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+{
+  lib,
+  buildNpmPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  nodejs,
+  nix-update-script,
+}:
+
+buildNpmPackage rec {
+  pname = "better-commits";
+  version = "1.16.1";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "Everduin94";
+    repo = "better-commits";
+    tag = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-70PEcktGGck7egDmaIteFEMCNpo6ZuWyIVPiOywr2tc=";
+  };
+
+  npmDepsHash = "sha256-g34UutgT5315BpsQSuGGLIU6Ga+hpEz74HNLKKOB+ec=";
+
+  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "CLI for creating better commits following the conventional commits specification";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/Everduin94/better-commits";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.ilarvne ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    mainProgram = "better-commits";
+  };
+}