install

Additional install commands

Portable and language managers

npmverified · 100%

npm install -g commitizen

local npm package metadata

overview

Package summary

Git commit, but play nice with conventions.

Project links

Commands and aliases

commitizen
cz
git-cz

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

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.

Install behavior

npm lifecycle scripts are declared: prepare.
No npm postinstall script is recorded in package metadata.
npm package metadata declares a prepare script.
No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Installs with 14 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 23 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure
`commitizen`	cli	global executable
`cz`	cli	global executable
`git-cz`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version4.3.2

manager updated2026-06-12

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/commitizen/cz-cli

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/commitizen/cz-clinone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	npm:commitizen
Version	4.3.2
Package manager	npm
Package manager page	https://www.npmjs.com/package/commitizen
Homepage	https://github.com/commitizen/cz-cli
Repository	https://github.com/commitizen/cz-cli
Upstream docs	https://github.com/commitizen/cz-cli
License	MIT
Source archive	https://registry.npmjs.org/commitizen/-/commitizen-4.3.2.tgz
Issue tracker	https://github.com/commitizen/cz-cli/issues
Last updated	2026-06-12T12:50:44.903Z
Published	2026-06-12T12:50:44.903Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	cachedir, cz-conventional-changelog, dedent, detect-indent, find-node-modules, find-root, fs-extra, glob, inquirer, is-utf8, lodash, minimist, strip-bom, strip-json-comments
Build dependencies	@babel/cli, @babel/core, @babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread, @babel/preset-env, @babel/register, @istanbuljs/nyc-config-babel, babel-plugin-istanbul, chai, codecov, conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits, cz-conventional-changelog-default-export, ghooks, in-publish, mocha, mocha-junit-reporter, mocha-multi-reporters, nodemon, nyc, proxyquire, semantic-release, semver, sinon, uuid
Bottle	not recorded
npm postinstall	not defined
Service	none declared
Keywords	commit, pretty, format, conventional changelog, commitizen

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	npm registry
Dist Tags	Latest 4.3.2
Version Count	82
Maintainers	linusu jimthedev commitizen-bot pgoodjohn
Author	Jim Cummins
Publisher	GitHub Actions
Engines	Node >= 18
Integrity	sha512-1Zs37z9JPvAcuTSSricZZwBhOPVNNxJouuY4yDEt+eD70EoxT2TU9kViG8CuB/PmVg2G4XsAGQiK4YCst97aDQ==
Shasum	c2288d5518673ba4deae54e0b6843f3e582406c8
Unpacked Size	238,090
File Count	0
Created At	2015-04-20T17:27:19.076Z
Latest Published At	2026-06-12T12:50:44.903Z
Modified At	2026-06-12T13:17:56.111Z

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

commitizen

nix profile install nixpkgs#commitizen

normalized package name match
Matched by: Commitizen

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

MacPorts95%

commitizen

sudo port install commitizen

normalized package name match
Matched by: Commitizen

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

winget95%

shipengqi.commitizen

winget install --id shipengqi.commitizen -e

normalized package name match
Matched by: Commitizen

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

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

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

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