Goself

self-update library for go

How to work

It checks the version in the public github repo and updates the application, it only works on single executable (binaries), you can also manually download and update the file if you want, tar.gz and .zip archives are supported, file extraction is automatic, tested on cli and wails apps.

Platforms

Platform	Status
Linux	✅
Windows	✅
Mac	Not Tested

Example

func CheckUpdate() string {
	updaterOptions := goself.Options{
		Author:         "yourGithubName",
		Repo:           "yourGithubRepoName",
		CurrentVersion: "0.0.1",
		AssetEnd:         "linux_amd64.tar.gz",
                AssetEnd2:        "linux_amd64.zip", //not mandatory, option 2 when AssetEnd is not found
		AppName:        "yourExecutableName",
	}

	isUpdateAvailable, release := updaterOptions.CheckUpdate()

	if !isUpdateAvailable {
		return "App up to date"
	}

	go func() {
		if err := updaterOptions.DownloadUpdate(release); err != nil {
			fmt.Println(err)
			return
		}

		if err := updaterOptions.ApplyUpdate(); err != nil {
			fmt.Println(err)
			return
		}
	}()

	return "New version installing..."
}

Wails Example

func (a *App) CheckUpdate() string {
	updaterOptions := goself.Options{
		Author:         "yourGithubName",
		Repo:           "yourGithubRepoName",
		CurrentVersion: "0.0.1",
		AssetEnd:         "linux_amd64.tar.gz",
                AssetEnd2:        "linux_amd64.zip", //not mandatory, option 2 when AssetEnd is not found
		AppName:        "yourExecutableName",
	}

	isUpdateAvailable, release := updaterOptions.CheckUpdate()

	if !isUpdateAvailable {
		return "App up to date"
	}

	go func() {
		if err := updaterOptions.DownloadUpdate(release); err != nil {
			fmt.Println(err)
			return
		}

		if err := updaterOptions.ApplyUpdate(); err != nil {
			fmt.Println(err)
			return
		}
	}()

	return "New version installing..."
}