diny

Free AI git commit messages. No API key. No signup.

Open-source CLI that turns staged diffs into clean commits in one command.

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Features

• Interactive TUI for commit, config, changelog, timeline, and yolo
• Reads staged changes with git diff and filters out noise (lockfiles, binaries, build artifacts)
• Generates 3 message variants; inline editing or open in $EDITOR
• Split staged changes into multiple commits grouped by concern
• File picker to stage/unstage without leaving diny
• Timeline analysis with date presets or custom ranges
• AI-powered changelog generation between tags or commits
• Three-tier config system (global, project-shared, project-private)
• 10+ dark and light themes
• No API key required

Install

macOS / Linux

brew install dinoDanic/tap/diny

Windows (Scoop)

scoop bucket add dinodanic https://github.com/dinoDanic/scoop-bucket
scoop install diny

Manual

Download pre-built binaries from GitHub Releases.

Usage

Stage your changes, then run:

git add .
diny commit

This launches the interactive TUI — generate, review, and commit without leaving the terminal.

Staged too much at once? Press S on the ready screen to split the diff into multiple commits grouped by concern — edit, reassign files, regenerate, then commit them in order.

Commands

Command	Description
diny commit	Launch the interactive TUI
diny yolo	Stage all changes, generate a commit, and push
diny changelog	Generate an AI-powered changelog between tags or commits
diny timeline	Summarize and analyze your commit history
diny config	Interactive TUI config editor
diny theme	List available UI themes
diny auto	Set up a git auto alias
diny link lazygit	Integrate diny with LazyGit
diny update	Update diny to the latest version

Integrations

Git alias (git auto)

diny auto          # install
diny auto remove   # uninstall

Then use git auto anywhere you'd use git commit.

LazyGit

diny link lazygit

Adds a custom command to LazyGit so you can generate commit messages from its UI.

Configuration

Run diny config to open a TUI for browsing and editing all settings.

diny supports a three-tier configuration system:

Level	Location	Description	Committed
Global	~/.config/diny/config.yaml	Your defaults for all projects	No
Project (versioned)	.diny.yaml	Team-shared settings for this project	Yes
Project (local)	<gitdir>/diny/config.yaml	Your personal per-project overrides	No

Priority: local > versioned > global. Project configs only need to specify the values they override.

Outside a git repository, only global config is available.

Options

Option	Description	Values
theme	UI color theme	see Themes
commit.conventional	Use conventional commit format	true / false
commit.emoji	Prefix commits with emoji	true / false
commit.tone	Message tone	professional / casual / friendly
commit.length	Message length	short / normal / long
commit.custom_instructions	Extra guidance for the AI	free text
commit.hash_after_commit	Show and copy commit hash after committing	true / false

Themes

• Dark: catppuccin, tokyo, nord, dracula, gruvbox-dark, onedark, monokai, solarized-dark, everforest-dark, flexoki-dark
• Light: solarized-light, github-light, gruvbox-light, flexoki-light

Run diny theme to preview them all.

Example

theme: tokyo

commit:
  conventional: true
  emoji: true
  tone: casual
  length: short
  custom_instructions: "Include JIRA ticket from branch name"
  hash_after_commit: true

Update

diny update                                     # built-in updater
brew update && brew upgrade dinoDanic/tap/diny  # macOS / Linux
scoop update diny                               # Windows

Why diny

I'm terrible at commit messages — I type fast, make mistakes, and my history ends up full of "fix stuff" and "ui thing." diny reads your changes, writes a decent message, and summarizes your day when you need to remember what you worked on. It's AI doing what it's actually good at: the repetitive stuff.

License

MIT