Changesets Has a Free Version Management Tool — Here's How to Use It

Manually bumping versions, writing changelogs, and publishing packages is tedious and error-prone. Changesets automates all of it — with a workflow that works for solo devs and large teams. What Is Changesets? Changesets is a tool for managing versioning and changelogs in mono and multi-package repositories. It automates the "version bump → changelog → npm publish" pipeline. Quick Start npm install -D @changesets/cli npx changeset init The Workflow 1. Add a Changeset (When Making Changes) npx changeset # Prompts: # Which packages changed? → select packages # Is this a major/minor/patch? → choose # Summary? → "Added dark mode support" This creates a file in .changeset/ that describes the change: --- " @mylib/ui" : minor " @mylib/theme" : patch --- Added dark mode support with automatic system preference detection 2. Version (Before Release) npx changeset version This consumes all changeset files and: Bumps package versions according to semver Updates CHANGELOG.md for each package Handle