AutoChangelog revolutionizes how software teams manage release notes by providing an automated, AI-powered solution for generating user-friendly changelogs. It eliminates the manual, time-consuming process of writing updates, allowing developers to focus on building products. The service seamlessly integrates with existing development workflows, transforming technical pull requests, code changes, and commits into clear, human-readable updates that users will actually understand and appreciate.
The process is streamlined into three simple steps:
- Install the GitHub App: Users begin by signing in with GitHub, installing the AutoChangelog app, and selecting the repositories they wish to track. This quick, two-minute setup requires zero ongoing maintenance.
- Add a Custom Webhook: Integrate a custom webhook into your CI/CD pipeline or trigger it manually upon deployment. AutoChangelog then automatically pulls the latest merged pull requests, code changes, and commits to generate the changelog content.
- Changelog Goes Live: Once generated, the changelog is published, keeping users informed with professional updates. Users can access a public changelog URL, or subscribe via RSS or email notifications for real-time updates.
Key features of AutoChangelog include:
- AI-Assisted Generation: Leveraging advanced AI, the platform analyzes technical commits and pull requests to craft clear, concise, and human-readable updates, bridging the gap between technical development and user communication.
- Fully Automatic: Changelogs are generated automatically upon deployment, triggered via a webhook in your CI/CD pipeline, ensuring updates are always current without manual intervention.
- Beautiful Pages: AutoChangelog provides modern, branded, and SEO-friendly changelog pages, complete with dark mode support and RSS feeds, offering a polished user experience.
- Lightning Fast: New entries appear within seconds of deployment, ensuring users receive real-time updates as soon as they are available.
- Full Control: Users have complete control over every changelog entry. They can choose between an auto-publish mode for maximum speed or a review mode for oversight, allowing edits and approvals before entries go live. Any entry can be updated or unpublished at any time.
- Reliable & Secure: The service operates with read-only repository access, safeguarding your code. Its robust infrastructure ensures the changelog is always available, providing peace of mind regarding data security and service uptime.
AutoChangelog supports both public and private repositories, ensuring code and data remain secure. It offers customization options for the changelog's appearance, including logos, brand colors, and a choice of five responsive templates. Pro and Team plans also support custom domains, allowing changelogs to reside at a branded URL like changelog.yourdomain.com. Manual entries can also be added for announcements or updates not tied to pull requests. The platform aims to significantly reduce the overhead associated with maintaining effective user communication about product changes.
