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@pixel-perfect-software/always-up-to-date

v1.0.29

Published

A highly customizable and reusable dependency checker that keeps npm dependencies always up to date.

Readme

Always Up To Date

CI Security License: MIT

A smart CLI tool that automatically keeps your dependencies up to date with intelligent package manager detection and workspace support.

✨ Features

  • 📦 Universal Package Manager Support - Automatically detects and works with npm, yarn, pnpm, and bun
  • 🔍 Dependency Checking - Check for outdated packages across your project
  • 🚀 Smart Updates - Update packages while respecting workspace configurations
  • 🏢 Workspace Support - Full support for npm workspaces and monorepo structures
  • 🎯 Intelligent Detection - Automatically detects your package manager from lock files
  • 🛠️ Extensible Architecture - Modular design with dedicated managers, migrators, and PR generators

🏗️ Architecture

The tool is built with a modular architecture:

  • Managers - Package manager specific implementations (npm, yarn, pnpm, bun)
  • Migrators - Smart migration rules for popular packages (React, Next.js, etc.) (Coming Soon!)
  • PR Generators - Automated pull request creation with detailed migration guides (Coming Soon!)
  • Command Runner - Unified command execution across all package managers

🔜 Coming Soon

  • Migration rules for popular frameworks (React, Next.js, etc.)
  • GitHub integration with automated PR creation
  • Security vulnerability scanning

📋 Requirements

  • Node.js 24 or higher
  • One of: npm, yarn, pnpm (10+), or bun

🚀 Quick Start

# Global installation (recommended)
npm install -g @pixel-perfect-software/always-up-to-date

# Initialize the library
autd init

# Check for outdated dependencies
autd check

# Update outdated dependencies
autd update

🔧 Usage Examples

# Check for outdated dependencies
autd check

# Check with JSON output (useful for CI/CD pipelines)
autd check --json

# Update all eligible dependencies
autd update

# Update specific packages only
autd update react lodash @babel/core

# Preview what would be updated without making changes
autd update --dry-run

# Interactively select which packages to update
autd update --interactive

# Combine flags: dry-run specific packages with JSON output
autd update react --dry-run --json

# Get help and see all available commands
autd help

📦 Package Manager Detection

The tool automatically detects your package manager by looking for lock files:

  • npm - package-lock.json
  • yarn - yarn.lock
  • pnpm - pnpm-lock.yaml
  • bun - bun.lock

🏢 Workspace Support

Full support for workspaces and monorepos:

  • npm workspaces - Automatically detected from package.json workspaces field
  • yarn workspaces - Automatically detected from package.json workspaces field
  • pnpm workspaces - Automatically detected from pnpm-workspace.yaml
  • bun workspaces - Automatically detected from package.json workspaces field

🛠️ Available Commands

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | autd init | Initialize configuration in the current directory | | autd check | Check for outdated dependencies in your project | | autd check --json | Output outdated packages as JSON | | autd update | Update all eligible dependencies | | autd update [packages...] | Update only the specified packages | | autd update --dry-run | Preview which packages would be updated | | autd update -i, --interactive | Interactively select packages to update | | autd update --json | Output update results as JSON | | autd help | Display help information |

⚙️ Configuration

Run autd init to create a .always-up-to-date.json file in your project root:

{
  "allowMinorUpdates": false,
  "allowMajorUpdates": false,
  "updateAllowlist": [],
  "updateDenylist": [],
  "debug": false,
  "silent": false
}

| Option | Default | Description | |--------|---------|-------------| | allowMinorUpdates | false | Allow minor version updates (e.g., 1.0.0 → 1.1.0) | | allowMajorUpdates | false | Allow major version updates (e.g., 1.0.0 → 2.0.0). Implies allowMinorUpdates. | | updateAllowlist | [] | Packages that are always updated regardless of version type | | updateDenylist | [] | Packages that are never updated | | debug | false | Enable debug logging | | silent | false | Suppress all output |

Patch updates (e.g., 1.0.0 → 1.0.1) are always allowed unless a package is on the deny list.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see our Contributing Guide for details on how to get started.

💸 Support this package's development & maintenance

📝 License

MIT © Tyler Robertson @ Pixel Perfect Software Inc. - See LICENSE for details.