https://github.com/uniquespirit/smart-updater

A lightweight, intelligent GUI update tool for CachyOS and Arch Linux.
https://github.com/uniquespirit/smart-updater

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A lightweight, intelligent GUI update tool for CachyOS and Arch Linux.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/uniquespirit/smart-updater
• Owner: UniqueSpirit
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2026-05-10T12:46:44.000Z (about 2 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2026-06-03T06:37:47.000Z (about 1 month ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-06-03T08:27:14.977Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: archlinux, cachyos, linux, pacman, paru, pyqt6, python, updater
• Language: Python
• Homepage:
• Size: 558 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  • Security: SECURITY.md
  • Roadmap: Roadmap.md

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README

          
# Smart Updater for CachyOS KDE Desktop 🐧

**STATUS: ALPHA**

Welcome to **Smart Updater**, a lightweight, intelligent, and beautiful GUI tool designed to make system updates on CachyOS (and other Arch-based distributions) as seamless as possible.

## Features

* **Pure On-Demand Execution:** Strictly adheres to the Arch Linux philosophy. No hidden background daemons or persistent tray icons—the tool runs 100% lightweight and only consumes resources when explicitly invoked.

* **Smart Pre-Flight Checks:** An asynchronous background worker silently detects pending Pacman and AUR updates on startup, displaying the exact count directly on your dashboard before you even click start.

* **Proactive System Management:** Automatically detects installed tools (Flatpak, Paru/Yay, CachyOS Updater). Missing components are dynamically presented with 1-click inline installation prompts directly within the setup view.

* **Zero Pop-Up Architecture & Native UI:** A clean, emoji-free, single-window experience. Authentication and standard process outputs happen inline, utilizing smooth `QStackedWidget` page-flip transitions without spawning annoying external dialog boxes.

* **Seamless Sudo Integration:** Replaced external `pkexec` prompts with a custom, secure background sudo wrapper. You authenticate safely within the UI, and root privileges are maintained just for the duration of the update sequence.

* **Non-Blocking UI & Dynamic Progress:** Heavy lifting runs safely in a dedicated background thread (`QThread`). The progress bar assigns intelligent weights to different tasks and scales dynamically in real-time alongside the inline terminal output.

* **Automated Error Logging:** Runs a silent background log (`~/.config/smart-updater.log`) capturing all terminal execution steps. Paired with a 1-click "Copy Log" function via the inward dropdown menu for streamlined GitHub issue reporting.

* **Customizable Tasks:** Choose exactly what to execute (Rate Mirrors, Pacman, AUR, Flatpak updates) and optionally clear your package cache (`paccache`) for a consistently lean system.

* **Global Multilingual Support:** Fully localized into **16 languages**: English, German, Spanish, French, Polish, Thai, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, Korean, Hindi, Dutch, and Indonesian (covering the complete UI and dynamic tooltips).

## Info ##

This is an early release. Feedback and bug reports are welcome as I continue to improve the tool!

## 📸 Screenshots













## 🚀 Installation (AUR)

Smart Updater is officially available in the Arch User Repository (AUR). You can easily install it using your favorite AUR helper:

Using **paru** (recommended for CachyOS):

```bash

paru -S smart-updater