PatchPigeon

Beautiful changelogs for indie developers. Open source and community funded.

What is PatchPigeon?

A simple changelog platform where you can create products, write structured updates, and share public changelog pages with your users. No more scattering updates across Discord, Twitter, and email.

Live at: patchpigeon.com

Features

• Public changelog pages at /{owner}/{product}
• Structured entry editor with live preview
• REST API (JSON + RSS feeds)
• Drag & drop reordering
• Change type badges (Feature, Fix, Improvement, Breaking, etc.)

Tech Stack

• Next.js 16 (App Router)
• Supabase (PostgreSQL + Auth)
• Material UI v7
• dnd-kit

Local Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• pnpm
• Supabase account

Setup

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/saschb2b/patch-pigeon.git
   cd patch-pigeon

2. Install dependencies:

   pnpm install

3. Create a Supabase project and run the migrations in order:

   • scripts/001_create_tables.sql
   • scripts/002_add_profiles.sql
   • scripts/003_add_entry_items.sql

4. Copy .env.example to .env.local and fill in your Supabase credentials:

   NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_URL=your-project-url
   NEXT_PUBLIC_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY=your-anon-key
   

5. Run the dev server:

   pnpm dev

6. Open http://localhost:3000

API

Endpoint	Description
/api/{owner}/{product}/changelog.json	JSON feed
/api/{owner}/{product}/changelog.rss	RSS feed
/api/{owner}/{product}/entries/{slug}	Single entry

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues or submit PRs.

Support

This project is free and open source. If you find it useful, consider sponsoring its development.

License

MIT