release-drafter/release-drafter
Drafts your next release notes as pull requests are merged into master. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 95
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 8.5
- age_days: 2988
- days_rel: 35
- days_push: 11
- n_releases_24m: 17
Adoption not part of the score
3929 stars · 379 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Release Drafter is a GitHub Action, GitHub App, and Node.js CLI that automatically drafts release notes as pull requests are merged into your main branch. It categorizes changes via labels, suggests the next semantic version, and keeps a draft GitHub release up to date until you publish it.
Use cases
- automatically draft release notes from merged pull requests
- generate a changelog for my GitHub repository
- suggest the next semver version based on merged PR labels
- categorize merged PRs into features, fixes, and maintenance sections
- run release note drafting locally or in CI via npx
- validate that a pull request has proper release categories
When to choose
- you host your project on GitHub and want release notes maintained automatically
- you want label-driven categorization and automatic semver version resolution
- you prefer a zero-maintenance GitHub Action or App over manual changelog writing
When to avoid
- your repository is not hosted on GitHub
- you need fully custom changelog formats beyond the templating options
- you want release notes generated from commit messages rather than pull requests
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
workflow-automation ci-cd developer-tools documentation developer-tools version-control apis cli github-action github-app release-notes release-automation changelog semver typescript automation nodejs web-server
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1283f6d92775
- homepage: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/release-drafter · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4bfd81e5b14e
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/release-drafter · fetched 2026-08-29 · 41d35509d2fa
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| release-drafter/release-drafter | main | 98 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="release-drafter/release-drafter")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem