Canny alternative

Looking for a Canny alternative?

Canny is a feedback and roadmap platform with a changelog module. changelogfa.st is the developer-first alternative: it writes your release notes for you — straight from your commits — and ships them everywhere you announce.

Generate my release notesHow it works

Canny is a feedback-and-roadmap platform: collect feature requests, prioritise them, and publish a changelog when you ship. The changelog is one module of a larger product, and you still write each entry yourself.

changelogfa.st starts from the other end. It reads your merged pull requests and commits and writes the release note for you — then ships it to your GitHub release, a public page, Slack and email. No editor to fill in.

changelogfa.st vs Canny, side by side

changelogfa.st
Canny
Writes the notes for you
Auto-generated from your commits & PRs
Manual — you write each entry
Developer / git-native
GitHub Action, fires on every release
Product/marketing-oriented
Multi-channel from one source
GitHub release, public page, Slack, email
Mainly an in-app widget + page
Feedback boards & roadmap
Not our focus
Core strength
Free for open source
Public repos, no signup to try via the Action
Paid plans

Based on publicly available information; check Canny's site for current details.

When Canny is the better choice

Honestly — pick Canny if you primarily want to collect and prioritise user feedback and run a public roadmap — that's Canny's core, and changelogfa.st doesn't do feedback boards.

Frequently asked

Is changelogfa.st a Canny alternative?

For the changelog/release-notes part, yes. If you mainly need feedback boards and a roadmap, Canny is the broader product. changelogfa.st focuses purely on turning your commits into release notes automatically.

Do I still have to write the notes?

No. changelogfa.st reads your merged PRs and commits and drafts the note for you; you review and ship. With Canny you write each changelog entry manually.

Stop writing release notes.

Connect a repo and changelogfa.st drafts the note from your commits the moment you ship — to your GitHub release, a public page, Slack and email.

Generate my release notes