# Install auto-changelog with npm

Command line tool for generating a changelog from git tags and commit history. Version 2.6.0 via npm; verified 2026-05-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:auto-changelog
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g auto-changelog
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:auto-changelog
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/auto-changelog>
- **Version:** 2.6.0
- **Source summary:** Command line tool for generating a changelog from git tags and commit history
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/auto-changelog/-/auto-changelog-2.6.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-29T16:19:09.036Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-29T16:19:09.036Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- auto-changelog (cli)
- auto-changelog (alias)

## Dependencies

- commander
- handlebars
- import-cwd
- parse-github-url
- semver

## Build dependencies

- @babel/core
- @babel/register
- babel-plugin-istanbul
- babel-plugin-rewire
- codecov
- cross-env
- markdownlint-cli
- npmignore
- nyc
- snazzy
- standard
- tape

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 2.6.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-29
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for auto-changelog. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 2.6.0, Tags: 0.0.0-e344c22
- **Version Count:** 65
- **Maintainers:** cookpete, ljharb
- **Author:** Pete Cook
- **Publisher:** ljharb
- **Engines:** Node: >= 10
- **Integrity:** sha512-jJgUkuWXQ7fPLPXOMQk/XSSmy7KvzpzhjJa6w660dq1KTEez/GW2CPckBra3jMMMMpcwxp84bOslo29qRCewzA==
- **Shasum:** 30f7ad70fba7f76927320ad8de40dac1311751d5
- **Unpacked Size:** 90,474
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2015-12-31T11:52:02.983Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-29T16:19:09.036Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-29T16:19:45.125Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - auto-changelog: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/au/auto-changelog/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [generate-changelog](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/generate-changelog/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: changelog, commander, commits, git, github.
- [release-it](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/release-it/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: changelog, commit, git, github, parse.
- [release-please](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/release-please/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: changelog, commits, git, github, parse.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph