Ubuntu Update Manager and its alternatives

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FileHippo Update Checker
Free by Filehippo |
- Windows
The Update Checker will scan your computer for installed software in more than one programs directories, which you can specify, check the versions and then send this information to FileHippo.com to see if there are any n ...

Category: OS & Utilities Tags: portable, applications, updater, widgets, software-updates +3 more, software-updater, versions, foreign-language-updates

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Secunia PSI (Personal Software Inspector)
Free for personal use by Secunia |
- Windows
The Secunia PSI is a FREE security tool designed to detect vulnerable and out-dated programs and plug-ins which expose your PC to attacks. Attacks exploiting vulnerable programs and plug-ins are rarely blocked by traditi ...

Category: Security & Privacy Tags: security, scanning, updates, software-updates, vulnerability, patch +3 more, security-tool, automatic-updates, windows-update

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AppFresh
Free by Metaquark |
- Mac
AppFresh helps you to keep all applications, widgets, preference panes and application plugins installed on your Mac up to date. All from one place, easy to use and fully integrated into Mac OS X. AppFresh works by check ...

Category: OS & Utilities Tags: updater, software-updates, software-updater

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Synaptic
Open Source by Daniel Paarmann |
- Linux
Synaptic is a graphical package management program for apt. It provides the same features as the apt-get command line utility with a GUI front-end based on Gtk+. * Install, remove, upgrade and downgrade single and mu ...

Category: OS & Utilities Tags: installer, software-updater, package, setup

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Software Informer
Free by Informer Technologies, Inc. |
Software Informer is a programme, whose primary aim is to give you the up-to-date information about the software you actually use. Whenever a more recent version of any programme becomes available, Software Informer noti ...

Category: OS & Utilities Tags: updater, rating, soft

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SUMo
Free by KC Softwares |
- Windows
SUMo, which stands for Software Update Monitor. Thanks to SUMo youll be able to keep your PC up-to-date by using the most recent version of your favorite software ! Unlike build-in auto update features, SUMo tells you if ...

Category: OS & Utilities Tags: updates, software-updates, software-updater

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Ketarin
Open Source |
- Windows
Ketarin is a small application which automatically updates setup packages. As opposed to other tools, Ketarin is not meant to keep your system up-to-date, but rather to maintain a compilation of all important setup packa ...

Tags: applications, versions

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Update Notifier
Free by CleanSofts |
- Windows
The Update Notifier is a small utility that scans your computer for installed software and displays a list of updates

Tags: updates, notifier, update-notifier

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MacPorts
Open Source by The MacPorts Project |
- Mac
The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac OS X operating s ...

Tags: freebsd, x11, ports, xorg

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Secunia OSI (Online Software Inspector)
Free by Secunia |
- Windows
- Online
The Secunia Online Software Inspector, or short OSI, is a fast way to scan your PC for the most common programs and vulnerabilities, thus checking if your PC has a minimum security baseline against known patched vulnerab ...

Tags: security, vulnerability, scan-for-vulnerabilities

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MacUpdate Desktop
Commercial by MacUpdate LLC |
- Mac
MacUpdate Desktop makes managing and updating your applications easy and automatic. It helps you organize your favorite applications and keep track of them when new versions become available. Download and install new upd ...

Category: OS & Utilities Tags: updates, updater, update-notifier

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Chocolatey
Open Source by Rob Reynolds |
- Windows
Chocolatey is kind of like apt-get, but for Windows (with windows comes limitations). It is a machine level package manager that is built on top of nuget command line and the nuget infrastructure.More behind the name&quo ...

Tags: package-manager, apt-get, nuget

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Driver Reviver
Commercial by ReviverSoft |
- Windows
Driver Reviver is an industry leading PC Driver Update utility that will help you update your computer drivers in just a few clicks.Driver Reviver uses one of the largest and most comprehensive Driver libraries available ...

Category: OS & Utilities Tags: driver, drivers, driver-update, reviversoft, driver-updating-program +1 more, driver-reviver

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RadarSync
Commercial by RadarSync |
- Windows
RadarSyncs service offers a free scan and recommendations of updates to device drivers and software applications installed on a computer running Microsoft Windows. RadarSync does not store driver or software files on its ...

Tags: analysis, drivers

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CNET TechTracker
Free by CNET |
- Mac
- Windows
TechTracker tracking software from CNET helps keep all of the software on your computer up-to-date. This free software tracker monitors and highlights outdated applications on your computer, providing you the option to d ...

Tags: software-tracker

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UpdateStar
Free with limited functionality by UpdateStar GmbH - Berlin Germany |
- Windows
Stop missing and searching for important software updates! UpdateStar lets you know! It is a world-class update service with third-party software updates for more than 1,273,000 programs. It lets you stay up to date and ...

Category: OS & Utilities Tags: updates, software-updates, software-updater, softwares, update-notifier

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R-Updater
Free |
- Windows
R-Updater is a very useful tool to keep your installed programs up-to-date. Upon installation R-Updater creates a list of installed programs and checks on a pre-scheduled time if there are new program versions available. ...

Category: OS & Utilities Tags: updater, software-updates, update-notifier

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LogicielMac Update

This application has been discontinued and is therefore not recommended.
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Software Updater
Free by Carambis software development |
- Windows
Carambis Software Updater this is the system utility which help you to find the new software versions online in one click. Free of charge. According to the new search mechanism Carambis Software Updater sends information ...

Category: OS & Utilities Tags: software-updates, software-updater, patch, beta, alpha

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win-get
Open Source |
- Windows
win-get is an installer and software repository for Microsoft Windows, like apt-get in Linux.

Tags: installer

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Ubuntu Update Manager

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FileHippo Update Checker

Secunia PSI (Personal Software Inspector)

AppFresh

Synaptic

Software Informer

SUMo

Ketarin

Update Notifier

MacPorts

Secunia OSI (Online Software Inspector)

MacUpdate Desktop

Chocolatey

Driver Reviver

RadarSync

CNET TechTracker

UpdateStar

R-Updater

LogicielMac Update

Software Updater

win-get

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