# Install github-release with Homebrew, Nix Create and edit releases on Github (and upload artifacts). Version 0.11.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:github-release ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install github-release ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#github-release ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/github-release/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:github-release - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.11.0 - **Source summary:** Create and edit releases on Github (and upload artifacts) - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - github-release (cli) - github-release (alias) ## Build dependencies - go ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.11.0 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/github-release/github-release - Upstream latest detected: v0.11.0 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage github-release is a Go command-line utility for creating, editing, deleting, inspecting, and uploading files to GitHub Releases. It belongs to the early generation of single-purpose release automation tools that wrapped GitHub's Releases API before GitHub's own CLI became the default tool for many workflows. ### Project history The project repository was created in January 2014, soon after GitHub exposed Releases as an API-backed feature. Its README framed the tool as a friendlier alternative to doing release and artifact work with raw HTTP requests, especially because uploads require resolving release identifiers before attaching files. The project retained a narrow scope: tags and releases stay in GitHub, while the CLI handles the API calls needed to create release records, edit metadata, upload artifacts, and delete releases. Copyright notices in the README identify Nicolas Hillegeer for the original 2014-2017 period and Meter, Inc. for later maintenance. ### Adoption history github-release became useful in build scripts that produced binaries before GitHub Actions and the GitHub CLI were widely adopted. Its packaging in Homebrew and Nix reflects the role it played for developers who wanted a small standalone executable rather than a larger platform CLI. The tool's continued packaging gives older CI and release scripts a stable command name. That matters for projects that still publish GitHub Release assets from Makefiles, shell scripts, or external CI systems. ### How it is used Practitioners use github-release by exporting a GitHub token, tagging and pushing a repository, then running subcommands such as `release`, `edit`, `upload`, `delete`, and `info`. The README also documents `GITHUB_API`, which lets the same workflow target a GitHub Enterprise API endpoint. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, github-release is notable because it automates the exact step that many package recipes depend on: publishing versioned binary artifacts on GitHub Releases. It is a compact example of a tool whose job is not building software, but making the release surface predictable enough for downstream package managers. ### Timeline - 2014: Repository created for a Go CLI around GitHub Releases. - 2014: README examples show release creation, editing, artifact upload, deletion, and release inspection. - 2020: Maintenance copyright notice added for Meter, Inc. - 2025: v0.11.0 release published on GitHub. ### Related projects - Related tools include GitHub's Releases API, GitHub Enterprise, GitHub CLI, and CI systems that publish build artifacts to GitHub Releases. ### Sources - - - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** github-release - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Nix - github-release: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/github-release/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gitlab-release-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitlab-release-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-management, releases. - [commitizen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/commitizen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-management. - [ghr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ghr/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-management. - [gitversion](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gitversion/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-management. - [nvchecker](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nvchecker/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: automation, cli, developer-tools, release-management. - [changelogen](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/changelogen/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-management. - [changie](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/changie/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-management. - [cocogitto](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cocogitto/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, release-management. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/github-release.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/github-release.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph