up

A shell function that updates system packages and AI coding assistants in one command, with before/after version reporting.

Blog post: up: One Command to Update All My AI Tools

What it updates

Tool	Method
System packages	apt upgrade
Gemini CLI	npm
Codex	npm
OpenCode AI	npm
Crush	npm
Qwen Code	npm
Cline	npm
Bitwarden CLI	npm
GitHub Copilot	npm
gog	GitHub release via gh
Claude Code	claude upgrade

Install

curl -o ~/.up.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zonca/up/main/up.sh
echo 'source ~/.up.sh' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Usage

up

Output includes a version report showing old and new versions for every updated package.

Self-update

The script checks for a newer version on GitHub each time it runs and updates itself automatically.

Schedule daily runs

Add a cron job to run it every morning:

echo '0 7 * * * /home/$USER/.up.sh' | crontab -

Customize

Edit the npm_pkgs array in up.sh to add or remove npm packages:

local npm_pkgs=("@google/gemini-cli" "@openai/codex" "opencode-ai")

Requirements

• Ubuntu/Debian (apt)
• Node.js/npm (for npm packages)
• gh CLI (for gog updates)
• curl (for self-update)

License

MIT