git-cliff
v2.12.0 StableA highly customizable changelog generator ⛰️
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 66d ago)
- ✓Stable API (2.x for 4+ years)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
8.6K downloads in the last 30 days (288/day), up 30% from the previous period.
The primary maintainer publishes 69 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 4 years with 64 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
At 43KB, git-cliff is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include cli-sandbox, kibank, frontend-toolkit, cargo-semver-bump. When high-quality crates choose git-cliff, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
Docs, repo, license, metadata
Download Trend
Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on git-cliff
Version Adoption
Release Timeline
Feature Flags
default =["update-informer", "integrations"]
