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GoReleaser vs release-please
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | GoReleaser | release-please |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Go | TypeScript |
| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Stars | 16k | 7.8k |
| Latest | v2.20.1 | v17.11.2 |
| Last push | 2026-11-12 | 2026-11-03 |
| Release cadence | too few releases | about 10 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 39 commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 7 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 →
PartialGoReleaserBuilds, packages and publishes release artifacts and changelogs for Go projects, but takes the version from a tag.
Full replacementrelease-pleaseOpens a release pull request instead of releasing on every merge.
GoReleaser
- v2.21.0-1bf59683-nightly2026-11-1284f5ed6689a1a2b4112f1085d96cf6a6ddb11a5e: sec: redact Git publication and SBOM credentials (#7303)pre-release
- v2.21.0-b6d7c4e4-nightly2026-11-1284f5ed6689a1a2b4112f1085d96cf6a6ddb11a5e: sec: redact Git publication and SBOM credentials (#7303)pre-release
- v2.20.12026-11-11Read the official announcement: Announcing GoReleaser v2.20.
- v2.21.0-119f88f6-nightly2026-11-110b1b1fff41ab7113cdb6858ac45a1cf7f9bebc92: sec(git): redact URL credentials from diagnostics (#7294)pre-release
- v2.21.0-a8f1c1ec-nightly2026-11-100b1b1fff41ab7113cdb6858ac45a1cf7f9bebc92: sec(git): redact URL credentials from diagnostics (#7294)pre-release
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)
GoReleaser
✓ signed The latest release, v2.20.1, 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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