# Install conventional-changelog with npm

Generate a changelog from git metadata. Version 8.1.0 via npm; verified 2026-07-09.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:conventional-changelog
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g conventional-changelog
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:conventional-changelog
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/conventional-changelog>
- **Version:** 8.1.0
- **Source summary:** Generate a changelog from git metadata.
- **Homepage:** <https://conventional-changelog.js.org/conventional-changelog/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://conventional-changelog.js.org/conventional-changelog/>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/conventional-changelog/-/conventional-changelog-8.1.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-07-09T19:36:02.345Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-09T19:36:02.345Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- conventional-changelog (cli)
- conventional-changelog (alias)

## Dependencies

- @conventional-changelog/git-client
- @simple-libs/hosted-git-info
- @simple-libs/normalize-package-data
- argue-cli
- conventional-changelog-preset-loader
- conventional-changelog-writer
- conventional-commits-parser
- fd-package-json

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 8.1.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-09
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/conventional-changelog/conventional-changelog
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

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


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 8.1.0, Next: 3.1.24
- **Version Count:** 111
- **Maintainers:** bcoe, oss-bot, dangreen, andytjoslin, stevemao, marionebl, tapppi
- **Author:** Steve Mao
- **Publisher:** dangreen
- **Engines:** Node: >=22
- **Integrity:** sha512-idt1JK+3+Nt7gqH/d/sEYWdDeR+5XPov/jssmFN6XxmYSRlonTWSDWhWUPkmm0zbwYjtVdt+4My5aiPkKyvocw==
- **Shasum:** 3e34549895de82d957b4a1722d258b085be49ba6
- **Unpacked Size:** 83,984
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2014-01-04T21:19:09.255Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-07-09T19:36:02.345Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-07-09T19:36:02.466Z


## Related links

- [Text processing packages](https://pkg.so/text-processing-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [conventional-recommended-bump](https://pkg.so/npm/conventional-recommended-bump/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: argue, argue-cli, changelog, cli, client.
- [conventional-changelog-writer](https://pkg.so/npm/conventional-changelog-writer/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: argue, argue-cli, changelog, cli, commits.
- [conventional-commits-parser](https://pkg.so/npm/conventional-commits-parser/) - Package names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: argue, argue-cli, changelog, cli, commits.

## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph