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Renovate
by renovatebotTypeScript
Automated dependency updates with security-aware scheduling.
Toolstable
Maturity: stable because 10y old, 44.4.6 released 3d ago. Derived from release and commit history, not a rating.
- Stars
- 22k
- Forks
- 3.2k
- Downloads / mo
- 2.1M
- Last commit
- 2026-08-03
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Open issues
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Market and trust evidence
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In practice
Written by AI from this repository’s README · high confidenceDependency versions fall behind because checking and bumping them by hand across repositories is tedious.
Use it when
When you want scheduled dependency update pull requests on GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or Azure DevOps.
Not the right pick when
Running it well needs a scheduling system, and the cloud hosted app supports only GitHub.com and Bitbucket Cloud.
Capabilities
- Delivers update pull requests directly to your repository
- Discovers relevant package files automatically
- Shows age, adoption, pass rate and merge confidence data
- Supports over 90 different package managers
- Runs on GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps and more
- GitHub Action and GitLab Runner pipeline options
Cost: Open source with a paid cloud option
Install
Derived from the published package name in the repository, not from a model.
Video walkthroughs
GitHub - renovatebot/renovate: Home of the Renovate CLI: Cross-platform Dependency Automation by ...
Renovate For Dependency Management | Installation and Usage | Dependabot Vs Renovate | Advantages |
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What the repository ships
Ships CLAUDE.mdHas testsHas docsSecurity policyCI configured
Detected from the actual files in the repository root.
Latest release 44.4.6
Published 2026-07-31
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README
What is the Mend Renovate CLI?
Renovate is an automated dependency update tool.
It helps to update dependencies in your code without needing to do it manually.
When Renovate runs on your repo, it looks for references to dependencies (both public and private) and, if there are newer versions available, Renovate can create pull requests to update your versions automatically.
Features
- Delivers update PRs directly to your repo
- Relevant package files are discovered automatically
- Pull Requests automatically generated in your repo
- Provides useful information to help you decide which updates to accept (age, adoption, pass rates, merge confidence)
- Highly configurable and flexible to fit in with your needs and repository standards
- Largest collection of languages and platforms (listed below)
- Connects with private repositories and package registries
Languages
Renovate can provide updates for most popular languages, platforms, and registries including: npm, Java, Python, .NET, Scala, Ruby, Go, Docker and more.
Supports over 90 different package managers.
Platforms
Renovate updates code repositories on the following platforms: GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, AWS Code Commit (experimental), Gitea, Forgejo, Gerrit (experimental), SCM-Manager (experimental)
Ways to run Renovate
The most effective way to run Renovate is to use an automated job scheduling system that regularly runs Renovate on all enabled repositories and responds with priority to user activity.
Mend offers cloud-hosted and self-hosted solutions.
See the options below.
Mend Renovate Community (Cloud-Hosted)
Supports: GitHub.com, Bitbucket Cloud
Hosted by Mend.io.
No setup is needed.
Community plan available (Free)
- GitHub Cloud: Install the Renovate Cloud-Hosted App on your GitHub org, then select the repos to enable
- Bitbucket Cloud: Add the Mend App to your Workspace, then add the Mend Renovate user to the projects you want to enable
Mend Renovate Community (Self-hosted)
Supports: GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket Data Center
Install and run your own Renovate server.
Access internal packages.
- Mend Renovate Community Self-Hosted (Free)
- Mend Renovate Enterprise (Paid plan)
Other ways to run Renovate
If you can’t use a pre-built job scheduling system, or want to build your own, the following options are available:
Run Renovate on your Pipeline
Mend provides a _GitHub Action_ or a _GitLab Runner_ to help you run Renovate as a CI pipeline job.
- GitHub Action: renovatebot/github-action.
- GitLab Runner: Renovate Runner project
- AzureDevOps action: Renovate Me extension<br>
_Note: This extension is created and maintained personally by a Renovate developer/user. Support requests for the extension will not be answered directly in the main Renovate repository._
- Custom pipeline: You can create a custom pipeline with a yml definition that triggers npx renovate. More details on how to configure the pipeline.
Run Renovate CLI
There are several ways to run the Renovate CLI directly.
See docs: Running Renovate for all options.
Supports: all platforms
For additional community-maintained options, see the Community Tools page.
Docs
More about Renovate
- Renovate basics
- Why use Renovate
- What does it do? / How does it work?
- Who is using it?
- Supported platforms and languages
- Supported platforms
- Supported languages / package managers
- Advanced Renovate usage
- Accessing private packages
- Merge Confidence data
Renovate Docs
Comparisons
Get involved
Issues and Discussions
Please open a Discussion to get help, suggest a new feature, or to report a bug.
We only want maintainers to open Issues.
Contributing
To contribute to Renovate, or run a local copy, please read the contributing guidelines.
- Guidelines for Contributing
- Items that need contribution: good first issues
Contact and Social Media
The Renovate project is proudly supported and actively maintained by Mend.io.
- Contact Mend.io for commercial support questions.
Follow us on:
- Twitter: x.com/mend_io
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/mend-io
Security / Disclosure
If you find any bug with Renovate that may be a security problem, please report it through the GitHub Security Advisories process.
This way we can evaluate the bug and hopefully fix it before it gets abused.
Please give us enough time to investigate the bug before you report it anywhere else.
If you would like to discuss a potential finding before raising the Advisory, then e-mail us at: renovate-disclosure@mend.io.