GitHub Releases is the default for many open source projects when sharing binaries. It works, but it was never really designed for proper distribution.

Common issues:

- Users have to manually download files, no easy automation.

- No download stats, so you never know which versions are popular.

- Limited CI/CD support beyond uploading artifacts.

- No repository integrations

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- Download statistics

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If you are looking for release hosting or frustrated with GitHub Releases for distributing binaries, ZipZen is designed to make this easier. https://www.zipzen.dev