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It is really hard to find application releases on Github though. That is something that could be improved.
GitHub's layout is strange to me. Why isn't releases in the top nav bar with Code, Issues, PR, etc.
It's not just GitHub. Gitlab, Forgejo, etc., they all have releases hidden in a rather small tab instead of in a big obvious place where one might expect to see them.
Forgejo has it exactly where @BootLoop@sh.itjust.works is saying, though.
Like, yeah, it is still primarily a code hosting platform, but that doesn't mean the releases have to be in the most awkward place possible.
"Forge-JOE", not "Forge-GO", or "Forg-Joe" or "Forg-Go"...
I have always been confused by that name! Hahahahah!
https://forgejo.org/static/forgejo.mp4
Interesting. Maybe they don't want to be an application hosting site to non-developer types by making releases easy to use.
They need to make it actively harder then because most devs with a site seem to just link direct to the release page. IMO, if that's the thought process then either make it intuitive or commit and lock it down to contributors or something.
I think the other ones are just copying github
On Gitlab, it's in the sidebar, in a submenu under "Deployment". It could maybe be pulled up a level, but I'd argue that's more findable than on Github