Structured approach to versioning – DEV Community

Semantic versioning

MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH – example 1.4.3

MAJOR – Critical changes. That break maintenance compatibility – new API

MINOR – new functionality with maintenance compatibility – added some features

PATCH – fix bugs – fixed API endpoint

alpha – raw version, for internal testing
beta – stable version
rc (release candidate) – almost final version

example: 1.0.0-alpha.1 -> 1.0.0-beta.1 – 1.0.0-rc.1 -> 1.0.0