# Install updates with npm

CLI dependency update tool for npm, uv, cargo, go, actions, docker and make. Version 17.18.0 via npm; verified 2026-07-02.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:updates
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g updates
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:updates
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/updates>
- **Version:** 17.18.0
- **Source summary:** CLI dependency update tool for npm, uv, cargo, go, actions, docker and make
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/silverwind/updates#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/silverwind/updates>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/silverwind/updates#readme>
- **License:** BSD-2-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/updates/-/updates-17.18.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/silverwind/updates/issues>
- **Published:** 2026-06-08T09:37:06.804Z
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-02T09:34:27.123Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-10T07:20:53+00:00

## Executables

- updates (cli)
- updates (alias)

## Build dependencies

- @types/node
- @typescript/native-preview
- @vitest/coverage-v8
- eslint
- eslint-config-silverwind
- jest-extended
- timerel
- tsdown
- tsdown-config-silverwind
- typescript
- typescript-config-silverwind
- updates-config-silverwind
- versions
- vitest
- vitest-config-silverwind

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-10
- Package-manager version: 17.18.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-02
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/silverwind/updates
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for updates. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 17.18.0
- **Version Count:** 372
- **Maintainers:** silverwind
- **Author:** silverwind
- **Publisher:** GitHub Actions
- **Engines:** Bun: *, Node: >=22
- **Integrity:** sha512-LrTEX4jauR3fMVnni6JtcD1fkbIjxtvJhNXjASZfBFFEaNF3FDWjw6bcenymevduP3zuFortJMIbGFznZeSXtA==
- **Shasum:** b562e64e73113337492f4fb05e6819a52ca3aa19
- **Unpacked Size:** 92,444
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2017-12-03T11:16:37.702Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2026-06-08T09:37:06.804Z
- **Modified At:** 2026-06-08T09:37:07.067Z


## Related links

- [Package ecosystem packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/package-ecosystem-tools/) - Matched curated package taxonomy and local package facts.
- [npm-check-updates](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/npm-check-updates/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, dependencies, dependency, dependency-management, developer.
- [cargo-outdated](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cargo-outdated/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cargo, cli, dependencies, dependency, dependency-management.
- [npm-check](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/npm-check/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, dependencies, dependency, dependency-management, developer.

## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph