@semantic-release/release-notes-generator downloads show a generally upward trend from March 2024 to August 2025, peaking in June 2025 at over 12 million. September 2025 downloads are significantly lower, likely due to incomplete data for the current month.
@semantic-release/release-notes-generator had initial releases in 2015, followed by a period of no releases until mid-2017. Release frequency peaked in late 2017 and 2018. After that, releases became less frequent and more sporadic, with occasional bursts. The latest release was in September 2025, version 14.1.0.
@semantic-release/release-notes-generator automates the generation of release notes for semantic-release. It analyzes commit messages following the conventional commits specification to determine changes and automatically creates release notes summarizing bug fixes, features, and breaking changes. Streamlining the release process by eliminating manual effort in documenting updates, it ensures consistent and informative changelogs for published packages. This generator boosts transparency and simplifies communication about changes to package users.