Developer
Star Commit — VS Code Extension
- Duration
- 2026 Apr - 2026 May
- Sector
- Developer Tools · VS Code Extension
- Associated With
- Oloodi
- My Role
- Developer
Overview
I use Claude Code daily, and the commit messages it writes from the terminal are genuinely good. But I kept hitting the same friction: if I wanted to use a lighter model like Haiku just for the commit, I had to switch models mid-session and lose my working context. Annoying enough that I decided to build a fix — and Star Commit is the result.
What It Does
Star Commit adds a button to the Source Control panel in VS Code. Click it, and it generates a commit message straight from your git diff using the Claude Code CLI under the hood. You can pick the model — Opus, Sonnet, or Haiku — independently from whatever you're running in your terminal, so there's no context switching and no interrupting your current session.
Features
One-click commit message generation from the Source Control panel, powered by the Claude Code CLI.
Per-extension model selection (Opus, Sonnet, or Haiku) that stays separate from your active terminal session — no more losing context just to write a commit.
Conventional Commits support out of the box.
Works with staged changes or all changes, so it fits whichever workflow you prefer.
Free, open source under the MIT license, and already live on the Marketplace.
Outcome
Star Commit is published on the Visual Studio Marketplace and the source is on GitHub for anyone who wants to try it, contribute, or fork it. It's a small tool, but it removed a paper-cut I was running into every day — and that on its own felt worth shipping.