GitMind — AI Commit Message Generator for VS Code

GitMind reads your Git diff and writes a clear, well-formatted commit message for you. Use GitHub Copilot, a local model in Ollama or LM Studio, or any of 24 built-in AI providers, and get Conventional Commits, Gitmoji, or your team's style in one click.

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See It In Action

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Contents

• See It In Action
• Install
• Quick Start
• Why GitMind
• Explore GitMind
• Supported Providers
• Free And Pro
• Privacy And Security
• Requirements
• Support

Install

• VS Code: Install from the Visual Studio Marketplace
• VSCodium and other editors that use Open VSX: Install from Open VSX, or search for GitMind in the Extensions view
• Manual: Download the .vsix from GitHub Releases and run Extensions: Install from VSIX…

Quick Start

1. Open GitMind Settings and choose a provider. GitHub Copilot, Ollama, and LM Studio need no API key.
2. Add an API key if your provider needs one, then pick a model from the searchable list.
3. Stage your changes and click the GitMind icon in Source Control, or run Generate GitMind Commit Message.

Why GitMind

• Works with the AI you already have: GitHub Copilot, local Ollama or LM Studio, OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, OpenRouter, Azure OpenAI, Amazon Bedrock, Vertex AI, and more.
• Keeps code on your machine when you want it: Local models generate commit messages without sending your diff anywhere.
• Follows your commit convention: Conventional Commits and Basic are free. Angular, Semantic Release, Gitmoji, Linux Kernel, and other styles come with Pro.
• Handles real-world diffs: Token-aware processing keeps large changes useful, and Capture All Changes includes unstaged and untracked files.
• Always shows the current models: GitMind loads live model lists from providers that support discovery, and the pickers are searchable.
• Grows with your workflow (Pro): Compare three draft messages, check Commit Health, run a pre-commit AI review, plan atomic commits, and generate changelogs.

Explore GitMind

Everything At A Glance See your provider, model, commit preferences, security, and API status in one place.	Professional Commit Styles Choose Conventional Commits, Angular, Gitmoji, Semantic Release, and other structured formats.
Useful Free Features Control message detail, capture all changes, add custom context, and see generation diagnostics.	Models And Automatic Recovery Load and search provider models. Pro retries temporary failures and can switch to a fallback model.
Match Your Team (Pro) Write commit messages in your team's language and learn from your existing commit history.	AI Changelog Generation (Pro) Generate changelogs from Git history with version grouping and configurable commit ranges.

Supported Providers

Provider catalogs change often. GitMind loads current model lists where the provider supports discovery and falls back to known compatible models when it can't. Setup guides for each provider are in Providers and Models.

Free And Pro

GitMind Pro is a one-time lifetime purchase, with no subscription. See Pro pricing. To activate, open GitMind Settings > Pro and paste the license key from your purchase email. Manage licenses and devices in the account portal. Details on Automatic Recovery and the other Pro features are in the GitMind Pro guide.

If your key does not work, or you cannot find it, open an issue at GitMind-Community Issues and we will sort it out. You will not lose access while we do.

Privacy And Security

• GitMind sends the selected Git diff and prompt only to the provider you configure.
• Ollama and LM Studio keep generation on your machine.
• GitMind Pro can store provider keys in VS Code SecretStorage.
• GitMind does not collect or transmit product telemetry.
• Pro users can capture a bounded, local support report containing only allowlisted operational metadata. It excludes source, diffs, prompts, paths, URLs, credentials, request/response bodies, raw errors, email, and license/customer data.

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Requirements

• VS Code 1.101.0 or newer, or a compatible editor
• A Git repository
• An API key for your cloud provider, unless you use GitHub Copilot (editor sign-in), Ollama or LM Studio (local), or Amazon Bedrock or Vertex AI (cloud credentials)

Support

• Official website
• GitMind documentation (wiki)
• Report an issue
• For hard-to-reproduce problems, Pro users can open GitMind Settings > Pro > Support Report, start a session, reproduce the issue, stop and review it, then save and attach the JSON report.

If GitMind saves you time, a rating helps other developers find it: rate on the VS Code Marketplace or on Open VSX.