# release-plz/release-plz

Publish Rust crates from CI with a Release PR.

Repository: https://github.com/release-plz/release-plz
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/release-plz
Homepage: https://release-plz.dev
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: ci, release, rust, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-24T01:00:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 81, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1718, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 50, "gap_med": 5.0, "n_releases_24m": 75}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1458, forks 188 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:47.113507+00:00)

## What it is
Release-plz is a Rust CLI and GitHub Action that automates releasing Rust crates: it generates changelogs with git-cliff, bumps versions based on Conventional Commits and semver-breaking changes, and opens a Release PR. Merging the PR triggers git tag creation, GitHub/Gitea/GitLab releases, and publishing to crates.io.

## Use cases
- automate publishing rust crates to crates.io from ci
- generate changelogs from conventional commits
- bump crate versions automatically with a release pr
- detect semver breaking changes before releasing
- release rust workspaces with multiple packages
- create github releases and git tags on merge

## When to choose
- you maintain Rust crates published to crates.io and want hands-off releases
- you want changelog and version bumps driven by conventional commits
- you prefer reviewing releases via a pull request before publishing
- you need semver-breaking-change detection via cargo-semver-checks

## When to avoid
- you release non-Rust packages (use release-please or semantic-release instead)
- you want fully automatic publishing without a human-reviewed PR
- your project doesn't use git or conventional commit conventions

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: ci-cd, deployment, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: cli, windows
- tags: rust, release-automation, changelog, semver, conventional-commits, crates-io, github-action, release-pr, automation, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- release-plz/release-plz (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:47.113507+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 2026-08-30T04:35:31.437560+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/release-plz/release-plz (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:47.113507+00:00, sha d160f30ca106)
  - homepage: https://release-plz.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T11:44:25.791573+00:00, sha f2cae89c5e58)
  - site_page: https://release-plz.dev/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:44:25.794126+00:00, sha c540e4aa46e6)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/release-plz (fetched 2026-08-29T11:44:25.797474+00:00, sha 5e506506b78f)
  - site_page: https://release-plz.dev/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T11:44:25.795883+00:00, sha 51a7589eedc0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.