ide-updater 0.1.3

A powerful CLI tool for Linux developers to automatically update and manage popular IDEs (VS Code, Cursor, Kiro) with smart version detection, progress tracking, and seamless installation handling

IDE Updater

A CLI tool to quickly update Linux IDEs (VS Code, Cursor, Kiro) with a simple command.

Keep your development environment fresh with automatic IDE updates!

Features

• 🚀 Multi-IDE Support: VS Code, Cursor, and Kiro IDE
• 🔍 Smart Version Detection: Checks both system-wide and local installations
• 📦 Automatic Downloads: Fetches latest versions from official sources
• 🎯 Clean Installation: Manages AppImages and tar.gz files properly
• ⚙️ Configurable: Stores settings in ~/.config/ide-updater/
• 🎨 Beautiful Output: Rich terminal interface with progress bars

Installation

Quick Install with pipx (Recommended)

If you have pipx installed:

pipx install ide-updater && pipx ensurepath

If you don't have pipx yet (complete one-command install):

python3 -m pip install --user pipx && python3 -m pipx ensurepath && pipx install ide-updater && pipx ensurepath

After installation: Restart your terminal or run source ~/.bashrc to make the command available immediately.

Why pipx?

pipx is the recommended way to install Python CLI applications. It:

• ✅ Installs apps in isolated environments (no conflicts)
• ✅ Makes commands globally available
• ✅ Works on modern Linux systems (avoids "externally-managed-environment" errors)
• ✅ Easy to update: pipx upgrade ide-updater

Alternative: Using pip in a virtual environment

python3 -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate && pip install ide-updater

From Source

git clone https://github.com/cosmah/ide-updater.git
cd ide-updater
pip install -e .

Usage

# Check for updates
ide-updater check

# Update all IDEs
ide-updater update

# Update specific IDE
ide-updater update cursor
ide-updater update vscode
ide-updater update kiro

# Initialize configuration
ide-updater init

Configuration

The tool stores configuration in ~/.config/ide-updater/config.json:

{
    "install_dir": "/home/user/Applications",
    "temp_dir": "/home/user/.cache/ide-updater",
    "ides": {
        "vscode": {"enabled": true, "channel": "stable"},
        "cursor": {"enabled": true},
        "kiro": {"enabled": true}
    }
}

Supported IDEs

IDE	Version Detection	Download Source	Installation
VS Code	Microsoft Update API	Official Microsoft	tar.gz extraction
Cursor	Changelog scraping	cursor.com API	AppImage
Kiro	Downloads page + AWS	AWS S3 bucket	AppImage/tar.gz

Requirements

• Linux (tested on Ubuntu, should work on other distributions)
• Python 3.8+
• Internet connection for downloads

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Support the Project

If this tool saves you time and makes your development workflow easier, consider supporting its development:

Your support helps maintain and improve this tool for the entire Linux developer community!

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.