Nyx is a versatile semantic release tool that supports a wide range of software engineering projects. It’s language-agnostic and works with all major CI and SCM platforms, making it highly adaptable. While many teams use semantic versioning in trunk-based development, Nyx also supports workflows like Gitflow, OneFlow and GitHub Flow. One key advantage of Nyx in production is its automatic changelog generation, with built-in support for Conventional Commits.
As noted in previous Radar editions, we caution against development patterns that rely on long-lived branches (e.g., Gitflow, GitOps), as they introduce challenges that even powerful tools like Nyx cannot mitigate. We highly recommend trying Nyx in CI/CD workflows, especially for trunk-based development, where we’ve seen repeated success.
