# Install generate-changelog with npm

Generate a changelog from git commits. Version 1.8.0 via npm; verified 2019-06-25.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g generate-changelog
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:generate-changelog
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/generate-changelog>
- **Version:** 1.8.0
- **Source summary:** Generate a changelog from git commits.
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/lob/generate-changelog#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/lob/generate-changelog>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/lob/generate-changelog#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/generate-changelog/-/generate-changelog-1.8.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/lob/generate-changelog/issues>
- **Published:** 2019-06-25T18:04:48.185Z
- **Last updated:** 2019-06-25T18:04:48.185Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- changelog (cli)
- generate-changelog (cli)
- generate-changelog (alias)

## Dependencies

- bluebird
- commander
- github-url-from-git

## Build dependencies

- chai
- chai-as-promised
- coveralls
- eslint
- eslint-config-lob
- eslint-plugin-lob
- istanbul
- mocha
- sinon

## Install behavior

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

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.8.0
- Package-manager updated: 2019-06-25
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/lob/generate-changelog
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for generate-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: 1.8.0
- **Version Count:** 14
- **Maintainers:** siddharthpant92, lob-owner, barnabygo, team.platform.lob.com, kplob, vmangwani, nathanielwaldschmidtlob, andrew.guterres, mmorgan-lob, vikita.bhandari, lobstertroy, hunteryoakum
- **Author:** Lob
- **Publisher:** lob
- **Integrity:** sha512-msgpxeB75Ziyg3wGsZuPNl7c5RxChMKmYcAX5obnhUow90dBZW3nLic6nxGtst7Bpx453oS6zAIHcX7F3QVasw==
- **Shasum:** 1d788cdef5a13a649da7eb2a1f3b02674850e4a8
- **Unpacked Size:** 25,036
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2015-12-14T20:21:05.098Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2019-06-25T18:04:48.185Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-05-08T14:47:30.845Z


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [keep-a-changelog](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/keep-a-changelog/) - Executable or command metadata overlaps with this package. Shared terms: changelog, generate, semver.
- [auto-changelog](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/auto-changelog/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: changelog, commander, commits, git, github.
- [release-please](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/release-please/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: changelog, commits, generate, git, github.

## Sources

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