⬆️ NxtUpdate

Universal package updater for macOS — auto-detects and updates everything from one command.

NxtUpdate detects every package manager installed on your Mac and updates them all in one go — with an interactive TUI or simple CLI commands.

Features

• Interactive TUI — full terminal UI to browse, select, and update packages
• Auto-detection — finds every package manager you have installed automatically
• Selective updates — choose which managers or packages to update
• Dry-run mode — preview what would change before touching anything
• Uninstall support — remove packages from any manager via the TUI
• macOS system updates — includes softwareupdate (with sudo support)
• Zero config — just run nxtupdate

Supported Package Managers

| Manager | Icon | Command | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | Homebrew | 🍺 | brew | Formulae + Casks | | Node.js | 📦 | npm / pnpm / yarn / bun | Auto-selects active PM | | Python | 🐍 | pip3 / pip | Skips virtualenvs | | Rust / Cargo | 🦀 | cargo | Requires cargo-install-update | | macOS System | 🍎 | softwareupdate | Runs with sudo |

Requirements

• macOS (this tool is macOS-only)
• Bun ≥ 1.0.0 — used as the runtime

Install Bun if you don't have it:

curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash

Installation

# Via npm (global)
npm install -g nxtupdate

# Via bun (global)
bun add -g nxtupdate

Usage

Interactive TUI (default)

nxtupdate

Launches a full-screen terminal UI. Use arrow keys to navigate, Enter to confirm, Ctrl+C to quit.

TUI screens:

• Scan — detects managers and checks for outdated packages
• Main Menu — choose to update, list packages, or uninstall
• Select Packages — pick exactly which packages to update or remove
• Update — live progress for each manager

CLI Commands

# Detect all installed package managers
nxtupdate scan

# List outdated packages across all managers
nxtupdate list

# Update everything
nxtupdate update

# Update only one manager
nxtupdate update --only homebrew
nxtupdate update --only npm

# Launch TUI explicitly
nxtupdate tui

Options

| Flag | Description | |---|---| | --only <manager> | Target a specific package manager | | -d, --dry-run | Show what would be updated, make no changes | | --no-sudo | Skip updates that require sudo (macOS system) | | -v, --verbose | Show package names during update | | -y, --yes | Skip all confirmation prompts |

Rust / Cargo Notes

Cargo does not natively support listing outdated packages. NxtUpdate uses cargo-install-update for this. Install it once:

cargo install cargo-install-update

Repository

https://github.com/scorpion7slayer/NxtUpdate

License

MIT © scorpion7slayer