DEPRECATED: Please use npm-check-updates

npm-check-updates supports bower as of v2.3.0

$ npm install -g npm-check-updates
$ npm-check-updates --packageManager bower   # or 'ncu -m bower' for short

bower-check-updates is a command-line tool that allows you to find and save the latest versions of dependencies, regardless of any version constraints in your bower.json file (unlike npm itself).

bower-check-updates maintains your existing semantic versioning policies, i.e., it will upgrade your "express": "^4.11.2" dependency to "express": "^5.0.0" when express 5.0.0 is released.

What?

bower-check-updates - is totally clone of npm-check-updates, but it updates bower.json dependencies (bower-check-updates updates bower.json).

All the code is written by tjunnone. I have just renamed package.json to bower.json (and added closest-bower module instead of closest-package). So if you want to contribute - better do it to bower-check-updates, and I'll merge the changes (notify me if I'm not).

Installation

npm install -g bower-check-updates

Usage

Show any new dependencies for the project in the current directory:

$ bcu

 express           4.12.x  →   4.13.x
 multer            ^0.1.8  →   ^1.0.1
 react-bootstrap  ^0.22.6  →  ^0.24.0
 react-a11y        ^0.1.1  →   ^0.2.6
 webpack          ~1.9.10  →  ~1.10.5

Run with -u to upgrade your bower.json

Upgrade a project's bower.json:

Make sure your bower.json is in version control and all changes have been committed. This will overwrite your bower.json.

$ bcu -u

 bootstrap           4.12.x  →   4.13.x

bower.json upgraded

Include or exclude specific packages:

# match mocha and should packages exactly
$ bcu -f mocha,should         

# match packages that start with "gulp-" using regex
$ bcu -f /^gulp-/             

# match packages that do not start with "gulp-". Note: single quotes are required 
# here to avoid inadvertant bash parsing
$ bcu -f '/^(?!gulp-).*$/'    

Options

-d, --dev                check only devDependencies
-e, --error-level        set the error-level. 1: exits with error code 0 if no
                         errors occur. 2: exits with error code 0 if no
                         packages need updating (useful for continuous
                         integration)
-g, --global             check global packages instead of in the current project
-h, --help               output usage information
-j, --jsonAll            output new bower.json instead of human-readable
                         message
--jsonUpgraded           output upgraded dependencies in json
--packageData            include stringified bower.json (use stdin instead)
-o, --optional           check only optionalDependencies
-p, --prod               check only dependencies (not devDependencies)
-r, --registry           specify third-party NPM registry
-s, --silent             don't output anything
-t, --greatest           find the highest versions available instead of the 
                         latest stable versions (alpha release only)
-u, --upgrade            upgrade bower.json dependencies to match latest 
                         versions (maintaining existing policy)
-ua, --upgradeAll        upgrade bower.json dependencies even when the latest
                         version satisfies the declared semver dependency
-V, --version            output the version number

Integration

The tool allows integration with 3rd party code:

var bcu = require('bower-check-updates');

bcu.run({
    packageData: fs.readFileSync('./some/project/bower.json', 'utf-8'),
    // Any command-line option can be specified here.
    // These are set by default:
    // silent: true,
    // jsonUpgraded: true
}).then(function(upgraded) {
    console.log('dependencies to upgrade:', upgraded);
});

How dependency updates are determined

• Direct dependencies will be increased to the latest stable version:
  • 2.0.1 => 2.2.0
  • 1.2 => 1.3
• Semantic versioning policies for levels are maintained while satisfying the latest version:
• ^1.2.0 => ^2.0.0
• 1.x => 2.x
• "Any version" is maintained:
  • * => *
• "Greater than" is maintained:
  • >0.2.0 => >0.3.0
• Closed ranges are replaced with a wildcard:
  • 1.0.0 < 2.0.0 => ^3.0.0

Problems?

Please file an issue on github.

Always include your bower.json when reporting a bug!

Pull requests are welcome, and will not collect dust :)