Git Cliff Changelog Generator

---
name: "git-cliff Customizable Changelog Generator for Git Repositories"
slug: "git-cliff-changelog-generator"
description: "git-cliff generates changelog files from Git history using conventional commits and regex-powered custom parsers. Written in Rust, it provides highly customizable templates via a TOML configuration file, with integrations for GitHub Actions, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines."
github_stars: 11678
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff"
author: "orhun"
category: "Developer Tools"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "orhun/git-cliff"
  github_stars: 11678
  npm_package: "git-cliff"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 70840
---

# git-cliff Customizable Changelog Generator for Git Repositories

git-cliff generates changelog files from Git history using conventional commits and regex-powered custom parsers. Written in Rust, it provides highly customizable templates via a TOML configuration file, with integrations for GitHub Actions, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/orhunp/git-cliff">
- <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/orhun/git-cliff/docker.yml?style=flat&labelColor=1C2C2E&color=BEC5C9&label=docker&logo=Docker&logoColor=BEC5C9"></a>

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [Usage](https://git-cliff.org/docs/usage/examples)

- Source: https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/orhun/git-cliff/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/git-cliff-changelog-generator/)