brew-cask-upgrade

brew-cask-upgrade is a command-line tool for upgrading every outdated app installed by Homebrew Cask.

Homebrew Cask extends Homebrew and brings its elegance, simplicity, and speed to the installation and management of GUI macOS applications and large binaries alike, but it lacks a sub-command like brew upgrade to upgrade installed apps, so if you want to upgrade the installed apps, you have to delete the previous versions and re-install the latest version manually for every single app.

With brew-cask-upgrade, you just need to type one command to upgrade all the apps installed by Homebrew Cask.

Installation

brew tap buo/cask-upgrade

Usage

Fetch the newest version of Homebrew Cask and all casks:

brew update

Upgrade outdated apps:

brew cu

Upgrade a specific app:

brew cu [CASK]

Options:

Usage: brew cu [CASK] [options]
    -a, --all             Include apps that auto-update in the upgrade.
        --cleanup         Cleans up cached downloads and tracker symlinks after
                          updating.
    -f  --force           Include apps that are marked as latest
                          (i.e. force-reinstall them).
        --no-brew-update  Prevent auto-update of Homebrew, taps, and formulae
                          before checking outdated apps.
    -y, --yes             Update all outdated apps; answer yes to updating packages.
    -q, --quiet           Do not show information about installed apps or current options.

Display usage instructions:

brew help cu