Top 23 release-automation Open-Source Projects

• semantic-release

  75 19,768 9.4 JavaScript

  :package::rocket: Fully automated version management and package publishing

  

Project mention: alacritty-themes not working any more!!! | dev.to | 2024-01-07

• goreleaser

  59 12,995 9.8 Go

  Deliver Go binaries as fast and easily as possible

  

Project mention: FOSDEM 2024 - Summary and Reflections | dev.to | 2024-02-05

I also got my eyes on GoReleaser, which I will use in my (Go) projects.

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• Release It! 🚀

  9 7,511 8.3 JavaScript

  🚀 Automate versioning and package publishing

  

Project mention: Nx - Highlights of 2023 | dev.to | 2023-12-28

Open source libraries and frameworks share a common necessity: the need to develop multiple packages cohesively and efficiently while managing their versioning and publishing to NPM. Nx has emerged as a go-to choice for handling such open source monorepos (as we'll explore further in the next section of this blog post). Until recently, one area Nx did not address directly was versioning and release management. Traditionally, this gap has been filled with tools like release-it, changesets, or custom Node scripts, similar to our approach in the Nx repository.

• devtron

  97 3,848 9.7 Go

  Tool integration platform for Kubernetes

  

Project mention: Devtron - End-to-End Software Delivery for Kubernetes Applications | /r/kubernetes | 2023-10-05

• release-drafter

  10 3,199 4.9 JavaScript

  Drafts your next release notes as pull requests are merged into master.

  

Project mention: Auto Publish/Release - GitHub Actions | dev.to | 2023-10-29

For releasing or publishing our code automatically, we will use the action Release Drafter

• commitizen

  9 2,135 9.5 Python

  Create committing rules for projects :rocket: auto bump versions :arrow_up: and auto changelog generation :open_file_folder:

  

• pyscaffold

  5 2,005 6.0 Python

  🛠 Python project template generator with batteries included

  

Project mention: Which scaffolding package should I use? | /r/Python | 2023-11-02

- pyscaffold

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• cargo-dist

  11 1,222 9.8 Rust

  📦 shippable application packaging

  

Project mention: cargo-dist pre-release looking for feedback! | /r/rust | 2023-10-20

You can learn more about the features and install the pre-release here: https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/tag/v0.4.0-prerelease.2

• gradle-release

  1 850 1.5 Groovy

  gradle-release is a plugin for providing a Maven-like release process for projects using Gradle

  

• gh-action-pypi-publish

  5 834 8.3 Python

  The blessed :octocat: GitHub Action, for publishing your :package: distribution files to PyPI: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/pypi-publish

  

Project mention: PyPI new user and new project registrations temporarily suspended | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-05-20

> Recently I've seen someone on Reddit trying to automate the creation of PyPI projects through GitHub Actions. The person was complaining that the first deployment couldn't use an API key for that project since it didn't exist. So I'm not surprised some people are trying to do the same for malicious purposes.

Sorry for the tangent, but: you can do this now! If you use trusted publishing, you can register a "pending publisher" for a project that doesn't exist yet. When the trusted publisher (like GitHub Actions) is used, it'll create the project[1].

All of this is supported transparently by the official publishing action for GitHub Actions[2].

[1]: https://docs.pypi.org/trusted-publishers/creating-a-project-...

[2]: https://github.com/pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish

• towncrier

  5 732 7.3 Python

  Manage the release notes for your project.

  

Project mention: Changelog-Driven Releases | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-23

I don't really like writing the change log automatically from commits. I think those both have a slightly different audience and thus need different wording.

I know the frustration of merge conflicts on the change log file.

Right now, I'm creating change logs by hand which is time consuming to do on release time. I'm considering switching to using towncrier or something similar, where you have a changes dir with one file per change for creating change logs --> https://towncrier.readthedocs.io/

• action-electron-builder

  1 633 0.0 JavaScript

  :electron: GitHub Action for building and releasing Electron apps

• changie

  26 585 8.9 Go

  Automated changelog tool for preparing releases with lots of customization options

• go-release-action

  1 449 7.0 Shell

  Automatically publish Go binaries to Github Release Assets through Github Action.

Project mention: wangyoucao577/go-release-action: Automatically publish Go binaries to Github Release Assets through Github Action. | /r/devopsish | 2023-05-13

• sbt-sonatype

  1 326 8.2 Scala

  A sbt plugin for publishing Scala/Java projects to the Maven central.

• manual-approval

  1 308 1.0 Go

  Pause your GitHub Actions workflow and request manual approval from set approvers before continuing

Project mention: Automating Terraform Deployments with GitHub Actions: A Step-by-Step Guide | dev.to | 2023-11-02

For the manual approval in the workflow, we will use the trstringer/manual-approval .

• android-snapshot-publisher

  0 146 2.7 Kotlin

  Gradle plugin to deploy Android Snapshot Versions

  

• tramline

  1 101 9.6 Ruby

  Release coordination and deployment platform, just for your mobile apps

  

• action-snapcraft

  1 44 2.9 JavaScript

  🐦 GitHub Action for setting up Snapcraft

• semantic-release-codeartifact

  1 43 4.4 TypeScript

  A semantic-release plugin for publishing packages to AWS CodeArtifact

• python-package-template

  2 32 8.4 Makefile

  An opinionated Python package/application template repository, with SLSA and SBOM support built in, enabled for security scanners, code linters, typing, testing and code coverage monitoring, and release automation for reproducible builds. (by jenstroeger)

• slap

  1 18 8.5 Python

  Slap is a CLI to assist in the process for developing and releasing Python packages. (by NiklasRosenstein)

  

• grm

  1 15 3.8 Go

  An experimental package manager for GitHub Releases (by jsnjack)

• InfluxDB

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  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

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• FOSDEM 2024 - Summary and Reflections
  1 project | dev.to | 5 Feb 2024
• towncrier VS cf_changelog - a user suggested alternative
  2 projects | 10 Jan 2024
• Which scaffolding package should I use?
  5 projects | /r/Python | 2 Nov 2023
• Auto Publish/Release - GitHub Actions
  1 project | dev.to | 29 Oct 2023
• goreleaser: Deliver Go binaries as fast and easily as possible
  1 project | /r/golang | 13 Sep 2023
• Goreleaser
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Sep 2023
• Cargo-Dist
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Jun 2023
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