Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Updatest
Your new home for Mac updates.
Updatest is a Mac application that consolidates software updates from multiple sources including Homebrew, Mac App Store, Sparkle, Electron, and GitHub Releases into a single dashboard. The app identifies outdated… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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Find, install, update and remove Mac apps in one click. Thousands of apps in one place. Free and open source.
2023 · aerolite.dev · its alternatives →
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GitBar▲126Every pull request, one menubar. GitHub, GitLab & Azure
Apr 2026 · gitbar.app · its alternatives →
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Track your Mac app updates in the menu bar 🔄
Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Taphouse▲120Taphouse is a native Homebrew GUI for Mac — a visual Homebrew package manager to install, update, and clean up brew packages without the terminal. Free download for macOS.
Jan 2026 · taphouse.multimodalsolutions.gr · its alternatives →
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Substage▲183Hey all! I’m a solo indie dev and I’ve been working on Substage – a Mac app that docks under your Finder window and lets you interact with your files using natural language. Stuff like: • Convert to webp • zip these up • Author of this PDF? • Download this file: • Is this really a PNG? • What's 5 foot 9 in cm? • Open in TextMate Substage converts your prompt into a Terminal command using an LLM (GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini, Mistral, or your own local model), runs it, and summarises the output. If it detects something risky, it’ll pause for confirmation before running. Commands run locally on your…
2025 · selkie.design · its alternatives →
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Monitor, sync & back up your git repos from the menu bar
Mar 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hi Hacker News! Shahar and Tal from Keep here. A few months ago, we introduced here at HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34806482) Keep as an “open source alerting CLI” and got some interesting feedback - mainly around UI, automation, and supporting more tools. We were VERY early back then, and we understood that although the current DX around creating alerts is not great, it's not that critical and developers don’t need another tool just for that. But we did find something else. While talking to developers and devops, we found that a lot of companies use many tools…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Updated.dev▲145I built Updated.dev which turns your Git commits into clean, ready-to-publish release notes in seconds. Connect your repo, pick what matters, and let AI handle the drafting. Published updates appear instantly in the in-app widget and on the public page.
Dec 2025 · updated.dev · its alternatives →
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Cocoa framework to install app updates from GitHub releases.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Thank you for your comments, just some context: - The app is available for iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Apple Vision Pro, and the Web. - The Web version is implemented as a Progressive Web Application that is very responsive, local first, offline first, can be installed, and is entirely free to use. - Native (hybrid) versions do not require subscription fees and have small one-time payment. - You can store your notes in Git using any Git provider such as GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket. However, it has the best built-in integration with GitHub. Self-hosted scenarios like Gitea are also…
2024 · about.noteshub.app · its alternatives →
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Automatically track the updates of your applications
2018 · corecode.io · its alternatives →
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Bumplyfree tier, from $27.24/mo▲113Update your dependencies and undo anything
Aug 2026 · bumply.app · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! If you've ever tried to build a desktop app, you probably understand our frustrations with how challenging it is to build one and make it available on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Even with Electron, you still have to set up your own build pipelines, updating mechanisms, code-signing, deployments, and deal with cross-platform compatibility issues. We built EXT to make building cross-platform desktop software easier! Dog-fooding our own APIs, we ported 36 initial games and utilities to the EXT store (all free), and we've open-sourced all of them: https://github.com/extpkg If…
2024 · ext.store · its alternatives →
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UptimeBar▲135A simple OS X menu bar app for monitoring website uptime
2018 · uptimebar.app · its alternatives →
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Get instant notifications from Messages, Mail, Slack, and more directly in your menu bar. Perfect for Mac users who hide their Dock or want better notification management.
2025 · badgeify.app · its alternatives →
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