GitHub Releases and Changelog Sentinel

Track new software releases, semantic version tags, changelog release notes, author information, and compiled binary download counts across GitHub repositories.

Features

• Scrapes official GitHub releases for any public repository specified in owner/repo syntax.
• Captures semantic version tags, release titles, complete changelog text, and author usernames.
• Inspects attached binary release assets including file names, byte sizes, and download counts.
• Allows optional filtering to include or exclude experimental pre-release candidate versions.
• Queries GitHub public REST endpoints without requiring personal access tokens or proxies.

Input parameters

• GitHub Repository: The target repository specified as owner/repo (for example: facebook/react, vercel/next.js). Default is facebook/react.
• Maximum Releases: Number of recent releases to extract. Default is 25, maximum is 100.
• Include Pre-releases: Toggle to include alpha, beta, and release candidate versions. Default is false.

Output dataset fields

Each dataset record contains:

• repository: Source GitHub repository path.
• releaseId: Unique GitHub release identifier.
• name: Release title headline.
• tagName: Git tag name (for example: v19.3.1).
• isPrerelease: Boolean indicating whether the release is tagged as pre-release.
• body: Markdown text containing the full release notes and changelog.
• author: GitHub username of the release publisher.
• publishedAt: ISO formatted UTC timestamp when the release was made public.
• assetsCount: Total count of compiled binary assets attached.
• assets: Array of asset objects with download URLs and download statistics.
• htmlUrl: Direct link to the release on github.com.
• tarballUrl: Source code tarball archive URL.
• zipballUrl: Source code zip archive URL.
• scrapedAt: UTC timestamp when the record was extracted.

Use cases

• Changelog monitoring: Build automated release notification feeds into Discord, Slack, or internal developer wikis.
• Software dependency alerts: Trigger automated package update pipelines as soon as upstream libraries publish stable tags.
• Download analytics: Track asset download velocity for open-source desktop applications and developer utilities.
• DevSecOps compliance: Maintain historical records of version release notes and security patches.