semantic-release
Automated versioning and package publishing
semantic-release is an open-source tool that automates version management and package release based on commit messages. It runs in self-hosted CI pipelines to determine versions and publish artifacts.
Key features
- Commit-driven versioning
- Automated changelog
- Plugin ecosystem
- CI integration
Strengths
- Released under the MIT license
- Mature project with 24k GitHub stars
- Written in JavaScript
- Tiny footprint — runs in 256 MB RAM
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