A Cross-Platform Command-Line AI-tool for automating git commit messages by outsourcing them to LLMs. Supports multiple providers including OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic, Groq, Grok, Kimi K2, Qwen, DeepSeek, Perplexity's Sonar, and Ollama.

Installation

macOS (brew)

brew install vibecheck

macOS/linux

curl -fsSL https://install.raashed.xyz | bash

windows

iwr https://install.raashed.xyz/install.ps1 -useb | iex

Important : Make sure to run the command as an administrator using Powershell.

The Ultimate One Liner

vibecheck commit

Note : Make sure you stage your files, right before you check that it passes the vibecheck ;)

Demonstration

More Features

vibecheck dashboard

Dashboard : It keeps the tab of the commits you generated and money you saved with vibecheck

vibecheck keys

Keys : It keeps your keys globally accessable to vibecheck, so that you always dont have to introduce a environmental variable

vibecheck models

Models : You can switch the models for better latency and accuracy all along

flowchart TD

    %% Nodes Styling

    classDef user fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px,color:black;

    classDef system fill:#e1f5fe,stroke:#0277bd,stroke-width:2px,color:black;

    classDef external fill:#fff9c4,stroke:#fbc02d,stroke-width:2px,color:black;

    classDef error fill:#ffcdd2,stroke:#c62828,stroke-width:2px,color:black;



    Start([User Action]) --> InstallCheck{Is vibecheck installed?}

    class Start user



    %% Installation Branch

    InstallCheck -- No --> OS{Select OS}

    OS -- macOS/Linux --> Curl[Run curl command]

    OS -- Windows --> PS[Run PowerShell as Admin]

    OS -- macOS Brew --> Brew[Run brew install]

    Curl & PS & Brew --> Config[Setup API Keys]

    Config --> EnvVars[Export vars OR .env file]

    Config --> KeysCmd[vibecheck keys]

    KeysCmd --> KeysFile[Store in ~/.vibecheck_keys.json]



    %% Main Execution

    InstallCheck -- Yes --> Command{Run Command}

    EnvVars -.-> Command

    KeysFile -.-> Command



    %% Branch: UPGRADE

    Command -- "vibecheck upgrade" --> PermCheck{Protected Dir?}

    PermCheck -- Yes --> Sudo[Auto-run with Sudo] --> UpdateBin[Download & Replace Binary]

    PermCheck -- No --> UpdateBin

    UpdateBin --> End([Done])



    %% Branch: DASHBOARD/MODELS/KEYS

    Command -- "vibecheck dashboard" --> ShowDash[Read Logs] --> DisplayStats[Show Commits & $$ Saved] --> End

    Command -- "vibecheck models" --> ShowMods[List Supported Models] --> SwitchMod[Switch Model Preference] --> End

    Command -- "vibecheck keys" --> KeysUI[Interactive Keys Manager] --> KeysList[List Providers with Status] --> KeysEdit[Add/Edit/Delete Keys] --> KeysSave[Save to ~/.vibecheck_keys.json] --> End



    %% Branch: COMMIT (Core Feature)

    Command -- "vibecheck commit" --> GitCheck{Files Staged?}

    

    %% Git Check Logic

    GitCheck -- No --> ErrStage[Error: Stage files first!]:::error

    ErrStage --> End

    

    GitCheck -- Yes --> KeyCheck{API Key Found?}

    %% Key Lookup Priority
    KeyCheck --> CheckEnv{Check .env file}
    CheckEnv -- Found --> KeyFound[Use Key]
    CheckEnv -- Not Found --> CheckExport{Check export vars}
    CheckExport -- Found --> KeyFound
    CheckExport -- Not Found --> CheckKeysFile{Check vibecheck keys}
    CheckKeysFile -- Found --> KeyFound
    CheckKeysFile -- Not Found --> ErrKey[Error: Missing API Key]:::error

    ErrKey --> Config

    KeyFound --> ProviderSelect{Provider Flag?}

    

    %% Provider Logic

    ProviderSelect -- Default --> DefModel[Default Model]

    ProviderSelect -- "--provider X" --> SelectModel[Select Specific Provider]

    

    subgraph AI_Providers [External AI Cloud / Local]

        direction LR

        OpenAI

        Gemini

        Anthropic

        Groq

        XAI_Grok

        Kimi

        Qwen

        DeepSeek

        Perplexity

        Ollama_Local

    end

    class AI_Providers external



    %% Context Injection

    SelectModel & DefModel --> PromptCheck{Custom Prompt?}

    PromptCheck -- Yes --> InjectContext[Inject User Context]

    PromptCheck -- No --> GenPayload[Prepare Diff Payload]

    

    InjectContext & GenPayload --> AI_Providers

    

    %% Output

    AI_Providers --> Response[Receive Generated Message]

    Response --> Display[Output to Terminal]

    Display --> SaveLog[Update Dashboard Stats]

    SaveLog --> End

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Environment Variables

Set up your API keys as environment variables:

Skip: If you already have one of the API keys in your .env already, then it picks it up AUTOMATICALLY.

export OPENAI_API_KEY="your-openai-api-key"

export GEMINI_API_KEY="your-gemini-api-key"

export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your-anthropic-api-key"

export GROQ_API_KEY="your-groq-api-key"

export XAI_API_KEY="your-xai-api-key"

export MOONSHOT_API_KEY="your-moonshot-api-key"

export QWEN_API_KEY="your-qwen-api-key"

export DEEPSEEK_API_KEY="your-deepseek-api-key"

export PERPLEXITY_API_KEY="your-perplexity-api-key"

export OLLAMA_HOST="http://localhost:11434"

Usage For Productivity (Mini Docs)

vibecheck commit

vibecheck commit --provider openai    # GPT-4o-mini
vibecheck commit --provider gemini    # Gemini 2.5 Flash
vibecheck commit --provider anthropic # Claude 3.5 Haiku
vibecheck commit --provider groq      # Llama 3.3 70B
vibecheck commit --provider grok      # Grok Beta
vibecheck commit --provider kimi      # Kimi K2 (Moonshot-v1-auto)
vibecheck commit --provider qwen      # Qwen Turbo
vibecheck commit --provider deepseek  # DeepSeek Chat
vibecheck commit --provider perplexity # Perplexity Sonar (sonar)
vibecheck commit --provider ollama    # gpt-oss:20b (local)

vibecheck commit --prompt "make sure to use 02 emoji's in my commit message"

vibecheck commit --provider gemini --prompt "fixed bug in parser"

vibecheck --version
vibecheck --help

Upgrading

Keep vibecheck up to date with a single command:

vibecheck upgrade

Note : If vibecheck is installed in a protected directory like /usr/local/bin, the upgrade command will automatically re-run itself with sudo to complete the installation.

Configuration

Obtaining API Credentials : A Contributor’s Guide to Access the Free-tier

gemini.mp4

perplexity.mp4

https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rshdhere/vibecheck

https://app.codecov.io/gh/rshdhere/vibecheck

https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/rshdhere/vibecheck