Changelog

A changelog that writes itself

Move a card to Shipped and the post goes live on your changelog. Everyone who asked for it gets an email. No list to export.

  1. Ship
  2. Auto-post
  3. Polish
  4. React
  5. Notify
shiplist.app/a/your-product
A real Shiplist public changelog with shipped updates

How it works

Follow one release, from Shipped to their inbox.

  1. 1 You

    You move a card to Shipped

    That's the only thing you do. No separate tool to open, no post to remember to write.

    • Drag on the roadmap, or change the status
    • Works for cards that came from user ideas
    • And for anything you add yourself
    Roadmap

    In progress

    Public roadmap voting

    Shipped

    Public roadmap voting

    Shipped
  2. 2 Shiplist, automatically

    The post publishes itself

    Shiplist creates the changelog post from the card: a “Shipped:” title, a summary from the description, and today's date. It's live right away.

    • Title and summary written from the card
    • Published on your changelog instantly
    • Linked back to the idea and roadmap item
    Changelog · New post
    TodayProduct Auto-published

    Shipped: Public roadmap voting

    Users can now vote on items right on your public roadmap. Nothing to turn on.

    You didn't write a word

  3. 3 You

    Polish it, if you want

    The post is a normal announcement you can edit. Add a cover image, a button, a channel, or let AI write a better summary.

    • Cover image, tags and channel
    • Call-to-action button with your link
    • AI summary, pinning, comments on or off
    Edit announcement
    Drop a cover image

    Shipped: Public roadmap voting

    Write summary with AI

    Product Pinned
    Try it now
  4. 4 Your users

    Users read it and react

    Your changelog lives at its own link and inside your app. People react, comment and click through to try what you shipped.

    • Public page at shiplist.app/a/your-product
    • Embeddable widget for your app
    • Reactions, comments and view counts
    Shipped: Public roadmap voting
    ❤️ 32🔥 18🎉 24👍 10

    Sam K. · 1h ago

    Finally! Our users found it on day one.

    Marta R. · 40m ago

    Exactly what we asked for. Thanks for listening.

  5. 5 Shiplist, automatically

    Everyone who asked gets an email

    People who voted and asked to be notified get one email with a link to the post. Including the ones who asked on duplicates you merged.

    • Only people who asked, never a mass blast
    • One-click unsubscribe
    • Sent from Shiplist, nothing to set up

    FromShiplist notifications

    Tosara@northwind.io

    SubjectShipped: Public roadmap voting

    The email voters receive when their idea ships: “You asked for this along with 24 other people. It just shipped.”

Where updates show up

Wherever your users are looking.

Public changelog

A page at your own link with every update, filterable by channel.

shiplist.app/a/your-product

In-app widget

Show the latest updates inside your app or docs.

<iframe src="…/embed/announcements">

Their inbox

The people who asked for a feature hear about it the moment it ships.

Shipped: Public roadmap voting

Everything included

Automate

  • Post on Shipped
  • Shipped emails
  • Merged ideas included
  • Linked to the roadmap

Write

  • Title, summary and content
  • AI summaries
  • Cover images
  • Custom publish date

Organize

  • Product, Marketing, Engineering
  • Tags
  • Pinned posts
  • Embeddable widget

Engage

  • Emoji reactions
  • Comments, per post
  • View counts
  • Calls to action

Good questions

Do I have to write a post for every release?

No. When a roadmap card moves to Shipped, Shiplist publishes a post from its title and description. Edit it afterwards if you want to add more.

Can I post updates that are not on the roadmap?

Yes. Write an announcement any time, for fixes, news or anything else, from the Announcements page.

Who gets the email?

Only people who asked to be notified about that idea, usually right after voting. Nobody is added to a mailing list, and every email has a one-click unsubscribe.

Tell them it shipped.

Every release gets a post, and everyone who asked for it gets an email. No list to export.