coco

git-coco — write your git commits with AI, then never leave the terminal. The coco command turns your staged diff into a clear, Conventional-Commits-ready message in one step, and grows into a full keyboard-driven git workstation when you want it. Works across seven AI providers — including fully local Ollama (no API costs, nothing leaves your machine) — on GitHub, GitHub Enterprise, and GitLab.

Name note: the package and project are git-coco; the command you run is coco.

git add .
coco commit          # AI writes the message from your staged changes

That's the core. Everything else — changelogs, code review, PRs, and the coco ui workstation — is the same engine pointed at more of your git workflow.

✨ Key Features:

• 🤖 AI-Powered Commit Messages - Generate contextual commits from your staged changes
• 📋 Conventional Commits - Full support with automatic validation and formatting (extends to coco commit --split too — every group's title respects the spec)
• 🔧 Commitlint Integration - Seamless integration with your existing commitlint configuration
• 🏠 Local AI Support - Run completely offline with Ollama (no API costs, full privacy)
• 🖥️ Coco UI Git Workstation - Sixteen top-level views (history, status, diff, compose, branches, tags, stash, worktrees, pull-request, PR triage, issues, conflicts, reflog, bisect, submodules, changelog) reachable via g-prefixed chords, with an interactive command palette (:), global search (/), and one-keystroke workflows: S split staged changes, L generate a changelog, C create a PR seeded from changelog, E open the commit draft in $EDITOR
• 🗂️ Multi-Repo Workspace - coco workspace (alias ws) scans your current directory for git repos and gives you a sortable, filterable overview — branch, dirty count, ahead/behind, open PR count — then Enter drills into any one as a full coco ui session
• 🎨 108 Color Themes - Catppuccin, Gruvbox, Dracula, Tokyo Night, Monokai Pro, Rosé Pine, Selenized, Solarized, and many more (29 light) — browse and live-preview them with the in-app theme picker (gC), then apply with one keystroke; or set one via coco ui --theme <name> / config. NO_COLOR honored
• 🎯 --repo <dir> global flag - Drive any coco command against any repository without cd-ing first
• 📦 Package Manager Friendly - Works with npm, yarn, and pnpm
• 👥 Team Ready - Shared configurations and enterprise deployment

Install

# Homebrew (macOS/Linux) — brings Node along, no prerequisites
brew install gfargo/tap/coco

# curl installer
curl -fsSL https://coco.griffen.codes/install.sh | sh

# npm / pnpm / yarn (needs Node 22+)
npm install -g git-coco

# or try it without installing
npx git-coco@latest init

Quick Start

# Setup and configure (pick a provider, set preferences)
coco init

# Generate your first commit
git add .
coco commit -i

Commands

• coco commit - Generate commit messages from staged changes
• coco amend - Regenerate the last commit's message from its diff and git commit --amend
• coco changelog - Create changelogs from commit history
• coco pr create - Generate a PR title and body from the branch diff, then open it via gh (GitHub) or glab (GitLab)
• coco recap - Summarize recent changes and activity
• coco review - AI-powered code review of your changes (--severity <n> and --staged for CI gating)
• coco log - Explore commit history with graph, filters, JSON output, and commit details
• coco ui - Open the full-screen Git workstation TUI
• coco workspace (alias ws) - Multi-repo overview TUI; drill into any repo as a coco ui session
• coco issues / coco prs - List GitHub or GitLab issues / pull requests (stdout or interactive triage)
• coco doctor - Diagnose your environment, config, and provider setup (--cost shows per-task model routing plus usage by task, model, and repo; --clear wipes the local usage ledger)
• coco init - Interactive setup wizard

Global flags: --repo <dir> targets any repository, --json requests machine-readable output where supported, and --quiet (-q) suppresses status chrome while keeping results on stdout.

Smart default (0.57.0+): running coco with no subcommand routes by environment — coco ui inside a git repo, coco workspace outside one, or coco init on a fresh install. It no longer defaults to commit; use coco commit for messages (or --commit / COCO_DEFAULT=commit to restore the old default).

Local usage stats (0.69.0+): coco keeps a local, per-machine record of AI usage (prompt-token estimate and latency by task, model, and repo) to power coco doctor --cost. It stays on your machine and records no prompt, diff, or code content. The first interactive run enables it after a one-time notice; non-interactive and CI runs stay off. Opt out anytime with coco init, telemetry.usage: false, or COCO_USAGE_LOG=0.

Multi-forge (0.70.0+): coco prs, coco issues, coco pr create, and the full coco ui workstation (PR/issue triage, inspectors, and every per-row action) work with GitHub, GitHub Enterprise, and GitLab. coco detects the forge from your remote and shells out to the matching CLI: gh for GitHub / GitHub Enterprise, glab for GitLab (install it and run glab auth login).

Usage Examples

Basic Workflow

# Make your changes
git add .

# Generate commit message (interactive mode recommended)
coco commit -i

# Or use stdout mode
git commit -m "$(coco commit)"

Conventional Commits

# Enable conventional commits format
coco commit --conventional

# With additional context
coco commit -a "Fixes login timeout" --conventional

# Include ticket from branch name
coco commit --append-ticket --conventional

Team Workflows

# Generate changelog for releases
coco changelog --since-last-tag

# Summarize recent work
coco recap --yesterday

# Code review before committing
coco review

# Explore commit history
coco ui
coco ui --view status
coco log --limit 20
coco log -i
coco log --view full --limit 20
coco log --all --limit 20
coco log --author "Grace Hopper" --path src
coco log --commit HEAD
coco log --format json

Navigating the TUI

coco ui and coco log -i share a chord-driven navigation model. Press g and then a second key to jump anywhere; < (or Esc) pops the navigation stack back.

g h   history          g c   compose         g x   conflicts
g s   status           g b   branches        g r   reflog
g d   diff             g t   tags            g C   theme picker
g w   worktrees        g z   stash           <     back
g p   pull request                           Esc   back / close modal
                                              ?     help overlay
                                              :     command palette

The command palette (:) is an interactive launcher with fuzzy filter and recently-used at the top — every keybinding and workflow action is reachable from there. / searches the active view (history, branches, tags, stash, or reflog). On branches, tags, and history, press m to mark a ref as the compare base — then Enter on a second ref opens a git diff <base>..<head> view. See the Coco UI and TUI Navigation wiki pages for the full keymap.

Configuration

Configure coco for your workflow with the interactive setup wizard:

# Setup wizard
coco init

# Project-specific setup
coco init --scope project

AI Providers: seven first-class providers (API keys read from config or env)

• OpenAI - GPT-4o / GPT-4.1 family (OPENAI_API_KEY)
• Anthropic - Claude 4 / 3.x family (ANTHROPIC_API_KEY)
• Google Gemini - Gemini 2.5 / 2.0 / 1.5 (GEMINI_API_KEY or GOOGLE_API_KEY)
• Mistral - Mistral large/medium/small, Codestral, Ministral (MISTRAL_API_KEY)
• Azure OpenAI - native Azure deployments (AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY + instance/deployment/api-version)
• AWS Bedrock - via the AWS credential chain (AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID / AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY / AWS_REGION)
• Ollama - Local models, no API costs, full privacy
• Plus any OpenAI-compatible endpoint (OpenRouter, custom baseURL)

Example Configuration:

{
  "mode": "interactive",
  "conventionalCommits": true,
  "logTui": {
    "theme": {
      "preset": "catppuccin"
    }
  },
  "service": {
    "provider": "openai",
    "model": "gpt-4o"
  }
}

Documentation

For comprehensive guides, advanced usage, and detailed configuration options, visit our complete documentation:

📚 Coco Wiki

Essential Guides:

• Getting Started - Complete beginner's guide from installation to first commit
• Command Reference - Detailed command options and examples
• Configuration Overview - All configuration options and setup methods
• Coco UI - GitKraken-style terminal workstation guide
• Interactive Log TUI - History-focused coco log -i guide
• Team Collaboration - Enterprise deployment and team adoption strategies

Advanced Resources:

• Using Ollama - Local AI setup for privacy and cost control
• Advanced Usage - Custom prompts, automation, and power-user features
• Troubleshooting - Solutions for common issues and debugging

🆘 Need Help?

• Troubleshooting Guide - Comprehensive problem-solving resource
• GitHub Issues - Bug reports and feature requests
• Discord Community - Real-time help and discussion

Contribution

We welcome contributions! Check out our CONTRIBUTING.md for more information.

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License

MIT © gfargo

Thanks for using coco ✨💜