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mortenscheel/release-notes-cli
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Show formatted Github release notes in the terminal.

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Release notes CLI
=================

[](#release-notes-cli)

A command-line tool to find and show the release notes for a specific Github repository or Composer package.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

#### Composer

[](#composer)

Requirements: Linux or Mac with PHP 8.1 and Composer installed.

```
composer global require mortenscheel/release-notes-cli
```

#### Docker

[](#docker)

```
docker run --rm -it mono2990/release-notes {repo}
```

You can optionally pass your Github token using an environment variable:

```
docker run --rm -it -e RELEASE_NOTES_GITHUB_TOKEN={token} mono2990/release-notes {repo}
```

Caching is not supported when running in docker

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
release-notes  [options]

Arguments:
  name                  Name of the repository or package

Options:
  --tag[=TAG]           Specific tag
  --from[=FROM]         From version
  --to[=TO]             To version
  --help                Display help

Note:
  If neither --tag, --from or --too is provided, only the latest release will be displayed

```

#### Show latest release notes

[](#show-latest-release-notes)

```
release-notes laravel/framework
```

#### Show release notes for specific tag

[](#show-release-notes-for-specific-tag)

```
release-notes laravel/framework --tag v9.34.0
```

#### Show all releases since specific version

[](#show-all-releases-since-specific-version)

```
release-notes laravel/framework --from 9.0
```

Caching
-------

[](#caching)

To enable caching, run

```
release-notes cache:init
```

The cache can be flushed manually by running

```
release-notes cache:clear
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~13 days

Recently: every ~28 days

Total

20

Last Release

1027d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6514342?v=4)[Morten Scheel](/maintainers/mortenscheel)[@mortenscheel](https://github.com/mortenscheel)

---

Top Contributors

[![mortenscheel](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6514342?v=4)](https://github.com/mortenscheel "mortenscheel (33 commits)")

---

Tags

cligithubrelease-notescliconsolelaravel-zeropackagistrelease notes

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

Code StyleLaravel Pint

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