How to add Github as Package Updater

[TheKidRock]

I have downloaded and installed few apps from Github. Whenever there is a new update release for the apps, they are not shown in "Software Updates" even though the app is listed under "Installed Packages".

For example, I have downloaded and installed Rclone UI v2.7.25. A new update was released as v2.7.26. The new update is not shown in UnigetUI.

How do I make UnigetUI to get updates for packages downloaded and installed from Github?

[marticliment]

GitHub is a website where developers sometimes publish installers for the software they host there. But GitHub is not a package manager, and it does not provide any mechanism to find/install updates, etc.

If you want the apps you install to be updated through UniGetUI, you need to install them through a package manager supported on UniGetUI, either by installing the package from UniGetUI directly or by installing externally through any of the supported package managers (for example, winget install "RClone UI" or choco install some-other-app). Then, you will (or at least should) see the available updates once they get published.

You may see the app you downloaded from GitHub listed as installed, since WinGet (one of the package managers integrated into UniGetUI) can detect externally installed software, and list it as installed, and available to uninstall. However, this does not mean that winget will show updates for that package. It may, but also it may not.

In conclusion, if you want an app to be upgradable through UniGetUI, the safest bet is to install it through UniGetUI

[TheKidRock]

Thanks for your suggestion. I installed Rclone UI from UnigetUI.

UnigetUI displayed v2.7.3 and I installed it. However, upon checking this version on Github, it was released 3 weeks back.
https://github.com/rclone-ui/rclone-ui/releases/tag/v2.7.3

Rclone UI had released a new version 2.7.28 few hours back.
https://github.com/rclone-ui/rclone-ui/releases/tag/v2.7.28

But UnigetUI Software Updates did not show the new version to update. So, do I need to edit settings or anything else to get the updated package?

[marticliment]

Packages sometimes take up to a week (but usually 1 or 2 days at max) to show as updates on UniGetUI (or on WinGet) due to verification processes