Appupdater is a handy tool that makes it really easy, fast, and convenient to update installed apps from your system or to download and install new ones.
Probably, the best thing about this neat utility is the fact that it can fully automate the updating, downloading, and installing procedures. It can perform daily checks for new updates and, when they are detected, it can perform the required actions (such as downloading and installing the updates) without requiring any user intervention.
I also like its handy customization possibilities. It lets you create and use your own repository of apps, which makes Appupdater even more useful, as it can fully adapt to the particular set of programs installed in your system.
Appupdater is also pretty easy to use and straightforward, though I would still consider it more suitable for advanced users that enjoy or require powerful automation solutions than for beginners. Nevertheless, it’s a handy and effective tool worth a try, especially since it’s also free.
v1.5 [Jul 22, 2011]
- Moved to Python 2.6
- Use CTRL to select multiple applications for installation
- Improved proxy support
- Various bugfixes
- Fixed GPG dependency such that it is truly optional (for portable install)
- Installer only fix for when upgrading from older versions
- Bugfix for Windows service from the command line
- Added command line option to output debug information
- Added system Configuration Information dialog to GUI tools menu
- Fixed bug for when SOCKS proxy is defined
- Vulnerability fix from Metalink Checker library
- Service now skips packages when no silent install commands are defined
- Now runs as administrator by default from Start Menu, current user option available
- New option to ignore certain directories when scanning for installed versions
- Windows service fixes
- Improved crash reporting
- Added GUI notification for when newest version is not available as a silent install
- Experimental PortableApps.com format release
- Installer now properly sets permissions on shared download directory
- Installer now acts properly and prompts for repositories when offline
- Installer now has a portable install option
- UPX compression for smaller installed size
- Improved output for Window service
- Removed redundant code
- Upgraded Metalink Checker download library (added support for new Metalink format defined in RFC 5854)
- Numerous other minor fixes
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