komit 0.3.0

AI-powered git commit message generator using local LLMs

🤖 komit

AI-powered git commit message generator using local LLMs via Ollama. No API keys, no internet required — runs completely locally and privately.

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Features

• 🧠 Local LLM — uses Ollama, no API keys needed
• 📝 Multiple commit styles — conventional, simple, detailed
• 🔄 Regenerate — not happy? generate a new message instantly
• ✏️ Edit before commit — open your editor to tweak the message
• ⚙️ CLI flags — control style, model, and more from the command line
• 📁 Config file — persist your preferences with komit init
• 🌍 Universal — works via pip, binary, or shell script
• 🪟 Cross-platform — Linux, macOS, Windows
• ⚡ Fast — runs on your machine, no network calls to external APIs
• 🔒 Ollama validation — checks if Ollama is running and model exists before generating
• 🔁 Smart updates — detects pip vs binary install and updates accordingly

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Requirements

• Ollama installed and running
• A local model pulled (e.g. ollama pull qwen2.5:7b)

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Recommended Models

Model	Size	Best for
qwen2.5:7b	4.7GB	Best quality
mistral:7b	4.1GB	Good balance
llama3.2:3b	2.0GB	Fastest

ollama pull qwen2.5:7b

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Installation

Option 1 — One line install (Linux/macOS, no Python required)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/glemiu6/komit/master/scripts/install.sh | bash

Option 2 — Windows PowerShell

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/glemiu6/komit/master/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

Option 3 — pip

pip install komit

Option 4 — pipx (recommended for CLI tools)

pipx install komit

Option 5 — Download binary

Download the binary for your platform from GitHub Releases:

Platform	Binary
Linux x86_64	komit-linux-x86_64
macOS Apple Silicon	komit-macos-arm64
Windows	komit-windows-x86_64.exe

Intel Mac users: use pip install komit instead.

# Linux/macOS
chmod +x komit-*
sudo mv komit-* /usr/local/bin/komit

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Setup

Git alias (recommended)

git config --global alias.ai '!komit'

Now you can use git ai as a shortcut.

Shell completion

# bash
echo 'eval "$(register-python-argcomplete komit)"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

# zsh
echo 'eval "$(register-python-argcomplete komit)"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

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Usage

# stage your changes
git add .

# generate commit message
komit

# or via git alias
git ai

# or via shell script
./scripts/commit.sh

Subcommands

komit init       # create config file at ~/.config/komit/config.toml
komit update     # update to latest version
komit uninstall  # remove komit

CLI flags

komit [--style STYLE] [--model MODEL] [--ollama-url URL] [--max-diff N] [--dry-run]

Flag	Options	Default	Description
-s, --style	conventional, simple, detailed	conventional	Commit message style
-m, --model	any Ollama model	qwen2.5:7b	Model to use
-u, --ollama-url	any URL	http://localhost:11434	Ollama server URL
--max-diff	integer	4000	Max diff length sent to model
--dry-run	—	false	Preview message without committing
--config	path	~/.config/komit/config.toml	Path to custom config file

Examples

# use simple style
komit --style simple

# use a faster model
komit --model llama3.2:3b

# detailed style with different model
komit --style detailed --model mistral:7b

# connect to remote Ollama
komit --ollama-url http://192.168.1.10:11434

# preview without committing
komit --dry-run

# use custom config file
komit --config ~/my-config.toml

Interactive prompt

Staged files (3):
  - src/auth.py
  - tests/test_auth.py
  - README.md

Generating commit message... (style: conventional, model: qwen2.5:7b)

Suggested message:
  feat: add JWT authentication with refresh token support

Use this message? (y/n/e to edit/r to regenerate):

Key	Action
y	Commit with the suggested message
n	Cancel
e	Open editor to modify the message
r	Regenerate a new message

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Config File

Run komit init to create a config file at ~/.config/komit/config.toml:

model = "qwen2.5:7b"
style = "conventional"
ollama_url = "http://localhost:11434"
max_diff_length = 4000

CLI flags always override the config file.

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Commit Styles

Conventional (default)

feat: add user authentication
fix: resolve null pointer in login flow
docs: update API reference

Simple

Add user authentication
Fix null pointer in login flow
Update API reference

Detailed

feat: add user authentication

- Add JWT token generation
- Add password hashing with bcrypt
- Add refresh token support

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Update & Uninstall

# update
komit update

# uninstall
komit uninstall

komit automatically detects whether you installed via pip or binary and uses the correct update method.

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Contributing

1. Fork the repo
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature-name)
3. Commit your changes (komit 😉)
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature-name)
5. Open a Pull Request

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License

Apache License 2.0