Homebrew
Matched to the apps you have, including installer packages and links without a file extension.
Every app on your Mac,
always current.
Current checks every app and command-line tool for a newer version, makes sure it’s genuine, and installs it in one click.
Try it. Tick a few apps and press Update. Nothing installs from here.
App
Installed
Available
Download
Status
Nothing installs until you press UpdateDemo · sample library
1 safe by default
Verified, or it
doesn’t install.
Every update rides through four checks before it touches your Mac. If it fails one, it stops there.
- 01
Same developer
The new version has to be signed by whoever made the one you have.
- 02
Checked by Apple
It has to be notarized, and match the developer’s checksum or signature when there is one.
- 03
Made for your Mac
Your macOS version, Apple silicon, and actually newer than what you have.
- 04
Undone if it fails
The old version is kept aside until the new one passes its last check, then put back if needed.
2 where updates come from
No database to go stale.
Current asks each app’s own update source, so new versions show up the day they ship.
~7,000apps Homebrew tracks
4kinds of update source
0databases to go stale
Sparkle
Apps that sign their own updates, checked against the key inside your copy.
Electron
Apps that publish their own feed, checked against the SHA-512 it lists.
App Store
Watched for newer versions, then opened in the App Store to install.
3 your command line, too
Homebrew and npm,
in the same list.
Tools you installed with Homebrew and npm global packages sit right next to your apps, one click each. Their dependencies come along on their own.
Tools never update by themselves, because an upgrade can change libraries your projects build against.
Prefer Terminal? The current command ships inside the app.
5 you’re in charge
Only what
you choose.
Current leaves alone anything that isn’t its to update, and anything you’d rather keep as it is.
- App Store apps
- Apple’s own apps
- Apps you ignore
- A version you skip
- Apps your workplace manages
Using a work Mac? Apps your company looks after, like Microsoft Office, VPN and security tools, are left to them.
6 make it yours
Five colors, one mark.
Pick a theme and the Dock icon and the whole app follow. Try one on this page.
Pay once. Stay current.
$3
First 100 licenses are $3, then $7.99.
- Every verified app update, one by one or all at once
- Homebrew and npm tools in the same list
- Daily checks, notifications and the menu bar
- All 1.x updates included
One purchase email · one Mac · macOS 15 or later · Apple silicon
Questions
Does it work with every app?
With every app whose updates can be checked: apps that sign their own updates with Sparkle, Electron apps, and the apps Homebrew tracks. Apps without a source Current can check say “own updater only”, and App Store apps are updated by the App Store.
Will it close my apps?
Only an app you’re updating while it’s open, and only the normal way, so it can ask you to save. Current opens it again afterwards. Automatic installs skip open apps.
What if an update goes wrong?
If a new version fails Current’s last check, the old one goes straight back. And because every update is checked before it installs, bad downloads never get that far.
Why $3?
It’s the launch price for the first 100 licenses. After that Current costs $7.99, still once, with every 1.x update included.
Does it send my app list anywhere?
No. Your app list stays on your Mac. License activation sends the purchase email and a random device identifier so one license can be activated on one Mac. Current has no analytics.