A lightweight utility to monitor available Windows program updates using the Windows Package Manager (winget).

Winget Monitor is a Kotlin application that checks for available updates to installed software on Windows systems using the winget command-line tool. It parses the output, creates a structured JSON file with update information, and logs the results.

• Automatically detects available updates for installed software
• Generates a structured JSON output file with update details
• Logs all activities for troubleshooting
• Handles cases where winget is not installed or no updates are available
• Minimal resource usage

• Windows operating system
• Windows Package Manager (winget) installed
• Java 21 or higher

1. Ensure you have Java 21 or higher installed
2. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/winget-monitor.git
   

3. Build the application:

   cd winget-monitor
   ./gradlew build
   

Run the application using Gradle:

./gradlew run

Or build a JAR file and run it directly:

./gradlew jar
java -jar build/libs/winget-monitor-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar

The application creates two files in your home directory:

1. .winget-monitor - JSON file containing update information
2. .winget-monitor.log - Log file with execution details

Example JSON output:

{
  "timestamp": "2023-05-15T10:30:45.123Z",
  "updateCount": 2,
  "updates": [
    {
      "name": "Mozilla Firefox",
      "version": "112.0.1",
      "source": "winget"
    },
    {
      "name": "Visual Studio Code",
      "version": "1.77.3",
      "source": "winget"
    }
  ]
}

• Schedule the application to run periodically using Windows Task Scheduler
• Create a dashboard to visualize available updates
• Set up notifications when important updates are available

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

This project was mostly created with AI-assisted coding using Junie, Jetbrains AI and ChatGPT. The AI tools were used to help with code generation, problem-solving, commit messages, and documentation.