diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/package.json b/arduino-ide-extension/package.json
index ce092b8b..b5e26543 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/package.json
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/package.json
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
     "which": "^1.3.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@octokit/rest": "^18.12.0",
     "@types/chai": "^4.2.7",
     "@types/chai-string": "^1.4.2",
     "@types/mocha": "^5.2.7",
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/scripts/compose-changelog.js b/arduino-ide-extension/scripts/compose-changelog.js
index a1539ce3..a5f73d0c 100755
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/scripts/compose-changelog.js
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/scripts/compose-changelog.js
@@ -10,41 +10,73 @@
   const response = await octokit.rest.repos.listReleases({
     owner: 'arduino',
     repo: 'arduino-ide',
-  });
+  }).catch(err => {
+    console.error(err);
+    process.exit(1);
+  })
 
-  if (!response || response.status !== 200) {
-    console.log('fancù');
-    return;
-  }
   const releases = response.data;
 
   let fullChangelog = releases.reduce((acc, item) => {
-    return acc + `\n\n${item.body}`;
+    // Process each line separately
+    const body = item.body.split('\n').map(processLine).join('\n')
+    // item.name is the name of the release changelog
+    return acc + `# ${item.name}\n\n${body}\n\n---\n\n`;
   }, '');
 
-  fullChangelog = replaceIssueNumber(fullChangelog);
-  fullChangelog = replaceIssueLink(fullChangelog);
-  fullChangelog = replaceCompareLink(fullChangelog);
-
   console.log(fullChangelog);
 })();
 
-const replaceIssueLink = (str) => {
-  const regex =
-    /(https:\/\/github\.com\/arduino\/arduino-ide\/(issues|pull)\/(\d*))/gm;
-  const substr = `[#$3]($1)`;
-  return str.replace(regex, substr);
-};
 
-const replaceIssueNumber = (str) => {
-  const regex = /#(\d+)/gm;
-  const subst = `[#$1](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/pull/$1)`;
-  return str.replace(regex, subst);
-};
+// processLine applies different substitutions to line string.
+// We're assuming that there are no more than one substitution
+// per line to be applied.
+const processLine = (line) => {
+  // Check if a link with one of the following format exists:
+  // * [#123](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/pull/123)
+  // * [#123](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/123)
+  // * [#123](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/pull/123/)
+  // * [#123](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/123/)
+  // If it does return the line as is.
+  let r = /(\(|\[)#\d+(\)|\])(\(|\[)https:\/\/github\.com\/arduino\/arduino-ide\/(pull|issues)\/(\d+)\/?(\)|\])/gm;
+  if (r.test(line)) {
+    return line;
+  }
 
-const replaceCompareLink = (str) => {
-  const regex =
-    /(https:\/\/github.com\/arduino\/arduino-ide\/compare\/(.*))\s/gm;
-  const subst = `[\`$2\`]($1)`;
-  return str.replace(regex, subst);
-};
+  // Check if a issue or PR link with the following format exists:
+  // * #123
+  // If it does it's changed to:
+  // * [#123](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/pull/123)
+  r = /#(\d+)/gm;
+  if (r.test(line)) {
+    return line.replace(r, `[#$1](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/pull/$1)`)
+  }
+
+  // Check if a link with one of the following format exists:
+  // * https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/pull/123
+  // * https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/123
+  // * https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/pull/123/
+  // * https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/123/
+  // If it does it's changed respectively to:
+  // * [#123](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/pull/123)
+  // * [#123](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/123)
+  // * [#123](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/pull/123/)
+  // * [#123](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/123/)
+  r = /(https:\/\/github\.com\/arduino\/arduino-ide\/(pull|issues)\/(\d+)\/?)/gm;
+  if (r.test(line)) {
+    return line.replace(r, `[#$3]($1)`);
+  }
+
+  // Check if a link with the following format exists:
+  // * https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/compare/2.0.0-rc2...2.0.0-rc3
+  // * https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/compare/2.0.0-rc2...2.0.0-rc3/
+  // If it does it's changed to:
+  // * [`2.0.0-rc2...2.0.0-rc3`](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/compare/2.0.0-rc2...2.0.0-rc3)
+  r = /(https:\/\/github\.com\/arduino\/arduino-ide\/compare\/([^\/]*))\/?\s?/gm;
+  if (r.test(line)) {
+    return line.replace(r, '[`$2`]($1)');;
+  }
+
+  // If nothing matches just return the line as is
+  return line;
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6a31364b..e8323cd7 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1824,6 +1824,26 @@
   dependencies:
     "@octokit/types" "^6.0.3"
 
+"@octokit/auth-token@^2.4.4":
+  version "2.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/auth-token/-/auth-token-2.5.0.tgz#27c37ea26c205f28443402477ffd261311f21e36"
+  integrity sha512-r5FVUJCOLl19AxiuZD2VRZ/ORjp/4IN98Of6YJoJOkY75CIBuYfmiNHGrDwXr+aLGG55igl9QrxX3hbiXlLb+g==
+  dependencies:
+    "@octokit/types" "^6.0.3"
+
+"@octokit/core@^3.5.1":
+  version "3.5.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/core/-/core-3.5.1.tgz#8601ceeb1ec0e1b1b8217b960a413ed8e947809b"
+  integrity sha512-omncwpLVxMP+GLpLPgeGJBF6IWJFjXDS5flY5VbppePYX9XehevbDykRH9PdCdvqt9TS5AOTiDide7h0qrkHjw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@octokit/auth-token" "^2.4.4"
+    "@octokit/graphql" "^4.5.8"
+    "@octokit/request" "^5.6.0"
+    "@octokit/request-error" "^2.0.5"
+    "@octokit/types" "^6.0.3"
+    before-after-hook "^2.2.0"
+    universal-user-agent "^6.0.0"
+
 "@octokit/endpoint@^6.0.1":
   version "6.0.11"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/endpoint/-/endpoint-6.0.11.tgz#082adc2aebca6dcefa1fb383f5efb3ed081949d1"
@@ -1833,6 +1853,20 @@
     is-plain-object "^5.0.0"
     universal-user-agent "^6.0.0"
 
+"@octokit/graphql@^4.5.8":
+  version "4.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/graphql/-/graphql-4.8.0.tgz#664d9b11c0e12112cbf78e10f49a05959aa22cc3"
+  integrity sha512-0gv+qLSBLKF0z8TKaSKTsS39scVKF9dbMxJpj3U0vC7wjNWFuIpL/z76Qe2fiuCbDRcJSavkXsVtMS6/dtQQsg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@octokit/request" "^5.6.0"
+    "@octokit/types" "^6.0.3"
+    universal-user-agent "^6.0.0"
+
+"@octokit/openapi-types@^11.2.0":
+  version "11.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/openapi-types/-/openapi-types-11.2.0.tgz#b38d7fc3736d52a1e96b230c1ccd4a58a2f400a6"
+  integrity sha512-PBsVO+15KSlGmiI8QAzaqvsNlZlrDlyAJYcrXBCvVUxCp7VnXjkwPoFHgjEJXx3WF9BAwkA6nfCUA7i9sODzKA==
+
 "@octokit/openapi-types@^5.3.2":
   version "5.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/openapi-types/-/openapi-types-5.3.2.tgz#b8ac43c5c3d00aef61a34cf744e315110c78deb4"
@@ -1850,11 +1884,23 @@
   dependencies:
     "@octokit/types" "^2.0.1"
 
+"@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest@^2.16.8":
+  version "2.17.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest/-/plugin-paginate-rest-2.17.0.tgz#32e9c7cab2a374421d3d0de239102287d791bce7"
+  integrity sha512-tzMbrbnam2Mt4AhuyCHvpRkS0oZ5MvwwcQPYGtMv4tUa5kkzG58SVB0fcsLulOZQeRnOgdkZWkRUiyBlh0Bkyw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@octokit/types" "^6.34.0"
+
 "@octokit/plugin-request-log@^1.0.0":
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/plugin-request-log/-/plugin-request-log-1.0.3.tgz#70a62be213e1edc04bb8897ee48c311482f9700d"
   integrity sha512-4RFU4li238jMJAzLgAwkBAw+4Loile5haQMQr+uhFq27BmyJXcXSKvoQKqh0agsZEiUlW6iSv3FAgvmGkur7OQ==
 
+"@octokit/plugin-request-log@^1.0.4":
+  version "1.0.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/plugin-request-log/-/plugin-request-log-1.0.4.tgz#5e50ed7083a613816b1e4a28aeec5fb7f1462e85"
+  integrity sha512-mLUsMkgP7K/cnFEw07kWqXGF5LKrOkD+lhCrKvPHXWDywAwuDUeDwWBpc69XK3pNX0uKiVt8g5z96PJ6z9xCFA==
+
 "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods@2.4.0":
   version "2.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods/-/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods-2.4.0.tgz#3288ecf5481f68c494dd0602fc15407a59faf61e"
@@ -1863,6 +1909,14 @@
     "@octokit/types" "^2.0.1"
     deprecation "^2.3.1"
 
+"@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods@^5.12.0":
+  version "5.13.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods/-/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods-5.13.0.tgz#8c46109021a3412233f6f50d28786f8e552427ba"
+  integrity sha512-uJjMTkN1KaOIgNtUPMtIXDOjx6dGYysdIFhgA52x4xSadQCz3b/zJexvITDVpANnfKPW/+E0xkOvLntqMYpviA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@octokit/types" "^6.34.0"
+    deprecation "^2.3.1"
+
 "@octokit/request-error@^1.0.2":
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/request-error/-/request-error-1.2.1.tgz#ede0714c773f32347576c25649dc013ae6b31801"
@@ -1881,6 +1935,15 @@
     deprecation "^2.0.0"
     once "^1.4.0"
 
+"@octokit/request-error@^2.0.5", "@octokit/request-error@^2.1.0":
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/request-error/-/request-error-2.1.0.tgz#9e150357831bfc788d13a4fd4b1913d60c74d677"
+  integrity sha512-1VIvgXxs9WHSjicsRwq8PlR2LR2x6DwsJAaFgzdi0JfJoGSO8mYI/cHJQ+9FbN21aa+DrgNLnwObmyeSC8Rmpg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@octokit/types" "^6.0.3"
+    deprecation "^2.0.0"
+    once "^1.4.0"
+
 "@octokit/request@^5.2.0":
   version "5.4.14"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/request/-/request-5.4.14.tgz#ec5f96f78333bb2af390afa5ff66f114b063bc96"
@@ -1895,6 +1958,18 @@
     once "^1.4.0"
     universal-user-agent "^6.0.0"
 
+"@octokit/request@^5.6.0":
+  version "5.6.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/request/-/request-5.6.3.tgz#19a022515a5bba965ac06c9d1334514eb50c48b0"
+  integrity sha512-bFJl0I1KVc9jYTe9tdGGpAMPy32dLBXXo1dS/YwSCTL/2nd9XeHsY616RE3HPXDVk+a+dBuzyz5YdlXwcDTr2A==
+  dependencies:
+    "@octokit/endpoint" "^6.0.1"
+    "@octokit/request-error" "^2.1.0"
+    "@octokit/types" "^6.16.1"
+    is-plain-object "^5.0.0"
+    node-fetch "^2.6.7"
+    universal-user-agent "^6.0.0"
+
 "@octokit/rest@^16.28.4":
   version "16.43.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/rest/-/rest-16.43.2.tgz#c53426f1e1d1044dee967023e3279c50993dd91b"
@@ -1917,6 +1992,16 @@
     once "^1.4.0"
     universal-user-agent "^4.0.0"
 
+"@octokit/rest@^18.12.0":
+  version "18.12.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/rest/-/rest-18.12.0.tgz#f06bc4952fc87130308d810ca9d00e79f6988881"
+  integrity sha512-gDPiOHlyGavxr72y0guQEhLsemgVjwRePayJ+FcKc2SJqKUbxbkvf5kAZEWA/MKvsfYlQAMVzNJE3ezQcxMJ2Q==
+  dependencies:
+    "@octokit/core" "^3.5.1"
+    "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest" "^2.16.8"
+    "@octokit/plugin-request-log" "^1.0.4"
+    "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods" "^5.12.0"
+
 "@octokit/types@^2.0.0", "@octokit/types@^2.0.1":
   version "2.16.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/types/-/types-2.16.2.tgz#4c5f8da3c6fecf3da1811aef678fda03edac35d2"
@@ -1931,6 +2016,13 @@
   dependencies:
     "@octokit/openapi-types" "^5.3.2"
 
+"@octokit/types@^6.16.1", "@octokit/types@^6.34.0":
+  version "6.34.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@octokit/types/-/types-6.34.0.tgz#c6021333334d1ecfb5d370a8798162ddf1ae8218"
+  integrity sha512-s1zLBjWhdEI2zwaoSgyOFoKSl109CUcVBCc7biPJ3aAf6LGLU6szDvi31JPU7bxfla2lqfhjbbg/5DdFNxOwHw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@octokit/openapi-types" "^11.2.0"
+
 "@phosphor/algorithm@1", "@phosphor/algorithm@^1.2.0":
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@phosphor/algorithm/-/algorithm-1.2.0.tgz#4a19aa59261b7270be696672dc3f0663f7bef152"
@@ -4430,6 +4522,11 @@ before-after-hook@^2.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/before-after-hook/-/before-after-hook-2.2.0.tgz#09c40d92e936c64777aa385c4e9b904f8147eaf0"
   integrity sha512-jH6rKQIfroBbhEXVmI7XmXe3ix5S/PgJqpzdDPnR8JGLHWNYLsYZ6tK5iWOF/Ra3oqEX0NobXGlzbiylIzVphQ==
 
+before-after-hook@^2.2.0:
+  version "2.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/before-after-hook/-/before-after-hook-2.2.2.tgz#a6e8ca41028d90ee2c24222f201c90956091613e"
+  integrity sha512-3pZEU3NT5BFUo/AD5ERPWOgQOCZITni6iavr5AUw5AUwQjMlI0kzu5btnyD39AF0gUEsDPwJT+oY1ORBJijPjQ==
+
 bent@^7.1.0:
   version "7.3.12"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bent/-/bent-7.3.12.tgz#e0a2775d4425e7674c64b78b242af4f49da6b035"
@@ -10295,6 +10392,13 @@ node-fetch@^2.5.0, node-fetch@^2.6.0, node-fetch@^2.6.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.1.tgz#045bd323631f76ed2e2b55573394416b639a0052"
   integrity sha512-V4aYg89jEoVRxRb2fJdAg8FHvI7cEyYdVAh94HH0UIK8oJxUfkjlDQN9RbMx+bEjP7+ggMiFRprSti032Oipxw==
 
+node-fetch@^2.6.7:
+  version "2.6.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.7.tgz#24de9fba827e3b4ae44dc8b20256a379160052ad"
+  integrity sha512-ZjMPFEfVx5j+y2yF35Kzx5sF7kDzxuDj6ziH4FFbOp87zKDZNx8yExJIb05OGF4Nlt9IHFIMBkRl41VdvcNdbQ==
+  dependencies:
+    whatwg-url "^5.0.0"
+
 node-gyp@^5.0.2:
   version "5.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-gyp/-/node-gyp-5.1.1.tgz#eb915f7b631c937d282e33aed44cb7a025f62a3e"
@@ -13864,6 +13968,11 @@ tr46@^1.0.1:
   dependencies:
     punycode "^2.1.0"
 
+tr46@~0.0.3:
+  version "0.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tr46/-/tr46-0.0.3.tgz#8184fd347dac9cdc185992f3a6622e14b9d9ab6a"
+  integrity sha1-gYT9NH2snNwYWZLzpmIuFLnZq2o=
+
 trash@^6.1.1:
   version "6.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/trash/-/trash-6.1.1.tgz#8fb863421b31f32571f2650b53534934d5e63025"
@@ -14494,6 +14603,11 @@ wcwidth@^1.0.0, wcwidth@^1.0.1:
   dependencies:
     defaults "^1.0.3"
 
+webidl-conversions@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-3.0.1.tgz#24534275e2a7bc6be7bc86611cc16ae0a5654871"
+  integrity sha1-JFNCdeKnvGvnvIZhHMFq4KVlSHE=
+
 webidl-conversions@^4.0.2:
   version "4.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-4.0.2.tgz#a855980b1f0b6b359ba1d5d9fb39ae941faa63ad"
@@ -14581,6 +14695,14 @@ whatwg-mimetype@^2.1.0, whatwg-mimetype@^2.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/whatwg-mimetype/-/whatwg-mimetype-2.3.0.tgz#3d4b1e0312d2079879f826aff18dbeeca5960fbf"
   integrity sha512-M4yMwr6mAnQz76TbJm914+gPpB/nCwvZbJU28cUD6dR004SAxDLOOSUaB1JDRqLtaOV/vi0IC5lEAGFgrjGv/g==
 
+whatwg-url@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/whatwg-url/-/whatwg-url-5.0.0.tgz#966454e8765462e37644d3626f6742ce8b70965d"
+  integrity sha1-lmRU6HZUYuN2RNNib2dCzotwll0=
+  dependencies:
+    tr46 "~0.0.3"
+    webidl-conversions "^3.0.0"
+
 whatwg-url@^6.4.1:
   version "6.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/whatwg-url/-/whatwg-url-6.5.0.tgz#f2df02bff176fd65070df74ad5ccbb5a199965a8"