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Comparison

commitizen vs git-cliff

No clear leader: commitizen (52.4) and git-cliff (50.7) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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commitizen52
git-cliff51
Score
vioscaleAI score
commitizen52 / 100medium · 60%
git-cliff51 / 100medium · 62%
Pricing
Free tier
commitizen–
git-cliff✓
Model
commitizencommercial
git-cliffopen_source
Price level
commitizenfree
git-clifffree
Transparent
commitizen–
git-cliff✓
Integrations
Count
commitizen2
git-cliff7
Security
Scorecard
commitizen3.9
git-cliff6.8
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
commitizen638
git-cliff17
Github stars
commitizen3,529
git-cliff12,299
Activity
Commits last 30d
commitizen21
git-cliff28
Release
Cadence days
commitizen6
git-cliff37
History
commitizen20 items
git-cliff20 items
License
Spdx
commitizenMIT
git-cliffApache-2.0
Language
Primary
commitizenPython
git-cliffRust
Content
Faq
commitizen5 items
git-cliff5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for changelog tools. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Conventional commits support
commitizen✓
git-cliff✓
Semver automation
commitizen✓
git-cliff✓
Public hosted page
commitizen-
git-cliff-
Embeddable widget
commitizen-
git-cliff-
Custom domain whitelabel
commitizen-
git-cliff-
Audience segmentation
commitizen-
git-cliff-
Monorepo support
commitizen-
git-cliff-
Ci cd integration
commitizen✓
git-cliff-
AI assisted drafting
commitizen-
git-cliff-
View analytics
commitizen-
git-cliff-
Open source self host
commitizen✓
git-cliff✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

commitizen

Commitizen simplifies version management and release processes by enforcing conventional commit message formats and automatically calculating version bumps based on commit history.

Independently observed

git-cliff

Generates changelogs from Git repositories with support for conventional commits and custom regex-powered parsing rules, fully configurable through configuration files.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

commitizen

Open source
as of verify ↗

git-cliff

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
macOS
commitizen✓
git-cliff✗
CLI
commitizen✓
git-cliff✓
Deployment
Self-hosted
commitizen✓
git-cliff✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

commitizen

2 total
  • Slack
  • pre-commit
Independently observed

git-cliff

7 total
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Gitea
  • Bitbucket
  • Azure DevOps
  • Rust
  • Python
Independently observed
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commitizen or git-cliff: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.