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FerrFlow vs release-plz
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | FerrFlow | release-plz |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Rust | Rust |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 6 | 1.5k |
| Latest | v7.28.4 | release-plz-v0.3.169 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 1 day between releases | about 2 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 1+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 9 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
FerrFlow replaces release-plz. Alternatives to release-plz →
Full replacementRelease pull requests and cargo publish, for Cargo workspaces and 15 other formats.
Both replace cargo-release. Alternatives to cargo-release →
Full replacementFerrFlowBumps Cargo.toml, tags and runs cargo publish, among 16 version-file formats.
Full replacementrelease-plzAutomates the same bump, tag and publish steps through release pull requests.
Both replace semantic-release. Alternatives to semantic-release →
Full replacementFerrFlowMonorepos across 16 version-file formats from one binary.
Partialrelease-plzCargo workspaces only.
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-plz
- release-plz-v0.3.1692026-09-19avoid workspace bumps when releases are filtered out (#3091)
- release-plz-v0.3.1682026-09-17check semver for rlib and dylib libraries (#3070)
- release-plz-v0.3.1672026-09-13compare released source trees with Cargo file selection (#3056)
- release-plz-v0.3.1662026-09-13(set-version) support workspace package versions (#3047)
- release-plz-v0.3.1652026-09-10preserve git metadata when copying directories (#3045)
FerrFlow
✓ signed The latest release, v7.28.4, carries a signature GitHub verified.
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release-plz
unsigned The latest release, release-plz-v0.3.169, carries no signature GitHub could verify.
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