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cocogitto vs release-please
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| Fact | cocogitto | release-please |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Rust | TypeScript |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 1.2k | 7.6k |
| Latest | 7.0.0 | v17.11.2 |
| Last push | 2026-04-22 | 2026-10-05 |
| Release cadence | about 117 days between releases | about 10 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 0 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 6 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Both replace semantic-release. Alternatives to semantic-release →
Full replacementcocogitto
Full replacementrelease-pleaseOpens a release pull request instead of releasing on every merge.
cocogitto
- 7.0.02026-03-04This release comes with a monthly update note:
- 6.5.02025-11-029d14c0b967598780d2acd9e281bcf2ee4d0e9fd7 - set filetype for commit edit message - @oknozor
- 6.4.02025-10-18d6ac8bf253b1f3dc6082af91c82039c13d5acc1a - respect disable_changelog setting for package changelogs - Lindner, Bernhard
- 6.3.02025-03-1953c6f5ce46fec865ccc5858d2c1cff2d2b6755aa - (commit) fixed order of commit type options (#431) - Sertonix
- 6.2.02024-11-28112bfcc4a014b05dc43712cd4cb32846e5923251 - fix ignore merge commit no longer honored - @oknozor
release-please
- v17.11.22026-08-24bump @google-automations/git-file-utils to ^3.2.0 (f082e5c)
- v17.11.12026-07-31deps: upgrade brace-expansion version to 5.0.8 (6159d83)
- v17.11.02026-07-30add PHPLibrarian strategy (#2862) (9aa4fc0)
- v17.10.42026-07-21dynamically replace changelog reference keyword with 'refs' (5b31578)
- v17.10.32026-07-09src/updaters: add google-cloud-pom-parent to specialArtifacts in librarian-yaml (#2841) (6846245)
cocogitto
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release-please
✓ signed The latest release, v17.11.2, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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