depsup

A powerful CLI tool to update dependencies in Nx workspaces and monorepos automatically.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Usage
• How It Works
• Supported Package Managers
• Examples
• Building
• License

Features

• 🚀 Automatic Nx Updates: Updates Nx to the latest version and runs migrations automatically (skips if Nx not present)
• 📦 Monorepo & Single-Package Support: Updates dependencies in workspace root and all packages in packages/ directory
• 🎯 Smart Package Manager Detection: Automatically detects npm, pnpm, yarn, or bun based on lock files
• 🔄 Interactive Mode: Choose which dependencies to update interactively (default)
• ⚡ Non-Interactive/CI Mode: Skip prompts and update all dependencies automatically with --ci flag
• 🔍 Workspace Root Detection: Automatically finds the workspace root from any subdirectory
• 📊 Uses npm-check-updates: Leverages the powerful npm-check-updates tool under the hood
• 🖍️ Colorful Logging: Beautiful, color-coded log output for info, warnings, errors, and success

Installation

# Using npm
npm install -g depsup

# Using pnpm
pnpm add -g depsup

# Using yarn
yarn global add depsup

# Using bun
bun add -g depsup

Or use directly with npx/pnpm dlx/yarn dlx/bunx:

npx depsup
pnpm dlx depsup
yarn dlx depsup
bunx depsup

Usage

Run in your workspace root or any subdirectory:

depsup depsup -y depsup --yes

# Interactive mode (default) - choose which dependencies to update
depsup

# Non-interactive/CI mode - update all dependencies automatically
depsup --ci

How It Works

1. Resolves Workspace Root: Automatically detects the workspace root by looking for workspace markers (pnpm-workspace.yaml, .yarnrc.yml, bunfig.toml) or package.json with lock files
2. Detects Package Manager: Identifies the package manager by scanning for lock files:
   • package-lock.json → npm
   • pnpm-lock.yaml → pnpm
   • yarn.lock → yarn
   • bun.lock or bun.lockb → bun
3. Updates Nx (if present): Runs nx migrate <version> (default: latest) and applies migrations automatically, with optional commit prefix if --ci is enabled
4. Updates Root Dependencies: Updates dependencies in the workspace root package.json
5. Updates Package Dependencies: Iterates through all packages in the packages/ directory (skips if directory doesn't exist)
6. Skips Non-Package Directories: Automatically skips directories without a package.json

Supported Package Managers

• npm - Uses npx npm-check-updates
• pnpm - Uses pnpm dlx npm-check-updates
• yarn - Uses yarn dlx npm-check-updates
• bun - Uses bunx npm-check-updates

Examples

depsup depsup --yes Update all dependencies in interactive mode:

depsup

Update all dependencies automatically (CI/CD):

depsup --ci

Building

This library was generated with Nx.

Run nx build depsup to build the library.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Copyright (c) 2025 Davide Di Criscito

For the full details, see the LICENSE file.