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+title: "Updatecli v0.100.0: A Milestone in Continuous Delivery"
+date: 2025-05-14T00:00:00+00:00
+draft: false
+weight: 50
+images: [""]
+contributors: ["olblak"]
+---
+
+We just released Updatecli version **[v0.100.0](https://www.updatecli.io/changelogs/updatecli/changelogs/v0.100.0/)**!
+While hitting version 100 feels like a milestone, the truth is even more impressive: we've published **206 releases** since the beginning of the project, 5 years ago.
+
+Very early on, we automated the release process using **GitHub Actions**, **GoReleaser**, and of course, **Updatecli** itself.
+This setup allows us to publish all artifacts from various Git repositories with just a few clicks—right from GitHub. It also means that other core contributors can trigger releases even when I'm not available, helping the project stay agile.
+
+This level of automation allows us to move quickly. I usually try to merge community PRs promptly and aim to publish a new release within the same week.
+
+Stability remains a top priority—when something goes wrong, we revert the problematic PR and cut a new release. It has happened a few times, but thankfully, we've always been able to identify and fix the issues quickly.
+
+## The Challenge of Frequent Releases
+
+However, frequent releases also come with a challenge: **communication**.
+With so many updates, it's easy for changes to get lost. Sometimes, users ask for features that have already been implemented—they just weren't aware.
+
+To address this, about a year ago we started an experiment: **automatically publishing release notes to the Updatecli website**:
+
+📄 [Changelogs on updatecli.io](https://www.updatecli.io/changelogs/updatecli/)
+
+The goal was to improve the visibility of each release. While I don't yet have a reliable way to measure its effectiveness, I do see some traffic in the updatecli.io website analytics, so it seems to be helping.
+
+If you're curious about how we generate those release notes, check out this post:
+
+📝 [Welcome Releasepost](https://www.updatecli.io/blog/welcome-releasepost/)
+
+## What’s Next
+
+Looking ahead, I believe we can do a better job of summarizing the overall evolution of the project—something more digestible for users who don’t follow every release.
+
+If you have feedback or ideas on how we can improve, I'd love to hear them!
+
+## What about v0.100.0
+
+### 🛠️ GitLab Merge Request Enhancements  
+
+You can now configure additional fields—such as labels, assignees, and more—when creating merge requests via GitLab using Updatecli.  
+Thanks to [@alikhil](https://github.com/alikhil) for this contribution!  
+👉 Makes Updatecli more flexible for GitLab-based CI/CD workflows.
+
+### 📦 Cargo Autodiscovery Improvement  
+
+Updatecli's Cargo autodiscovery now uses `cargo-upgrade` instead of `cargo update` to handle Rust dependency updates.  
+Thanks to [@loispostula](https://github.com/loispostula)!  
+👉 Preserves formatting of `Cargo.toml` files and improves semver handling.
+
+## Updatecli by the Numbers
+
+As of today:
+
+**⭐ GitHub Stars**: 700  
+**🥳 Contributors**: 60+  
+**⬇️  Total Download stats**: 111585  
+**⬇️  v0.99.0 Download stats**: 14364  
+
+---
+[_Source: GitHub Release Artifacts_](https://somsubhra.github.io/github-release-stats/?username=updatecli&repository=updatecli&page=1&per_page=5)  
+
+    checksums.txt - downloaded 101 times. Last updated on 2025-05-05
+    checksums.txt.pem - downloaded 13 times. Last updated on 2025-05-05
+    checksums.txt.sig - downloaded 13 times. Last updated on 2025-05-05
+    updatecli_amd64.deb - downloaded 134 times. Last updated on 2025-05-05
+    updatecli_amd64.rpm - downloaded 1 times. Last updated on 2025-05-05
+    updatecli_arm64.deb - downloaded 118 times. Last updated on 2025-05-05
+    updatecli_Darwin_arm64.tar.gz - downloaded 94 times. Last updated on 2025-05-05
+    updatecli_Darwin_arm64.tar.gz.sbom.json - downloaded 1 times. Last updated on 2025-05-05
+    updatecli_Darwin_x86_64.tar.gz - downloaded 50 times. Last updated on 2025-05-05
+    updatecli_Linux_arm.tar.gz - downloaded 2 times. Last updated on 2025-05-05
+    updatecli_Linux_arm64.tar.gz - downloaded 2023 times. Last updated on 2025-05-05
+    updatecli_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz - downloaded 11447 times. Last updated on 2025-05-05
+    updatecli_Windows_arm.zip - downloaded 0 times. Last updated on 2025-05-05
+    updatecli_Windows_arm64.zip - downloaded 5 times. Last updated on 2025-05-05
+    updatecli_Windows_x86_64.zip - downloaded 177 times. Last updated on 2025-05-05
+
+---
+
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="/images/blog/2025/05/updatecli.io.png" />
+</p>
+
+These numbers aren’t just stats—they reflect the growing community around Updatecli.
+Thank you to everyone who's contributed, tested, reported issues, or simply used it in their pipeline!
+
+Want to get involved? Check out our [contributing guide](https://github.com/updatecli/updatecli?tab=readme-ov-file#contributing) or open an issue—we’d love your input.