Globlin v0.2.5

Added

• uninstall a global package from its tray row
• offer a two-step Uninstall in every package row

Fixed

• satisfy the clippy 1.98 lints CI runs
• keep the bun note from clobbering the failure log and tighten the global-root probe
• find bun global packages when the manifest lives in the home directory

A portable Windows tray app that watches your global npm and bun packages, notifies you when one falls
behind, and updates it on a click. It never updates anything on its own.

Install

Download globlin.exe and run it. There is no installer — it keeps its config in a
globlin.json next to itself, so it can live on a USB stick or in any folder you like. Enable
Run at startup from the tray menu if you want it to come back after a reboot.

Verify the download

(Get-FileHash globlin.exe -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower()

Compare the result with globlin.exe.sha256.

Notes

• npm and @anthropic-ai/claude-code are ignored by default, because the first rewrites its own shim
  mid-update on Windows and the second updates itself. Remove them from ignore in the config to manage
  them here.
• Checks run at startup and every six hours; a notification is only raised when the set of outdated
  packages actually changes.
• See the README for the full config reference and how to remove the app cleanly.

Globlin v0.2.4

Added

• group the self-update controls under a Globlin v submenu

Other

• move unit tests into sibling tests.rs modules

A portable Windows tray app that watches your global npm and bun packages, notifies you when one falls
behind, and updates it on a click. It never updates anything on its own.

Install

Download globlin.exe and run it. There is no installer — it keeps its config in a
globlin.json next to itself, so it can live on a USB stick or in any folder you like. Enable
Run at startup from the tray menu if you want it to come back after a reboot.

Verify the download

(Get-FileHash globlin.exe -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower()

Compare the result with globlin.exe.sha256.

Notes

• npm and @anthropic-ai/claude-code are ignored by default, because the first rewrites its own shim
  mid-update on Windows and the second updates itself. Remove them from ignore in the config to manage
  them here.
• Checks run at startup and every six hours; a notification is only raised when the set of outdated
  packages actually changes.
• See the README for the full config reference and how to remove the app cleanly.

Globlin v0.2.3

Fixed

• order the release-plz jobs so no empty release PR is opened

A portable Windows tray app that watches your global npm and bun packages, notifies you when one falls
behind, and updates it on a click. It never updates anything on its own.

Install

Download globlin.exe and run it. There is no installer — it keeps its config in a
globlin.json next to itself, so it can live on a USB stick or in any folder you like. Enable
Run at startup from the tray menu if you want it to come back after a reboot.

Verify the download

(Get-FileHash globlin.exe -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower()

Compare the result with globlin.exe.sha256.

Notes

• npm and @anthropic-ai/claude-code are ignored by default, because the first rewrites its own shim
  mid-update on Windows and the second updates itself. Remove them from ignore in the config to manage
  them here.
• Checks run at startup and every six hours; a notification is only raised when the set of outdated
  packages actually changes.
• See the README for the full config reference and how to remove the app cleanly.

Globlin v0.2.2

Fixed

• run release-plz on Windows so cargo package can compile

Other

• run release-plz under a PAT so its tags trigger the build

A portable Windows tray app that watches your global npm and bun packages, notifies you when one falls
behind, and updates it on a click. It never updates anything on its own.

Install

Download globlin.exe and run it. There is no installer — it keeps its config in a
globlin.json next to itself, so it can live on a USB stick or in any folder you like. Enable
Run at startup from the tray menu if you want it to come back after a reboot.

Verify the download

(Get-FileHash globlin.exe -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower()

Compare the result with globlin.exe.sha256.

Notes

• npm and @anthropic-ai/claude-code are ignored by default, because the first rewrites its own shim
  mid-update on Windows and the second updates itself. Remove them from ignore in the config to manage
  them here.
• Checks run at startup and every six hours; a notification is only raised when the set of outdated
  packages actually changes.
• See the README for the full config reference and how to remove the app cleanly.

Globlin v0.2.1

Fixed

• make self-update reliable when a check or an install fails

Other

• license Globlin under the GNU GPL v3 or later
• compare releases against git tags instead of crates.io

A portable Windows tray app that watches your global npm and bun packages, notifies you when one falls
behind, and updates it on a click. It never updates anything on its own.

Install

Download globlin.exe and run it. There is no installer — it keeps its config in a
globlin.json next to itself, so it can live on a USB stick or in any folder you like. Enable
Run at startup from the tray menu if you want it to come back after a reboot.

Verify the download

(Get-FileHash globlin.exe -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower()

Compare the result with globlin.exe.sha256.

Notes

• npm and @anthropic-ai/claude-code are ignored by default, because the first rewrites its own shim
  mid-update on Windows and the second updates itself. Remove them from ignore in the config to manage
  them here.
• Checks run at startup and every six hours; a notification is only raised when the set of outdated
  packages actually changes.
• See the README for the full config reference and how to remove the app cleanly.

Globlin v0.2.0

Added

• Self-update from GitHub Releases: the tray menu offers the app's own newer build, verifies it against
  its published checksum, swaps it in by rename with a rollback on failure, and restarts it — opt-in
  via auto_update, with repeated failure notices throttled and failed lookups logged to their own
  diagnostics file (self-update.log).
• The update batch shows as a queue with per-package progress bars, per-target finish announcements,
  and packages can be toggled ignored straight from the tray menu.
• New tray glyph — an uppercase G for the rename to Globlin — with an emerald glow when everything is
  current and a rising-water fill while a job runs.

Fixed

• The single-instance mutex handle is closed after a failed claim, and a replaced launch that never
  claims it still raises its toast; a double rename failure keeps the verified new build instead of
  emptying the live path.
• The toast artwork is rewritten so a changed glyph actually reaches notifications, and the row bar
  and water level no longer overshoot or misreport what has landed.

Changed

• The app is renamed from npm-globals-tray to Globlin end to end: binary slug, AppUserModelId, config
  file, data directory, autostart value, single-instance mutex, self-update endpoint and release assets.
  See the README for the leftover files an old install can delete by hand.

A portable Windows tray app that watches your global npm and bun packages, notifies you when one falls
behind, and updates it on a click. It never updates anything on its own.

Install

Download globlin.exe and run it. There is no installer — it keeps its config in a
globlin.json next to itself, so it can live on a USB stick or in any folder you like. Enable
Run at startup from the tray menu if you want it to come back after a reboot.

Verify the download

(Get-FileHash globlin.exe -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower()

Compare the result with globlin.exe.sha256.

Notes

• npm and @anthropic-ai/claude-code are ignored by default, because the first rewrites its own shim
  mid-update on Windows and the second updates itself. Remove them from ignore in the config to manage
  them here.
• Checks run at startup and every six hours; a notification is only raised when the set of outdated
  packages actually changes.
• See the README for the full config reference and how to remove the app cleanly.

Globlin v0.1.1

Housekeeping only — the binary behaves exactly as 0.1.0 does.

Other

• Enable clippy::pedantic in Cargo.toml so the existing -D warnings CI gate covers it, and clear
  every finding. Only the rasteriser and the .ico writer keep a module-level allow, for cast lints on
  small bounded integers.
• Trim the README from 308 lines to 215 and add CLAUDE.md describing the architecture that takes several
  files to see.
• Widen .gitignore to cover the diagnostics files, editor and OS leftovers, and machine-local Claude
  settings.

A portable Windows tray app that watches your global npm and bun packages, notifies you when one falls
behind, and updates it on a click. It never updates anything on its own.

Install

Download npm-globals-tray.exe and run it. There is no installer — it keeps its config in a
npm-globals-tray.json next to itself, so it can live on a USB stick or in any folder you like. Enable
Run at startup from the tray menu if you want it to come back after a reboot.

Verify the download

(Get-FileHash Globlin.exe -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower()

Compare the result with npm-globals-tray.exe.sha256.

Notes

• npm and @anthropic-ai/claude-code are ignored by default, because the first rewrites its own shim
  mid-update on Windows and the second updates itself. Remove them from ignore in the config to manage
  them here.
• Checks run at startup and every six hours; a notification is only raised when the set of outdated
  packages actually changes.
• See the README for the full config reference and how to remove the app cleanly.

Globlinv0.1.0

A portable Windows tray app that watches your global npm and bun packages, notifies you when one falls
behind, and updates it on a click. It never updates anything on its own.

Install

Download npm-globals-tray.exe and run it. There is no installer — it keeps its config in a
npm-globals-tray.json next to itself, so it can live on a USB stick or in any folder you like. Enable
Run at startup from the tray menu if you want it to come back after a reboot.

Verify the download

(Get-FileHash npm-globals-tray.exe -Algorithm SHA256).Hash.ToLower()

Compare the result with Globlin.exe.sha256.

Notes

• npm and @anthropic-ai/claude-code are ignored by default, because the first rewrites its own shim
  mid-update on Windows and the second updates itself. Remove them from ignore in the config to manage
  them here.
• Checks run at startup and every six hours; a notification is only raised when the set of outdated
  packages actually changes.
• See the README for the full config reference and how to remove the app cleanly.