App Updates

Check for available updates of your installed macOS apps. Scans three sources:

• Sparkle — Reads SUFeedURL from each app's Info.plist and checks the appcast feed for newer versions
• Homebrew Cask — Runs brew outdated --cask to find cask-installed apps with updates
• Mac App Store — Runs mas outdated to find App Store apps with updates (requires mas)

Commands

• Check Updates — Scan all installed apps and list those with available updates. For Homebrew apps, you can run brew upgrade directly from the action panel
• Updates Menu Bar — Persistent menu bar icon showing the number of available updates, refreshes every hour
• Brew Maintenance — Daily automated Homebrew maintenance (update, upgrade, doctor, cleanup) with results shown in the menu bar
• Doctor Advice — AI-powered explanations and fix suggestions for brew doctor warnings (requires Raycast Pro)

Features

• Shows app icon, name, current version, and available version
• Groups results by source (Sparkle, Homebrew, App Store)
• Run brew upgrade --cask directly from the action panel
• Menu bar icon with update count badge and quick access to outdated apps
• Daily Brew Maintenance with configurable steps and visual report
• AI-powered Doctor Advice: explains each brew doctor warning, rates severity, suggests fix commands, and provides a summary with all commands grouped for easy copy
• Automatic progress indicator during Sparkle feed scanning

Brew Maintenance

The Brew Maintenance command runs automatically once per day and shows the results in the menu bar:

• Color-coded status icon (green = all good, yellow = doctor warnings, red = errors)
• Detailed report: which steps ran, what was upgraded, doctor warnings, timing
• "Run Now" action to force an immediate run
• Fully configurable via command preferences:
  • brew update — update formulae index (default: on)
  • brew upgrade — upgrade formulae (default: on)
  • brew upgrade --cask — upgrade GUI apps (default: off)
  • brew doctor — check for issues (default: on)
  • brew cleanup — remove old versions (default: off)

Requirements

• Homebrew (optional) — for Homebrew Cask update detection and Brew Maintenance
• mas (optional) — for Mac App Store update detection (brew install mas)
• Raycast Pro (optional) — required for the AI-powered Doctor Advice command

The extension works even without Homebrew or mas installed — it will simply skip those sources and show a guided prompt to install them.