Dashboard & Feed
Patchday gives you two ways to browse releases: the Dashboard for a quick overview and the Feed for a complete chronological list.
Dashboard
The dashboard is your home screen. It shows the latest release from each tracked app as a grid of cards.
Release cards
Each card shows:
- App name in
owner/nameformat - Release tag (the version number, e.g.,
2.5.0) - Relative date with exact date and time on hover
- AI summary as bullet points highlighting what changed
- Pre-release badge in amber when applicable
- How far behind you are — once you've marked the release you're running, the card shows either an amber "N behind" badge or a green "Up to date" badge
- Risk level of the latest release (low, medium, high, or critical) when a briefing has assessed it
If an app was added recently and hasn't been polled yet, the card shows "Fetching releases…" and refreshes on its own once the first fetch completes. If GitHub is slow to respond, the message changes after a couple of minutes to explain that it may be rate-limiting Patchday and that we'll retry automatically.
Click any card to open the full app detail page with complete release notes.
Pre-release toggle
The Show pre-releases toggle in the top-right corner controls whether pre-release versions appear. When off (the default), only stable releases show. Your preference is saved to your account and persists across sessions.
Empty state
If you haven't tracked any apps yet, the dashboard shows a prompt to add your first app.
Release feed
The feed page shows every release across all your tracked apps, sorted newest first.
Feed entries
Each entry shows:
- App name with a GitHub icon
- Release tag
- One-line description, either AI-generated or the first line of the release notes
- Relative date (hover for exact date and time)
- Pre-release badge when applicable, with a highlighted border
Click any entry to open the app detail page.
Pagination
The feed is paginated. Page controls appear at the bottom. A green badge in the top-right shows the total number of releases across your tracked apps.
Pre-release toggle
The feed shares the same Show pre-releases toggle as the dashboard. Changing it in one place updates both views.
App detail page
Click an app name anywhere in the app to open its detail page.
Latest release
The top section shows the most recent release in full:
- Tag name, date, and pre-release badge
- Star count for the app's GitHub repository
- Complete release notes rendered as Markdown, the full changelog as published by the maintainers
Previous releases
An accordion list below shows all older releases. Click any row to expand and read its full release notes inline. Pre-release entries have an amber accent border.
The list shows 20 releases per page and respects your pre-release preference.
What's running
Every release row has a Use button. Click it to mark that release as the version you're currently running — the button switches to In use, and your dashboard card for that app starts showing how far behind you are. Click it again to clear the mark.
Once a version is marked, the app name is followed by a Using X badge. Open it to Switch to latest or Clear the version you run.
Marking your running version is also what powers Patchday Briefings — the upgrade guides compare the release you're on against the latest.
Stop tracking
At the bottom, a Danger Zone section lets you stop tracking the app. This removes it from your watchlist and stops notifications. You can re-add it at any time.
AI summaries
When Patchday detects a new release, it reads the full release notes and generates two AI summaries:
- Bullet-point summary shown on dashboard cards, so you can scan the breaking changes, new features, and important fixes in a couple of seconds.
- One-line summary shown in the feed: a single sentence on the change that matters most.
Summaries are generated once per release and shared across all users. The AI prioritizes breaking changes and user-facing features over internal refactors and dependency bumps.