'Watching new tags on GitHub

I need to track new tags of many projects on github, it's possbile to get emails about newly created tags? Or through RSS channel, or somehow be notified, when new tag is created. I think that this would be great feature how to track new versions of projects hosted on github.

Solution 1:^[1]

Have a look at https://sibbell.com

It notifies you about new tags/releases and takes only 3 clicks to setup.

Really handy tool.

Solution 2:^[2]

Update Nov. 2020: you now have "Custom notification controls"

This week we are giving you more control over the types of content that you are notified about on GitHub:

Watching a repository can often be a double-edged sword.
You want to stay up to date with a project, but if you have a specific interest or role within the community, you have no choice but to subscribe to updates on everything.
No more.

Beneath the watch button, you’ll find that we have made a few changes: we’ve made the language clearer so you know what you’ll receive updates about, we’ve made the interface more accessible and, we’ve introduced a new custom category.
Within this, you can select the types of content you would like to be notified about.

Do you focus on code review? Limit your notifications to pull requests.
Are you a community manager? Select Discussions.
As new types of notifications are added, you’ll find them in this menu.

You’ll find these controls on all repository pages and on your watching page where you can customize notifications for repositories you already watch.

Since you can have email notifications, do note that, since Nov. 2018, you can get notification on new releases: that won't include all tags (since a release is associated to a tag, but not all tags receive a release).

Still, see "Watch releases "

You can now limit repository notifications exclusively to releases.
Receive notifications when new releases are published in a repository without receiving notifications about other updates and conversations.

Solution 3:^[3]

I've made a simple tool, because Sibbell will be closing down on May 15th, 2018, as they told on their email yesterday.

I've put together a simple repository to have the same approach:

https://github.com/Ardakilic/alerthub

You can self-host it. Just provide your repositories and when a new release comes you'll get a push notification (using Pushbullet) and/or E-mail. You can also have an aggregated RSS feed to use with your reader app or IFTTT etc.

Solution 4:^[4]

Take a look at https://AllMyChanges.com.

It is a startup which could do more — it will send you a full release notes, not only new version numbers. And it works for projects without any release notes as well as with projects were maintainers keep handwritten ChangeLog.

Solution 5:^[5]

Found this:

https://github.com/dear-github/dear-github/issues/111#issuecomment-442564269

It appears that "watch releases only" doesn't follow tags and many projects use only tags for announcing new versions. While https://newreleases.io/ sends notifications for tags too, it also has several version filtering options, based on regex expressions, pre and updated releases. It also offers email frequency options.

Related issue to up vote: Ability to subscribe to tags (not releases) : https://github.com/dear-github/dear-github/issues/399

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