Commitollama 🦙

A free alternative to Github Copilot's commit generator that runs on your device using ollama.

Features

• No telemetry or tracking.
• No API key needed.
• Different models available.
• No Internet connection needed.

Demo

Requirements

• Install Ollama on your local machine.
• Install the model to use: ollama pull [model_name], recommended to use llama3.2 or gemma3.
• Make sure ollama is running, you can do it by visiting http://127.0.0.1:11434/ in your web browser (The port number might be different for you). If not, only opening the app should be enough, or run in your terminal: ollama serve.

Configuration

• Model: You can select the model from the plugin configuration.

  Llama - default (Uses llama3.2:latest) (slow)

  Codegemma (Uses codegemma:latest)

  Codellama (Uses codellama. Worst result obtained)

  Mistral (Uses mistral:latest)

  Gemma (Uses gemma3:latest) (fast)

  Qwen (Uses qwen3:latest)

  Custom - It allows you to write down any other model name from ollama.

• Use Emojis: It allows you to enable or disable the use of emojis in commit messages.

• Use Description: It allows you to enable or disable the use of commit descriptions.

• Use Lowercase: Enables or disables the use of lowercase at the beginning of commit messages.

• Language: Language for commit messages.

• Prompt Temperature: Custom temperature for generating the commit message. (Higher number = more creative)

• Commit Template: It allows you to write down the commit template you want to use. You should use the following placeholders:

  • {{type}}: It will be replaced by the type of the commit.
  • {{emoji}}: It will be replaced by the emoji selected in the configuration.
  • {{message}}: It will be replaced by the commit message.

Default value: {{type}} {{emoji}}: {{message}}

• Custom Model: Allows you to specify any model. The model has to be downloaded and available on your Ollama instance. Note: Ignored if commitollama.model is not set to "Custom".

• Custom Language: Allows you to specify any language for the commit messages. Note: Ignored if commitollama.language is not set to "Custom".

• Custom Emojis: Allows you to specify the emojis you want to use in the next template object within the VSCode config.json.

   "commitollama.commitEmojis": {
    "feat": "✨",
    "fix": "🐛",
    "docs": "📝",
    "style": "💎",
    "refactor": "♻️",
    "test": "🧪",
    "chore": "📦",
    "revert": "⏪"
  }

• Custom Endpoint: Ollama usually uses port 11434. It is the value that will be used if empty.

• Custom Prompt: The prompt that will be used to generate the commit message instead of the default one. If this field is populated, it will override all the extension prompts and rules.

• Custom Type Rules: Custom rules for commit message types.

• Custom Commit Message Rules: Custom rules for commit messages.

• Custom Description Prompt: A custom prompt to generate the commit description.

Known Issues

Sometimes, depending on the model used, it can generate quite long commit messages. However, it provides a good starting point for what the commit should be and can be manually edited to achieve the desired length.