# Install convco with Homebrew, Nix

Conventional commits, changelog, versioning, validation. Version 0.7.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-09. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#convco.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:convco
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install convco
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#convco
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:convco
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.7.0
- **Source summary:** Conventional commits, changelog, versioning, validation
- **Homepage:** <https://convco.github.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/convco/convco>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-09T03:30:10Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- convco (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.7.0
## Project history and usage

Convco is a Rust command-line tool for teams that use Conventional Commits to validate commit ranges, generate changelogs, assist commits, and calculate semantic versions.

### Project history

The upstream repository was created in November 2019, and the crate was published on crates.io in December 2019. Its README frames the tool as a Conventional Commit CLI and documents a small set of release-engineering commands rather than a broad Git wrapper.

### Adoption history

Convco's distribution follows Rust tooling norms: `cargo install convco` is the upstream installation path, crates.io tracks the package, and the input package facts show additional Homebrew and Nix packaging for users who prefer system package managers.

### How it is used

Common workflows include `convco check` in hooks or CI, `convco changelog` for changelog generation, `convco version --bump` for release calculation, and `convco commit` as an interactive Conventional Commit helper or Git editor.

### Why package nerds care

Convco is the sort of compact, single-binary release helper package that package managers like: it exposes one executable, has no credentials surface, and bridges Git history conventions with reproducible release automation.

### Timeline

- 2019-11-14: Official GitHub repository created.
- 2019-12-26: crates.io package created.
- 2026-05-24: v0.6.4 release published.

### Related projects

- The README explicitly connects Convco to Conventional Commits, conventional-changelog, the conventional-changelog config specification, Git editor integration, and cargo-release usage.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/convco/convco>
- <https://convco.github.io/>
- <https://crates.io/crates/convco>
- <https://github.com/convco/convco/releases/tag/v0.6.4>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/convco>


## 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: .versionrc
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - convco: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/convco/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/convco.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/convco.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