git-commit-at: Generate conventional commit messages locally with AI (no API key needed)

A developer built git-commit-at, an npm CLI tool that generates conventional commit messages from staged git diffs using a local AI model via Ollama, ensuring no data leaves the machine. The tool runs entirely offline after an initial model download and requires only Docker and Node.js 18+.

We all know the commit history that looks like this: fix wip actually fix update FINAL fix AI tools can help, but most of them send your code diff to the cloud and require a paid API key. That's a non-starter for private repos or sensitive codebases. What I built git-commit-at is an npm CLI that analyzes your staged diff and suggests 3 conventional commit messages using a locally-running AI model. Nothing leaves your machine. npm install -g git-commit-at Then, in any git repo: git add . git-commit-at You get an interactive prompt to pick a message, optionally add a ticket number JIRA, Linear, etc. , and confirm. Done. How it works under the hood git-commit-at CLI │ ├── Checks if Docker services are running │ ├── Ollama — runs qwen2.5-coder:1.5b locally port 11434 │ ├── Redis — session + cache port 6379 │ └── Gradio — web UI for login/history port 7860 │ ├── Reads your staged git diff ├── Streams 3 commit suggestions from Ollama ├── You pick one and optionally add a ticket prefix └── Runs git commit On first run, Docker pulls the model ~1 GB and starts the services. After that, suggestions take about 5–10 seconds. Features Feature Details AI suggestions 3 per run, based on your actual diff Conventional commits feat:, fix:, refactor:, chore:, etc. Ticket integration Prefix with JIRA/Linear ticket numbers Branch visualizer Live git DAG in the web UI Commit history Tracked across all your repos Fully offline After first model download Privacy 100% local — no data sent anywhere Requirements Docker all backend services run in containers Node.js 18+ That's it. No Ollama install, no Python setup, no API keys. Install npm install -g git-commit-at GitHub: https://github.com/bhargavirengarajan21/git-commit-at https://github.com/bhargavirengarajan21/git-commit-at npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/git-commit-at https://www.npmjs.com/package/git-commit-at Hugging face: https://huggingface.co/spaces/build-small-hackathon/git-commit-app https://huggingface.co/spaces/build-small-hackathon/git-commit-app Feedback welcome — especially on the Docker requirement and model choice. I'm considering making the model configurable as a first-class setting. Both posts are ready to copy-paste. For dev.to, paste as Markdown and set the tags to git, ai, opensource, devtools. Add a cover image and a demo GIF if you have one — posts with visuals get significantly more reach there.