# Monitoring GitHub releases with Prometheus

DevFeed: [Monitoring GitHub releases with Prometheus](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/monitoring-github-releases-with-prometheus-37809.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://carlosbecker.com/posts/monitor-github/>)

Author: Carlos Alexandro Becker

Published: 2018-12-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Carlos Becker](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/carlos-becker.md>)

Topics: [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [Prometheus](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/prometheus.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [format](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/format.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [pipeline](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pipeline.md>), [prometheus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prometheus.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/releases.md>), [rules](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rules.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes two Prometheus exporters for monitoring GitHub releases. One tracks releases of external projects so teams can identify updates, while the other reports release asset download counts for the author's projects.

## Source excerpt

I have written some exporters to observe things on GitHub. This is how and why.