Bumpy
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Bumpy, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Bumpy's own pricing page, checked 5 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Bumpy | Free | MIT-licensed software · no paid plans or usage limits stated |
The facts
Each one read from Bumpy's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI tooling
- Bumpy includes an agent skill for creating and updating bump files and lists compatibility with Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode, Codex, and other agents.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Dependency propagation
- Configurable rules control how version bumps cascade through the package dependency graph.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The repository documents installing @varlock/bumpy as a development dependency with Bun, npm, pnpm, or Yarn.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Known roadmap limits
- The roadmap lists a standalone binary and better support for non-JavaScript packages as future work.checked 5 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is released under the MIT license, which grants permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell copies subject to the license conditions.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Package managers
- Bumpy supports npm, pnpm, Yarn, and Bun workspaces, including workspace: and catalog: protocols.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Publishing targets
- Per-package custom publish commands can target destinations such as VSCode extensions, Docker images, JSR, and private registries.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Bumpy is a package versioning, release, and changelog generation tool built for monorepos and also usable in simpler projects.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Release automation
- Two GitHub Actions workflows can check pull requests, maintain a release pull request, and publish packages when that release pull request is merged.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Release options
- It supports aggregated GitHub releases, branch-based prerelease channels, commit-based bump-file generation, and pluggable changelog formatters.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Security-related design
- The repository says Bumpy uses OIDC and staged publishing, and does not require a separate GitHub action or app.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Workflow
- It uses Markdown bump files to declare package bump levels and changelog descriptions, which can be reviewed in pull requests.checked 5 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- DMNO Inc. identifies Bumpy as one of its products; its site names Theo Ephraim and Phil Miller as founders.checked 5 Oct 2026
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