# What changed in all-contributors-cli

> 11 changes in all-contributors-cli 5 to 7 from its official release notes, upgrade guides and advisories: 2 breaking. Each one cited. Sources checked 2026-10-27. HTML: https://unstale.sh/npm/all-contributors-cli/

To see which of these apply to a repository, run `npx @unstale/cli init` in it.

## all-contributors-cli 7

### Breaking changes

- The package migrated from CommonJS to ESM, so consumers may need to update how they import it. (7.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/all-contributors/cli/releases/tag/v7.0.0)

### Fixes and other changes

- Generation no longer crashes when a contributor's avatar_url is not an absolute URL. (7.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/all-contributors/cli/releases/tag/v7.0.0)
- Contributors are sorted alphabetically without case sensitivity, with login used as a fallback. (7.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/all-contributors/cli/releases/tag/v7.0.0)
- Generation no longer crashes when the contributors tag appears at the start of a file. (7.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/all-contributors/cli/releases/tag/v7.0.0)
- Incorrectly formatted Github URLs are corrected. (7.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/all-contributors/cli/releases/tag/v7.0.0)
- Generated contributor lists no longer re-add removed markdownlint comments. (7.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/all-contributors/cli/releases/tag/v7.0.0)

## all-contributors-cli 6

### Breaking changes

- The generated contributors table is now HTML/CSS instead of Markdown. (6.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/all-contributors/cli/releases/tag/v6.0.0)

### Behavior and default changes

- Generated avatar images now include a height attribute. (6.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/all-contributors/cli/releases/tag/v6.0.0)

### Fixes and other changes

- The generated HTML no longer contains a style block because GitHub does not whitelist that tag. (6.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/all-contributors/cli/releases/tag/v6.0.0)

## all-contributors-cli 5

### Behavior and default changes

- The error message now includes a list of invalid contributions. (5.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/all-contributors/cli/releases/tag/v5.0.0)

### Fixes and other changes

- Fixes the bug that added the wrong contribution type to .all-contributorsrc. (5.0.0) — [release notes](https://github.com/all-contributors/cli/releases/tag/v5.0.0)