# Install git-cliff with Cargo

A highly customizable changelog generator ⛰️. Version 2.14.2 via Cargo; verified 2026-09-18. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#git-cliff.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cargo:git-cliff
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install git-cliff
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** cargo:git-cliff
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager page:** <https://crates.io/crates/git-cliff>
- **Version:** 2.14.2
- **Source summary:** A highly customizable changelog generator ⛰️
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff>
- **License:** MIT OR Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/git-cliff/git-cliff-2.14.2.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-09-18 21:21:53.544454+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-18 21:21:53.544454+00
- **Generated:** 2026-11-04T12:20:42+00:00

## Executables

- git-cliff (binary): Declared by crates.io version metadata.
- git-cliff-completions (binary): Declared by crates.io version metadata.
- git-cliff-mangen (binary): Declared by crates.io version metadata.

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-11-04
- Package-manager version: 2.14.2

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for git-cliff. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** crates.io database dump
- **Crate ID:** 417,584
- **Crate Size:** 52,645
- **Edition:** 2024
- **Executable Intent:** Intent: public_cli, Signals: manifest declares a binary target, archive contains src/main.rs, binary name matches crate name
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 69
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Rust Version:** 1.88.0
- **Version ID:** 3,270,612

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - git-cliff: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/git-cliff/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - git-cliff - 2.13.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-cliff from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A highly customizable changelog generator | https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff
- apk - git-cliff-bash-completion - 2.13.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-cliff-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for git-cliff | https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff
- apk - git-cliff-doc - 2.13.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-cliff-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | A highly customizable changelog generator (documentation) | https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff
- apk - git-cliff-fish-completion - 2.13.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-cliff-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for git-cliff | https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff
- apk - git-cliff-zsh-completion - 2.13.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: git-cliff-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for git-cliff | https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff
- pacman - git-cliff - 2.13.1-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: git-cliff from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A highly customizable changelog generator | https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff
- zypper - git-cliff - 2.13.1-2.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: git-cliff from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/d310d5a96106e1e8872a385adf98aaa23be9db5d80937a6717314e7e7f37715065c6c748ab7ccee6475d620b46979c0fe64235fc0c46988e17edf659578fcf31-primary.xml.zst | Changelog generator for git repositories | https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff
- zypper - git-cliff-bash-completion - 2.13.1-2.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: git-cliff-bash-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/d310d5a96106e1e8872a385adf98aaa23be9db5d80937a6717314e7e7f37715065c6c748ab7ccee6475d620b46979c0fe64235fc0c46988e17edf659578fcf31-primary.xml.zst | Bash Completion for git-cliff | https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff
- zypper - git-cliff-fish-completion - 2.13.1-2.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: git-cliff-fish-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/d310d5a96106e1e8872a385adf98aaa23be9db5d80937a6717314e7e7f37715065c6c748ab7ccee6475d620b46979c0fe64235fc0c46988e17edf659578fcf31-primary.xml.zst | Fish Completion for git-cliff | https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff
- zypper - git-cliff-zsh-completion - 2.13.1-2.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: git-cliff-zsh-completion from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/d310d5a96106e1e8872a385adf98aaa23be9db5d80937a6717314e7e7f37715065c6c748ab7ccee6475d620b46979c0fe64235fc0c46988e17edf659578fcf31-primary.xml.zst | Zsh Completion for git-cliff | https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff
- MacPorts - git-cliff: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/git-cliff/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/git-cliff: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/git-cliff.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - orhun.git-cliff: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: orhun.git-cliff from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Related links

- [git-cliff](https://pkg.so/brew/git-cliff/) - Same normalized package name exists in another local package ecosystem.

## Sources

- crates.io package index
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph