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.
Release automation
Version bumps, changelogs, tags and published releases from commit history.
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Side by side
| Tool | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FerrFlow | 7 | MIT | Open source | No | Rust | v7.36.1 | 2026-11-12 |
| semantic-release | 24k | MIT | Open source | No | JavaScript | v25.0.9 | 2026-11-06 |
| GoReleaser | 16k | MIT | Open source | No | Go | v2.20.1 | 2026-11-12 |
| Changesets | 13k | MIT | Open source | No | TypeScript | @changesets/cli@3.0.3 | 2026-11-08 |
| release-it | 9.1k | MIT | Open source | No | JavaScript | 21.1.2 | 2026-10-30 |
| release-please | 7.8k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | TypeScript | v17.11.2 | 2026-11-03 |
| Commitizen | 3.5k | MIT | Open source | No | Python | v4.19.3 | 2026-10-25 |
| cargo-release | 1.6k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Rust | v1.1.7 | 2026-11-01 |
| release-plz | 1.5k | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Rust | release-plz-v0.4.3 | 2026-11-12 |
| cocogitto | 1.2k | MIT | Open source | No | Rust | 7.0.0 | 2026-04-22 |
| knope | 207 | MIT | Open source | No | Rust | knope/v0.23.2 | 2026-11-11 |
11 tools
📦🚀 Fully automated version management and package publishing
- Language
- JavaScript
- Licence
- MIT
- Stars
- 24k
- Latest
- v25.0.9
- Last push
- 2026-11-06
Release engineering, simplified
🦋 A tool to manage versioning and changelogs with a focus on monorepos
- Language
- TypeScript
- Licence
- MIT
- Stars
- 13k
- Latest
- @changesets/cli@3.0.3
- Last push
- 2026-11-08
🚀 Automate versioning and package publishing
- Language
- JavaScript
- Licence
- MIT
- Stars
- 9.1k
- Latest
- 21.1.2
- Last push
- 2026-10-30
generate release PRs based on the conventionalcommits.org spec
- Language
- TypeScript
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 7.8k
- Latest
- v17.11.2
- Last push
- 2026-11-03
Create committing rules for projects :rocket: auto bump versions :arrow_up: and auto changelog generation :open_file_folder:
Cargo subcommand `release`: everything about releasing a rust crate.
- Language
- Rust
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 1.6k
- Latest
- v1.1.7
- Last push
- 2026-11-01
Publish Rust crates from CI with a Release PR.
- Language
- Rust
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 1.5k
- Latest
- release-plz-v0.4.3
- Last push
- 2026-11-12
The Conventional Commits toolbox
A command line tool to handle all the tasks most developers find tedious.
- Language
- Rust
- Licence
- MIT
- Stars
- 207
- Latest
- knope/v0.23.2
- Last push
- 2026-11-11
What these tools replace
- semantic-releaseRelease automation12 →
- conventional-changelogChangelog generation6 →
- LernaMonorepo tools6 →
- cargo-releaseRelease automation2 →
- ChangesetsRelease automation2 →
- cocogittoRelease automation1 →
- git-cliffChangelog generation1 →
- knopeRelease automation1 →
- release-pleaseRelease automation1 →
- release-plzRelease automation1 →