SlothCommit 🦥: An Open-Weight AI That Writes Your Commit Messages So You Don't Have To

Description and use

SlothCommit speeds up commit message creation, cutting time from ~40 seconds to under 10 seconds, saving ~7 minutes per day.

Problem

Developers spend time writing commit messages after completing code and tests, often struggling to summarize work in a single line.

Outcome

SlothCommit reduces commit message creation time from ~40 seconds to under 10 seconds, saving roughly 7 minutes per day and enabling structured PR descriptions with minimal effort.

Workflow

• Run git diff --staged in terminal
• Paste the diff into SlothCommit UI
• Select desired style (Conventional Commits / Simple / Emoji)
• Generate message
• Copy and use the generated commit message and optional PR description

Evidence

Paste your git diff, get a clean Conventional Commit message + PR description — generated by open-weight AI.

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Before: ~40 seconds of staring + typing + rewriting per commit message, ~15 commits a day.

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After: paste, glance, copy — under 10 seconds.

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Full AI generation runs locally (see Run it yourself below) — paste the output of git diff --staged, pick a style, hit Generate.

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