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Release notes with the screenshots already taken.

Pick what shipped. Release Butler writes the note in your customers' words and attaches real screenshots of the screens that changed.

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Release notes software, start to finish: three merged changes are ticked, AI writes the release note, a screenshot of the invoices screen is taken automatically, Approve and publish is pressed, and the new entry arrives in the What's new widget inside the customer's app with an unread badge

The screenshots are taken for you

When you pick a change, a browser signs in to your running app with a test account, finds the screen that changed and captures it. You choose which versions go in the note.

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The invoices screen as Release Butler captured it

Captured automatically · /invoices · Desktop · light

By hand, for every screenshot

  1. Open the app and sign in with a test account
  2. Find the screen that changed
  3. Resize the window to a clean desktop width
  4. Switch to dark mode and take it again
  5. Do both again on a phone-sized screen
  6. Crop it, upload it and place it in the note

Release Butler does every one of these for each change you pick.

What your customers see

One release note, three places: a changelog page on your own link, a What's new panel inside your app, and an email to your users. Each one carries the screenshots.

  • Changelog page

    A public page on your own link.

    The release on the company's hosted changelog page, with its screenshot

  • What's new widget

    Inside your app, with an unread badge.

    The What's new panel open inside the company's app, with two unread releases and a screenshot

  • Email

    In your users' inbox.

    The release as an email in a reader's inbox, with its screenshot

Questions about the release notes software

Is the release note written by AI?

The first draft is. It is written from the changes you chose, in plain customer language. You edit it, and nothing is published until you approve it.

How does Release Butler know which screen to screenshot?

It works out the screen from the files the pull request changed, signs in to your running app and captures that screen. If it picks the wrong one, point it at another screen or edit the shot.

Can I pick changes from more than one repository?

Yes. Merged pull requests from all the repositories you connect appear in one list for the release.

What do I add to my app for the What's new widget?

One script tag. The widget shows your latest releases with an unread count and remembers what each reader has already seen.

What does Release Butler cost?

Release Butler is free while in beta.

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