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This looks great. Thanks so much for your work on this and sharing with us.
What in your opinion sets your software apart from the other options you mention?
I have recently setup dockers for plex, immich, nextcloud and paperlessngx but have yet to look at longterm maintenence inc. things like auto updates (I know to avoid on immich).
As someone who prob knows the options inside and out - would you recommend your option to this relative newbie or do you think one of the other options might be a better place to start?
Thank you!
I sadly don't have too much insights in the other alternatives, I try to not compare too much - maybe I should study them a bit more to understand the wider picture. There's a few more I forgot to mention; renovate and dependabot.
While I think all those tools are great and have functionality that my project cant fulfill - I strive to keep dockcheck simple and lightweight. Options and functionality have been bolted on bit by bit while still trying to have it as simple as possible in its core functions - so a user could just download the main script
dockcheck.shand run it to list updates and optionally update. Everything else is optional, extras.I guess it depends on what you're looking for. If you'd like a GUI or more in depth setup or reporting - I'd look elsewhere, but if you'd like simplicity and maybe schedule it to notify you when there's updates available - my project may be the thing.
So my answer would be yes: if you're running
docker composethis project is very newbie friendly and easy to get going!Thanks so much for the reply, I'll give it a download to play with it - I certainly am a big fan of simple!