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Nutlope/aicommits

aicommits is a CLI tool that automatically generates AI-powered git commit messages based on staged code changes. It analyzes your git diff and produces commit message suggestions, saving developers from manually writing repetitive commit messages.

Project overview

aicommits eliminates a routine development friction point by bringing AI directly into the standard git commit workflow. Its support for a wide variety of local and remote AI providers, combined with multiple commit message formats and a git hook integration, gives it flexibility for diverse development environments.

Project type: AI Coding
Use cases: Documents & Office · Coding & Development
Deployment: Refer to project documentation
License: MIT

Best for

Developers looking to save time by automating the creation of git commit messages.

Key capabilities

Generates commit messages from staged git changes using a configured AI provider.
Allows generating multiple commit message suggestions at once to pick from.
Supports plain, conventional, conventional+body, gitmoji, and subject+body commit message formats.
Allows customizing the LLM's behavior to guide commit message generation, such as enforcing specific languages or style instructions.
Integrates with Git via the prepare-commit-msg hook to automatically generate messages during standard git commits.
Supports selecting and configuring multiple AI providers like OpenAI, TogetherAI, Groq, xAI, OpenRouter, Ollama, and LM Studio.

Limitations and risks

Requires Node.js v22 or higher to run.
Generating multiple message suggestions uses more tokens and costs more.

Getting started

Install the tool globally via npm using 'npm install -g aicommits', run 'aicommits setup' for guided configuration, stage your files with 'git add <files...>', and execute 'aicommits' to generate a commit message.

Evidence and sources

README: A CLI that writes your git commit messages for you with AI. Never write a commit message again.
README: Supported providers include: - **TogetherAI** (recommended) - Get your API key from [TogetherAI](https://api.together.ai/) - **OpenAI** - Get your API key from [OpenAI API Keys pa…
README: This will automatically detect your package manager (npm, pnpm, yarn, or bun) and update using the correct command.
README: The minimum supported version of Node.js is v22. Check your Node.js version with `node --version`.
README: You can call `aicommits` directly to generate a commit message for your staged changes: ```sh git add <files...> aicommits ``` `aicommits` passes down unknown flags to `git commit…

Reviewed at: 2026-07-18T04:05:45Z