EasyUpdate

🛠️ A lightweight Python module to automatically update your script when a new version is released. Allows compilation to .exe and Linux executables.

📦 Features

• Checks if an update is available using a JSON file hosted on GitHub
• Downloads files when an update is available
• Can update itself and wait for the main script to stop before updating files
• Cross-platform support
• Supports .exe and Linux compiled files
• Custom error messages to help identify failures
• Active support via Discord

🚀 Usage

1. Install the module with pip

pip install easyupdate

2. Import the module in your project

from easyupdate import UpdateManager

version = "1.2.0"
EasyUpdate = UpdateManager(
    version_file=version,
    version_url="https://url_to_versions_file/",
    updater_name="update.exe" # Name of the updater if compiled in .exe or linux executable
)

EasyUpdate.search_update()
EasyUpdate.download_update(True)

3. Make versions file

• Use our tool to generate the file for you (soon)

{
    "latest": {
        "version": "1.3.4",
        "endpoint": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GeekMan44/EasyUpdate/refs/heads/main/",
        "files": [
            {
                "file": "LICENSE",
                "folder": ""
            },
            {
                "file": "versions",
                "folder": "version"
            }
        ]
    }
}

🕒 Soon

• Tool to generate file versions
• Make a web documentation