Add some sort of "badge" with the number of packages that I can update.

[mwrock]

So if I have 5 packages installed for which there are updates available, I see a "5" somewhere with like a red flag or something clever.

[gep13]

I like it! There is actually an open issue for the old ChocolateyGUI to add a "Windows Service" type functionality to allow the auto updating of packages. I am not sure if this is something that we want or not, but it would certainly be an extension of this issue.

[gep13]

@mwrock we recently added a function to only show packages that have updates available (you can do this by clicking a checkbox) so I think this is "close" to what you were asking for, right?

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chocolatey/ChocolateyGUI/develop/docs/Screenshots/Application_Loaded.png

[mwrock]

Yup. That's great!

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@mwrock we recently added a function to only show packages that have updates available (you can do this by clicking a checkbox) so I think this is "close" to what you were asking for, right?

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chocolatey/ChocolateyGUI/develop/docs/Screenshots/Application_Loaded.png

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[gep13]

It's a step in the right direction. I still like the idea of a high level indication that updates are available. Similar to the notification icon on GitHub, which would take you to this filtered view, when you click on it.

[lythix]

Hey all.
Have been searching around for a tool that will notify me when I have Chocolatey installs that have an update available. Based on an idea I've never had time to write, I was imagining a System tray icon that periodically checks for any updates. On Windows 10 it could also post these notifications into the Action Center.
I was thinking something stand alone, but so far have found one feature request that sounds like this requirement on chocolatey repo, and this thread.
Could be a stand alone tool, or could be part of ChocolateyGUI.
I've done WPF apps in the past and have wanted to contribute to Open Source but never found the time or the "right" project to contribute to. yet.
Thoughts?

[RichiCoder1]

@lythix I apologize no one ever got back to you on this. This would probably be a perfect thing for ChocolateyGUI itself, and having it be a System Tray icon would be exactly how I'd implement this. If you're still interested, we'd happily accept contributions, though the current codebase is under a lot of churn with 0.15 on the horizon.

[Thilas]

Hey @lythix, @RichiCoder1,

I was also interested in this feature so I've started to work on such a systray to:

• keep ChocolateyGUI running in background when minimized
• send notifications (e.g. about available updates)
  If you want to have a look, it's available on my fork for now.

I plan next to work on an automatic check for updates (+ apply of course).

BTW, I noticed that in #74, @gep13 mentioned (almost 2 years ago) a future feature of chocolatey that would do this automatic check for new versions. Does anyone know if it's still planned? I couldn't find anything about it...

[rollingmoai]

Any update on this? ChocoButler exists now but I think it should be integrated with Chocolatey GUI itself.