becomes `git kommit` and coordinates with `.git/hooks/prepare-commit-msg`.

### Timeline

- 2016-01-15: Initial commit recorded in the README changelog.
- 2016-01-16: v0.1.0 released.
- 2016-02-10: Renamed to `git-kommit` for Git integration.
- 2016-03-05: Commit-message hook behavior updated so `git commit -m` includes Kommit notes.

### Related projects

- The README cites commit-comments as an inspiration point and lists editor integrations for TextMate, Atom, Sublime, Vim, and Emacs.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/vigo/kommit>
- <https://github.com/vigo/kommit>
- <https://github.com/vigo/kommit/releases/tag/v1.1.0>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vigo/kommit/main/README.md>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- apk - kommit - 1.8.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kommit from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Git GUI client for KDE | https://apps.kde.org/kommit/
- apk - kommit-doc - 1.8.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kommit-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Git GUI client for KDE (documentation) | https://apps.kde.org/kommit/
- apk - kommit-lang - 1.8.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: kommit-lang from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Languages for package kommit | https://apps.kde.org/kommit/
- dnf - kommit - 1.8.1-2.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: kommit from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Graphical Git Client | https://apps.kde.org/kommit/
- dnf - kommit-devel - 1.8.1-2.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: kommit-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development environment for kommit | https://apps.kde.org/kommit/
- pacman - kommit - 1.8.1-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: kommit from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Git gui client | https://apps.kde.org/kommit
- zypper - kommit - 1.7.1-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kommit from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Graphical Git Client | https://apps.kde.org/kommit
- zypper - kommit-lang - 1.7.1-1.4: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: kommit-lang from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Translations for package kommit | https://apps.kde.org/kommit


## Related links

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- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata.
- [braid](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/braid/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
- [codeberg-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/codeberg-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
- [czg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/czg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, commit-message, developer-tools, git, version-control.
- [dura](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dura/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
- [gcli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gcli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
- [git-branchless](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-branchless/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
- [git-cinnabar](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-cinnabar/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
- [git-cola](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-cola/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, git, version-control.
- [koji](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/koji/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, commit, commit-message, control, developer.
- [aicommit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/aicommit/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, commit, control, developer, developer-tools.
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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/kommit.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/kommit.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- 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
