# Install commitizen with npm

Git commit, but play nice with conventions. Version 4.3.2 via npm; verified 2026-06-12.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:commitizen
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g commitizen
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:commitizen
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/commitizen>
- **Version:** 4.3.2
- **Source summary:** Git commit, but play nice with conventions.
- **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>
- **Published:** 2026-06-12T12:50:44.903Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-12T12:50:44.903Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

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

## 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

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Lifecycle scripts: prepare
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 4.3.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-12
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/commitizen/cz-cli
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## 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.


## 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

## 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

- [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [commitizen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/commitizen/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: changelog, commitizen, conventional, cz, git.
- [npm-groovy-lint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/npm-groovy-lint/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: comments, extra, find, format, fs-extra.
- [backport](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/backport/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: comments, find, git, inquirer, json.
- [commitizen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/commitizen/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

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