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CLUSTER PACKAGE-TERMINAL-ACROSS · 10 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2015-08-14

Terminal package update tools

This cluster consists of terminal-based tools for managing software packages, updates, and dependencies, including remote and multi-server administration. The dated history shows a few entries in 2015-2016, a long gap, then several entries in 2025-2026, indicating a sporadic timeline rather than continuous growth. Traction leaders are ripencli, spark-store-tui, and nodash-bin, each with 0 stars, showing minimal observable activity.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

AUG 2015: 1DEC 2015: 1SEP 2016: 1JUN 2025: 1FEB 2026: 2APR 2026: 2SEP 2026: 1OCT 2026: 1
AUG 2015OCT 2026

Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 1 ai-built · 1 hand-coded · 8 unlabelled

Operator · 9 open source · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 10 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01ripencli0★28 daysliveopen sourceTerminal tool for interactively updating software dependencies across multiple package managers.
  2. 02nogforge0★12 daysliveopen sourceTerminal package manager that lists installed software, searches and installs packages, and displays readable update information for the KognogOS operating system.
  3. 03artifacthub-tracker0★3 moliveopen sourceTool that tracks updates to Artifact Hub package repositories.
  4. 04spark-store-tui0★3 moliveopen sourceTerminal user interface for managing software installations and updates through a software store.
  5. 05pkg-install0★8 mostaleliveopen sourceInstalls and manages software packages from a simple terminal interface.
  6. 06nodash-bin0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceTerminal-based manager for Node.js projects that helps switch and launch different Node versions.
  7. 07cylon0★22 daysliveopen sourceMenu-driven terminal tool that updates system packages, performs maintenance, backups, and system checks.
  8. 08apt-dater0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceA terminal-based tool for administrators that allows installing software package updates across remote systems from a central interface.
  9. 09apt-dater-legacy0★10 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceTerminal-based tool for remotely managing package updates on multiple servers.
  10. 10UpdateHero — Remote update control0★unknownliveai-builtRemote dashboard for controlling and managing application version updates manually.

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