Helm

alias: update-go-tools

A lightweight utility to discover, inspect, and maintain Go developer tools installed with go install. It reads embedded module metadata through debug/buildinfo and can list, inspect, plan, check, or update the tools in your Go binary directory.

Install

Download and install the latest release (Linux/macOS, amd64/arm64):

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/divijg19/helm/main/install.sh | sh

The installer verifies the downloaded artifact against published SHA-256 checksums before installing helm to ~/.local/bin (override with INSTALL_DIR).

Build from source:

go build -o helm ./cmd/helm

Usage

helm [tool...]          # update specific tools (or all if omitted)
helm --list             # inventory with health status
helm --check            # plan updates without executing
helm --outdated         # check which tools have newer releases
helm --info <tool>      # detailed metadata for a single tool
helm --json             # machine-readable JSON output (any operation)
helm --ci               # deterministic, script-friendly output
helm --quiet            # suppress headers; emit only data
helm --help / --version

Use --json for machine-readable output, --ci for deterministic text, and --quiet/-q to suppress headers. --dry-run aliases --check.

There are no subcommands; all interactions are flag-driven operating modes.

Aliases

The same executable is invoked as helm, Helm, or update-go-tools. The installer creates the Helm and update-go-tools aliases as symlinks to the canonical helm binary.

Documentation

See Architecture and Development for project documentation. Release history lives in Git tags and GitHub Releases.

License

MIT