# Install commitlint

Lint your commit messages. Version 21.0.2 via npm; verified 2026-05-29.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:commitlint
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g commitlint
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** npm:commitlint
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager URL:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/commitlint>
- **Version:** 21.0.2
- **Source summary:** Lint your commit messages
- **Homepage:** <https://commitlint.js.org/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://commitlint.js.org/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/commitlint/-/commitlint-21.0.2.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-05-29T09:33:11.476Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-29T09:33:11.476Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- commitlint (cli)

## Dependencies

- @commitlint/cli
- @commitlint/types

## Build Dependencies

- @commitlint/test
- @commitlint/utils
- tinyexec

## Install Behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 21.0.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-29
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for commitlint. 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: 21.0.2
- **Version Count:** 146
- **Maintainers:** marionebl, martinhelmut, escapedcat, bycedric
- **Author:** Mario Nebl
- **Publisher:** escapedcat
- **Engines:** Node: >=22.12.0
- **Integrity:** sha512-396jFlB/RPVbd8/fM959insMb1WHNV8a5QlBDtBHfX3k5+APHpJI9b7quP3TFDtwBiVfXVTItE6mOhc08hKzlg==
- **Shasum:** e9256d80b486853cbbff448aabced4f396ddff3a
- **Unpacked Size:** 2,283
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2017-10-14T09:41:14.660Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-05-29T09:33:11.476Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-29T09:33:11.667Z

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - commitlint: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/commitlint/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - Commitlint.Commitlint: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: Commitlint.Commitlint from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Related Links

- [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [commitlint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/commitlint/) - Same normalized package name appears in another local ecosystem. Shared terms: commit, commitlint, conventional, lint, messages.
- [@commitlint/cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/commitlint-cli/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: changelog, commit, commitlint, conventional, conventional-changelog.
- [@commitlint/travis-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/commitlint-travis-cli/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: changelog, commitlint, conventional, conventional-changelog, lint.
- [commitlint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/commitlint/) - 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