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knope vs release-it

The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.

knope vs release-it
Fact	knope	release-it
Language	Rust	JavaScript
Licence	MIT	MIT
Stars	197	9.1k
Latest	knope/v0.23.0	21.1.0
Last push	2026-10-05	2026-09-17
Release cadence	about 16 days between releases	about 7 days between releases
Active contributors	1 commit author 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

Both replace semantic-release. Alternatives to semantic-release →
Full replacementknopeAlso reads changesets, not only conventional commits.
Partialrelease-itBumps, tags and publishes to npm and GitHub, interactively or in CI; versions from commits need a plugin.