Released alternative
Looking for a Released alternative?
Released is a changelog tool built around Jira. changelogfa.st is the developer-first alternative: it writes your release notes for you — straight from your commits — and ships them everywhere you announce.
Released lives inside the Atlassian ecosystem: it pulls Jira issues into draft changelog posts you then edit and publish. If Jira is the source of truth for what shipped, it fits naturally there.
changelogfa.st works from the code itself — your merged PRs and commits — so the note reflects what actually shipped, not just what was ticketed. It runs from a GitHub Action and delivers everywhere, and can still enrich the note with linked Jira/Linear tickets.
changelogfa.st vs Released, side by side
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When Released is the better choice
Honestly — pick Released if your team manages everything in Jira and you want changelog drafts built straight from issues inside Atlassian. Released is purpose-built for that workflow.
Frequently asked
Does changelogfa.st require Jira?
No. It generates notes from your git history. You can optionally connect Jira or Linear to enrich entries with linked tickets, but it's not required.
What if what shipped isn't in a ticket?
Because changelogfa.st reads commits and PRs, it captures what actually shipped — even work that never got a ticket.
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.
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