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Automated dependency updates.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Creates pull requests for dependency updates from auto-discovered packages. Designed as a more configurable replacement for Dependabot. Can create a “dashboard” tracking issue to easily see pending updates and manage them (individually or as a group). Supports most popular forges, not just GitHub. Run it independently through CI, not just as a hosted service.

Tradeoffs

Seems to be gradually being absorbed by an enterprise cloud platform (Mend).

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