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24 alternatives to Notifier – Keep track of your favorite dependencies

Hi HN, We are Anil and Yilmaz from the team behind Notifier. Notifier is a macOS menu bar app that keeps track of your favorite packages and notifies you whenever a new version is available. You can currently track packages from npm, pub.dev, packagist, OpenUPM and the Unity asset store. We plan to add more package repositories very soon. Notifier can also watch your dependency manifest files to make it simple to keep track of the packages you use in your projects. We have many new features planned such as tracking software and SDK versions. We want to offer HN an early look at Notifier in…

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Notifier – Keep track of your favorite dependencies launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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8
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10
Usagebar▲172
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Notchification▲98
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See what other NPM packages everyone else is using▲67
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TrackNotch▲98
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Notif.me SDK▲92
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2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Source Notify▲72
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16
Gravity DMG▲86
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Feb 2026 · gravitydmg.com · its alternatives →
17
Glint▲107
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Jun 2026 · glint.binarybeam.net · its alternatives →
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Notiostore▲66
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Notivize▲100
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20
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2019 · releasedates.dev · its alternatives →
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23
NPM Downlytics▲12
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