Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/atuinsh/atuin/vs/orhun/git-cliff
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/atuinsh/atuin/vs/orhun/git-cliff.md
Description: atuin and git-cliff share 5 technologies: Tokio, indicatif, pulldown-cmark, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

# atuin vs git-cliff

atuin and git-cliff share 5 technologies: Tokio, indicatif, pulldown-cmark, tracing, and tracing-subscriber. Both are written in Rust.

- [atuinsh/atuin](https://seerepo.com/r/atuinsh/atuin): ✨ Making your shell magical
- [orhun/git-cliff](https://seerepo.com/r/orhun/git-cliff): A highly customizable Changelog Generator that follows Conventional Commit specifications ⛰️ 

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: Tokio, indicatif, pulldown-cmark, tracing, tracing-subscriber
- Only in atuin: axum, rusqlite, sqlx-mysql, sqlx-postgres, sqlx-sqlite, sqlx, SQLite, libsqlite3-sys, MySQL, Postgres, tower, objc2-foundation, Ratatui, crossterm, ratatui-core, ansi-to-tui, sql-builder, rpassword, argon2, rmcp, minijinja, plist, yaml-rust2, schemars, metrics, listenfd, metrics-exporter-prometheus, OpenTelemetry, opentelemetry-otlp, tracing-appender, tracing-futures, tracing-opentelemetry
- Only in git-cliff: tera, pulldown-cmark-to-cmark

## Side by side

| | atuin | git-cliff |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 240,516 lines written, 561 code files | 18,178 lines written, 42 code files |
| Who writes it | 1.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 0.3% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code |
| Activity | Last push November 7, 2026, 2,555 commits, 32,230 stars | Last push November 2, 2026, 1,574 commits, 12,531 stars |
| Tests | 64 test files. 15.3% of its code files have a test that imports them | 2 test files |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, atuin or git-cliff?

atuin, with 240,516 lines written; git-cliff has 18,178.

The proof: [atuinsh/atuin's code at commit 28fcb3d](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/tree/28fcb3db32e5550543fc7ed93537963e246abf7c)

### Which has more GitHub stars, atuin or git-cliff?

atuin, with 32,230 stars; git-cliff has 12,531.

The proof: [atuinsh/atuin on GitHub](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin)

### Which has more tests, atuin or git-cliff?

atuin, with 64 test files; git-cliff has 2.

The proof: [atuinsh/atuin's code at commit 28fcb3d](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/tree/28fcb3db32e5550543fc7ed93537963e246abf7c)

### Which was updated more recently, atuin or git-cliff?

atuin: its last push was on November 7, 2026, and git-cliff's on November 2, 2026.

The proof: [atuinsh/atuin's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, atuin or git-cliff?

atuin: an AI signed 1.2% of its commits, with Claude Code; in git-cliff, 0.3%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in atuinsh/atuin](https://seerepo.com/r/atuinsh/atuin/ai)

## Sources

- atuinsh/atuin: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit 28fcb3d (https://github.com/atuinsh/atuin/tree/28fcb3db32e5550543fc7ed93537963e246abf7c)
- orhun/git-cliff: Read on November 11, 2026, at commit 4f65432 (https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff/tree/4f65432ba95ad97147da655fac4071b4bbccb1db)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.