Updates Applet for COSMIC
A universal package update checker applet for COSMIC Desktop that supports multiple package managers with AUR support, desktop notifications, and configurable settings.
Features
- 🐧 Custom penguin mascot - Changes when updates are available
- 🎨 Color-coded versions - Red for old, green for new versions
- 🔔 Desktop notifications - Alerts when new updates are available
- 📦 Multi-package manager support:
- APT (Debian, Ubuntu, Pop!_OS)
- Pacman (Arch, Manjaro, CachyOS)
- AUR support via paru or yay
- ⚙️ Configurable settings - Check intervals, notifications, urgency threshold
- 📜 Scrollable package list - Handles large update lists
- 🔄 Auto-detection - Detects your package manager automatically
Installation
Pop!_OS / Ubuntu / Debian (APT Repository)
wget -qO - https://apt.vintagetechie.com/cosmic-ext-applet-updates-keyring.asc | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/cosmic-ext-applet-updates.gpg > /dev/null
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/cosmic-ext-applet-updates.gpg] https://apt.vintagetechie.com stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cosmic-ext-applet-updates.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install cosmic-ext-applet-updates
Arch Linux / CachyOS / Manjaro (AUR)
paru -S cosmic-ext-applet-updates-bin