LazyUpdateManager

LazyUpdateManager is a small update helper for Arch Linux and Hyprland. It checks for available package updates and sends a desktop notification at most once per week while updates are pending.

Features

Checks official repository updates with checkupdates when available, otherwise pacman -Qu
Checks AUR updates with paru -Qua or yay -Qua when either helper is installed
Sends notifications with notify-send, with hyprctl notify as fallback
Provides a graphical browser UI for checking and installing updates
Provides an Electron desktop app wrapper for the GUI
Supports update search, source filters, ignored packages, system status, and auto-refresh
Includes a systemd user timer that checks every two hours and reminds weekly
Provides an interactive update command

Requirements

Arch Linux
Go 1.22 or newer to build
pacman-contrib recommended for checkupdates
Optional: paru or yay for AUR updates
Optional: libnotify for notify-send
Optional: Node.js and npm for the Electron desktop app

Build

make build

Usage

./bin/lazy-update-manager status
./bin/lazy-update-manager check
./bin/lazy-update-manager check -quiet
./bin/lazy-update-manager notify
./bin/lazy-update-manager notify -force
./bin/lazy-update-manager gui
./bin/lazy-update-manager update

Graphical Interface

./bin/lazy-update-manager gui

The GUI opens in your browser and lets you:

refresh the update list
search and filter updates by source
start update installation in a terminal
hide noisy packages from the active update count
see system readiness, Pacman lock state, disk space, AUR helper, terminal, and kernel version
enable or disable AUR checks
change the reminder interval
configure automatic refresh
choose the terminal used for installing updates

Desktop App

Install the Electron dependencies once:

npm install

Start the desktop app:

make desktop

Build desktop packages:

make desktop-dist

Install

make install

This installs the binary to ~/.local/bin/lazy-update-manager.

It also installs a desktop launcher to ~/.local/share/applications/lazy-update-manager.desktop.

Enable Weekly Reminder

make enable-user-service

The timer runs every two hours, but lazy-update-manager notify stores the last reminder timestamp in:

~/.local/state/lazy-update-manager/state.json

That means you only get a reminder once per week while updates are available.

Settings are stored in:

~/.config/lazy-update-manager/config.json

Check Timer

systemctl --user status lazy-update-manager.timer
systemctl --user list-timers lazy-update-manager.timer

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