updatify

CLI app for updating Node and npm on Windows.

Installation

npm i -g updatify

Quickstart

updating node

# checks whether a new node version is available 
 
updatify node --check
 
# downloads the latest Node installer into the 
# Downloads directory and starts it 
 
updatify node

updating npm

# checks whether a new npm version is available 
 
updatify npm --check
 
# installs the latest npm version 
 
updatify npm

Commands

updatify

• --help / -h: displays help information
• --version / -v: outputs the version number

updatify node

• --check / -c: checks whether an update is available, but doesn't actually update node
• --bits / -b: specifies whether the 32-bit or 64-bit version should be downloaded; default: 64
• --dir / -d: specifies the directory in which the installer is saved; default: C:/Users/<User>/Downloads
• --download: only downloads the installer, but doesn't start it
• --latest / -l: downloads (or, if the --check flag is set, checks for) the latest node version; please note that this flag may be omitted as downloading the latest version is the default behavior
• --lts: downloads (or, if the --check flag is set, checks for) the latest Long Term Support version

updatify npm

• --check / -c: checks whether an update is available, but doesn't actually update npm
• --latest / -l: downloads (or, if the --check flag is set, checks for) the latest npm version; please note that this flag may be omitted as downloading the latest version is the default behavior
• --lts: downloads (or, if the --check flag is set, checks for) the latest Long Term Support version
• --next / -n: downloads (or, if the --check flag is set, checks for) the next npm version
• --force / -f: installs the latest npm version by executing curl -L https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh without any prior checks; this options is useful if your npm is broken; however, it requires sh (which comes with Git For Windows, for example) and curl; note that this flag disregards the --check, --lts and --next flags; use with caution

License

WTFPL – Do What the F*ck You Want to Public License.

Made with ❤️ by @MarkTiedemann.