# Install auto-changelog with npm

Command line tool for generating a changelog from git tags and commit history. Version 2.6.0 via npm; verified 2026-05-29. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#auto-changelog.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g auto-changelog
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:auto-changelog
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Version:** 2.6.0
- **Source summary:** Command line tool for generating a changelog from git tags and commit history
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-29T16:19:09.036Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- auto-changelog (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.6.0

## Security Notes

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


## Other Package-Manager Records

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph