🤖 Dependabot's core logic for creating update PRs.
The update engine behind GitHub Dependabot, with fewer package managers and less configurable grouping.
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Renovate
Home of the Renovate CLI: Cross-platform Dependency Automation by Mend.io
Dependabot and Updatecli. 2 alternatives to Renovate, in Ruby, Go. Compare fit, licence, stars and the latest signed release.
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| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dependabot | Partial | 5.8k | MIT | Open source | No | Ruby | v0.400.0 | 2026-10-19 |
| Updatecli | Partial | 999 | Apache-2.0 | Open source | No | Go | v0.122.1 | 2026-10-18 |
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A Declarative Update Policy Engine
Applies declarative update pipelines to files, images and other sources, without a dashboard of pending updates.
- Language
- Go
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 999
- Latest
- v0.122.1
- Last push
- 2026-10-18
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About Renovate
- Language
- TypeScript
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Stars
- 23k
- Last push
- 2026-10-19