# Install changelogen with Homebrew, Nix

Generate Beautiful Changelogs using Conventional Commits. Version 0.6.2 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#changelogen.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:changelogen
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install changelogen
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#changelogen
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ch/changelogen/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:changelogen
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.6.2
- **Source summary:** Generate Beautiful Changelogs using Conventional Commits
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/unjs/changelogen>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- changelogen (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.6.2
## Project history and usage

changelogen is a UNJS release tool that generates Markdown changelogs from Conventional Commits. It can also bump package versions, update CHANGELOG.md, create git commits and tags, publish to npm, and sync GitHub releases.

### Project history

The npm package and GitHub repository were created in May 2022. The README centers the project on Conventional Commits and exposes the common npx changelogen@latest workflow.

GitHub releases show the v0.5 line beginning in 2023 and v0.6 releases in 2025. The npm registry records 0.6.2 in the queried release metadata.

### Adoption history

changelogen is distributed through npm and can be run directly with npx. The input package facts also identify Homebrew and Nix packaging, making it available both to JavaScript projects and to users who prefer system package managers.

### How it is used

The README documents console changelog generation, --bump for package.json and CHANGELOG.md updates, --release for commit and tag creation, gh release for GitHub release synchronization, and --publish for npm publishing. Configuration is loaded through c12 from changelog.config files, .changelogrc, or the changelog field in package.json.

### Why package nerds care

changelogen is package-nerd significant as a focused Conventional Commits automation tool from the UNJS ecosystem. It ties together semver bumping, changelog generation, npm publishing, GitHub release notes, c12 config loading, and package-manager distribution in one small CLI.

### Timeline

- 2022: npm package and GitHub repository created.
- 2023: v0.5.0 published on GitHub releases.
- 2025: v0.6.2 published and recorded in the npm registry.

### Related projects

- Conventional Commits provides the commit-message convention changelogen parses.
- unjs/c12 is the configuration loader documented by the README.
- GitHub CLI authentication can be used by changelogen gh release.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/unjs/changelogen#readme>
- <https://unjs.io/packages/changelogen>
- <https://github.com/unjs/changelogen/releases>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/unjs/changelogen>
- <https://registry.npmjs.org/changelogen>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ./changelog.config.json, ./changelog.config.ts, ./changelog.config.js, ./changelog.config.mjs, ./changelog.config.cjs, ./.changelogrc, ./package.json#changelog

## Credential files

- Unix: ./.env, ~/.changlogenrc
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - changelogen: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ch/changelogen/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/changelogen.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/changelogen.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph