updt

updt is a Rust command-line tool that checks and runs updates across your development package managers from one interactive workflow.

Instead of remembering separate update commands for Homebrew, npm, cargo, rustup, fnm, Scoop, paru, pacman, Flatpak, Termux pkg, and Neovim plugins, run updt, review what has updates, choose the targets you want, and let the original package managers do the work.

cargo install updt

updt

Project Links

• Crates.io package: https://crates.io/crates/updt
• API documentation: https://docs.rs/updt
• GitHub repository: https://github.com/jihaohaaaa/updt

What It Does

updt answers one question quickly: which of my system and developer tools can be upgraded right now?

It checks supported targets in parallel, shows the results in a terminal selector, and upgrades only the targets you confirm. It does not replace any package manager or maintain its own package database; it orchestrates the tools already installed on your machine.

Why Use It

• One command for routine update checks across multiple ecosystems.
• Interactive selection before anything is upgraded.
• Direct target updates for scripts or muscle memory, such as updt update npm cargo.
• Platform-aware defaults for macOS, Windows, Arch Linux, and Termux.
• Small Rust binary with no shell script bootstrap step.

Quick Start

Install the latest release from crates.io:

cargo install updt

Run the interactive update flow:

updt

Update specific targets without opening the selector:

updt update npm cargo

updt update npm,cargo

Install fish completions:

updt fish

Features

• Parallel checks across enabled targets for faster detection.
• Interactive terminal UI for selecting which targets to upgrade.
• Direct non-interactive updates with explicit target names.
• OS profile policy that only enables targets that make sense for the current platform.
• Fish shell completion installer.
• Uses existing package manager commands and forwards their output.

Supported Update Targets

Windows system package managers winget and choco are intentionally unsupported.

Platform Defaults

updt enables targets by OS profile:

Unsupported or missing commands are skipped during checks.

Requirements

Install the package managers you want updt to control. For cargo package checks, install cargo-update so cargo-install-update is available:

cargo install cargo-update

Target-specific notes:

• cargo checks require cargo-install-update in PATH.
• cargo-binstall is recommended for faster binary installation of cargo-managed tools.
• Neovim checks require nvim and look for Lazy and Mason update availability.
• Termux pkg checks use apt list --upgradable.
• pacman upgrades may use sudo or pkexec, depending on terminal focus and desktop session state.

Interactive Flow

Running updt starts a three-stage workflow:

1. Check upgrade candidates.
2. Select targets to upgrade.
3. Run upgrades for selected targets.

The check stage runs in parallel across enabled targets. The upgrade stage runs the underlying package manager commands and forwards their output.

Selector controls:

CLI Reference

Show the installed version:

updt --version

Run the default interactive workflow:

updt

Update selected targets without the interactive selector:

updt update npm

updt update npm,cargo

updt update npm cargo

Install fish completion to ~/.config/fish/completions/updt.fish:

updt fish

Development

Build the project:

cargo build

Run tests:

cargo test

Run formatting and lint checks before opening a pull request:

cargo fmt --check

cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings

Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome. Please include the operating system, the target package manager, and the command output when reporting an update detection or upgrade problem.

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the development workflow and SECURITY.md for responsible vulnerability reporting.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.