# release-it/release-it

🚀 Automate versioning and package publishing

Repository: https://github.com/release-it/release-it
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/release-it
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: release-automation, publish, npm, git, tool, automation, bump, release, release-helper, changelog, github, gitlab, semver, gitlab-releases, cli, ci-mode, hooks, continuous-delivery, version
Last push: 2026-08-09T07:29:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 96, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4614, "days_push": 24, "days_rel": 24, "gap_med": 12.5, "n_releases_24m": 31}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9034, forks 574 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:28.038284+00:00)

## What it is
Release It! is a generic CLI tool that automates versioning and package publishing tasks such as bumping versions, creating Git commits/tags, generating changelogs, and publishing to npm, GitHub, or GitLab. It is highly configurable with hooks and a plugin system, and works in interactive or CI/CD modes.

## Use cases
- automate npm package releases
- bump semver versions and tag git commits
- generate changelogs automatically
- publish GitHub or GitLab releases from CI
- manage pre-release versions
- release monorepo packages

## When to choose
- you release npm packages or GitHub-hosted projects regularly
- you want one tool to handle version bump, tag, changelog, and publish
- you need CI/CD-friendly release automation with hooks and plugins

## When to avoid
- your project is not version-controlled with Git
- you need language ecosystems outside Node.js without extra setup
- you prefer fully manual release control

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools, ci-cd, version-control, workflow-automation, plugin-system
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: release-automation, semver, changelog, npm-publish, git-tags, github-releases, gitlab-releases, monorepo, automation, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- release-it/release-it (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.038284+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:24:05.500853+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/release-it/release-it (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.038284+00:00, sha 86c1f53ee3b2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.