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FerrFlow vs release-please
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | FerrFlow | release-please |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Rust | TypeScript |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 6 | 7.6k |
| Latest | v7.28.4 | v17.11.2 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-05 |
| Release cadence | about 1 day between releases | about 10 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 1+ 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
FerrFlow replaces release-please. Alternatives to release-please →
Full replacementAlso has a release pull request mode, across 16 version-file formats.
Both replace semantic-release. Alternatives to semantic-release →
Full replacementFerrFlowMonorepos across 16 version-file formats from one binary.
Full replacementrelease-pleaseOpens a release pull request instead of releasing on every merge.
FerrFlow
- v7.28.42026-10-06refactor(forge): share pagination as a function and keep RestClient for GitHub and Gitea (#1289)
- v7.28.32026-10-06refactor(forge): share one REST client between GitHub, Gitea and GitLab pagination (#1287)
- v7.28.22026-10-05fix(cli): indent a multi-line error head below the causes (#1282)
- v7.28.12026-10-05fix(cli): indent the continuation lines of a multi-line error (#1278)
- v7.28.02026-10-04feat(monorepo): add workspace.nestedPackages to give a file to the most specific package (#1270)
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)
FerrFlow
✓ signed The latest release, v7.28.4, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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release-please
✓ signed The latest release, v17.11.2, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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