LazyUpdateManager checks for available package updates and sends a weekly desktop notification while updates are pending. No nagging, no constant reminders – just a gentle nudge once a week.

Quick Start

git clone <repo>
cd LazyUpdateManager
./install.sh

After installation:

Command	Action
`lazy-update-manager gui`	Open the desktop app (or launch from app menu)
`lazy-update-manager gui web`	Open the web UI in your browser
`lazy-update-manager check`	Check for updates
`lazy-update-manager status`	Show available updates
`lazy-update-manager update`	Run interactive full system update
`lazy-update-manager version`	Print installed version

Features

Automatic updates – checks official repos (checkupdates / pacman -Qu) and AUR (paru / yay)
Weekly reminder – desktop notification via notify-send or hyprctl notify, at most once per week
Web UI – browser-based interface for searching, filtering, ignoring packages, and system status
Desktop app – Electron wrapper for native window integration
systemd timer – checks every 2 hours, reminds weekly
Settings – terminal, language (DE/EN), auto-refresh, ignored packages, AUR toggle
Selective installs – update individual packages when needed

GUI – Web & Desktop

The GUI lets you:

Feature	Description
🔄 Refresh	Manual or automatic update list refresh
🔍 Search & filter	Filter packages by source (repo/AUR)
📦 Selective install	Install only selected packages
🙈 Hide packages	Reduce noise by ignoring packages
🖥️ System status	Pacman lock, disk space, kernel, AUR helper, terminal
⚙️ Settings	Timer interval, terminal, language, auto-refresh, confirmation prompts

# Open web UI in browser
lazy-update-manager gui web

# Open desktop app (when prefer_electron is enabled)
lazy-update-manager gui

Selective installs use pacman -S --needed or the AUR helper with -S --needed. Full system updates are the safer default on Arch – partial upgrades can cause dependency issues.

Installation

With install.sh (recommended)

./install.sh

What it does:

Checks dependencies (Go, Node.js, npm)
Installs npm packages (Electron)
Builds the Go backend
Copies the binary to ~/.local/bin/
Creates the lazy-update-manager-electron launcher
Installs the desktop entry (for app menus / launchers)
Enables prefer_electron in the config
Installs and activates the systemd timer

With make

make build        # Build Go backend only
make install      # Install binary + desktop entry + systemd
make desktop      # Run Electron app in dev mode
make desktop-dist # Build distribution packages (AppImage, Pacman)

Build Electron distribution

./install.sh electron-dist

Update

git pull --ff-only
./install.sh

Requirements

Package	Notes
Arch Linux	–
Go ≥ 1.22	Required to build
`pacman-contrib`	Recommended, provides `checkupdates`
`paru` / `yay`	Optional – for AUR updates
`libnotify`	Optional – for `notify-send`
Node.js + npm	Optional – for the Electron desktop app

Desktop App Details

The launcher ~/.local/bin/lazy-update-manager-electron starts Electron with the correct working directory. It is used by the desktop entry (app menu / launcher) and internally by lazy-update-manager gui.

Project directory lookup order:

$LAZY_UPDATE_MANAGER_DIR (environment variable)
Current working directory (if electron/main.cjs exists)
Relative to the binary path
$HOME/Projekte/LazyUpdateManager

Data & Configuration

Path	Contents
`~/.config/lazy-update-manager/config.json`	Settings (terminal, language, AUR, timer, …)
`~/.local/state/lazy-update-manager/state.json`	Last check, last reminder, update count
`~/.local/share/applications/lazy-update-manager.desktop`	Desktop entry for app menus
`~/.config/systemd/user/lazy-update-manager.{service,timer}`	systemd timer files

Check timer status

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

License

MIT

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