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Husky

typicode/husky

Popular

Tiny zero-dependency manager for Git hooks in JS projects; the default way to run checks on commit.

lint-staged

lint-staged/lint-staged

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Runs linters and formatters only on staged files, usually wired to a pre-commit hook via Husky.

pre-commit

pre-commit/pre-commit

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Multi-language framework for managing Git hook plugins from a shared YAML config; huge hook ecosystem.

prek

j178/prek

Rising

Rust reimplementation of pre-commit: drop-in compatible config, single binary, much faster hook runs.

commitlint

conventional-changelog/commitlint

Lints commit messages against Conventional Commits or custom rules, typically from a commit-msg hook.

Changesets

changesets/changesets

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Versioning and changelog workflow for multi-package repos where contributors declare changes per PR.

semantic-release

semantic-release/semantic-release

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Fully automated versioning and publishing driven by commit messages, run from CI.

release-please

googleapis/release-please

Google's release automation that maintains a release PR with changelog and version bumps from commits.

git-cliff

orhun/git-cliff

Highly customizable changelog generator that parses conventional (or any) commits with templates.