alternatives to
Generate changelogs and release notes from a project's commit messages and metadata.
| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git-cliff | Full replacement | 12k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Rust | v2.14.2 | 2026-09-18 |
| GitHub Changelog Generator | Full replacement | 7.5k | MIT | Open source | No | Ruby | v1.18.0 | 2026-03-18 |
| FerrFlow | Partial | 6 | MIT | Open source | No | Rust | v7.28.4 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release Drafter | Partial | 3.9k | ISC | Open source | No | TypeScript | v7.9.0 | 2026-10-06 |
| cocogitto | Partial | 1.2k | MIT | Open source | No | Rust | 7.0.0 | 2026-04-22 |
5 alternatives
A highly customizable Changelog Generator that follows Conventional Commit specifications ⛰️
Generates changelogs from Conventional Commits with its own templates, as a single binary.
Automatically generate change log from your tags, issues, labels and pull requests on GitHub.
Builds the changelog from GitHub tags, issues and pull requests rather than commit messages.
Universal semantic versioning for monorepos and classic repos. One binary reads your commits, bumps 16 version-file formats, writes the changelog and cuts the release.
Writes the changelog as part of a release.
Drafts your next release notes as pull requests are merged into master.
Drafts GitHub release notes from merged pull requests and their labels, without a CHANGELOG file.
The Conventional Commits toolbox
Generates the changelog as part of cog bump.