GeneralSpacestation Product Introduction

Automatic Upgrade Management Solution helps you achieve efficient upgrade management and low resource consumption across multiple UI framework technologies and cross-platform client applications.

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/DDWrNfII6RtihFrR-UaBTw

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❤️ Open Source Ecosystem

Special thanks to the authors of the following open source projects for contributing to the open source ecosystem View example code.

Name	Supported UI Framework	Type	Repository URL
Semi.Avalonia	Avalonia	Control Library	View
Ursa.Avalonia	Avalonia	Control Library	View
WPFDevelopers	WPF	Control Library	View
LayUI	WPF	Control Library	View
AntdUI	Winforms	Control Library	View

🎪 Infrastructure

Name	Description	Address
GeneralUpdate	Automatic Updates	GitHub Gitee GitCode
GeneralUpdate.Maui	Maui Updates (Android)	GitHub Gitee GitCode
GeneralUpdate.Tools	Update Patch Creation Tool	GitHub Gitee GitCode
GeneralUpdate-Samples	Usage Examples	GitHub Gitee GitCode

🛸 Quick Start

Name	Description	Address
Quick Start	Quick startup guide.	View
Example Code	Example codes related to automatic upgrades and one-click startup scripts are here.	View
Online Documentation	Address of all related documentation for the component.	View
Tutorial Videos	Demonstration videos to help understand usage.	View
Release Notes	Description of each version iteration.	View
Technical Consultation	Contact the author to join the discussion group; please ask questions in the discussion group or issue so that everyone can see and avoid duplicate answers.	View

🚲 Supported Features

Feature	Supported	Notes
Resume Downloads	Yes	If a single update fails, continue downloading on the next startup. (Default for referenced components)
Version-by-Version Updates	Yes	If the current client version is multiple versions behind the server, updates will be performed sequentially based on release dates. (Default for referenced components)
Binary Differential Updates	Yes	Generates patch files using differential algorithms by comparing old and new versions. (Default for referenced components)
Incremental Update Function	Yes	Only updates files that have been modified compared to the previous version and deletes files that do not exist in the current version. (Default for referenced components)
Forced Updates	Yes	Directly enforce an update after opening the client.
Multiple Branch Updates	Yes	When a product has multiple branches, update corresponding content based on different branches.
Latest Version Push	Yes	Implemented based on SignalR to push the current latest version.
Multi-language	To be verified	The component can also be written as a console application to update applications in other languages.
Skip Updates	Yes	Supports injecting pop-ups to let users decide whether to update the current release; server-side forced updates will not take effect.
Mutual Upgrades	Yes	The main program can update the upgrade program, and the upgrade program can update the main program.
Blacklist	Yes	Skips files and file extensions listed in the blacklist during the update process.
OSS	Yes	Simplified updates; it is a standalone update mechanism. Just place the version.json configuration file in the file server. The component will update and download based on the version information in the configuration file.
Rollback and Backup	Yes	Backups local client files before the update. If the client fails to start or crashes, it will roll back and overwrite.
Driver Updates	Yes	Implemented based on the GeneralUpdate.Drivelution component for cross-platform automatic driver updates, supporting Windows, Linux, and macOS platforms. Provides complete functionality including driver validation, backup, rollback, signature verification, and permission management.
Extension Management	Yes	Implemented based on the GeneralUpdate.Extension component, providing a VS Code-like extension system. Supports extension catalog management, remote querying, download queue, version compatibility checking, multi-platform support, dependency resolution, rollback mechanism, and event notifications.
Custom Method List	Yes	Injects a collection of custom methods that will be executed before starting the update. If any exceptions occur during the execution of the custom method list, they will be notified via exception subscriptions. (Recommended to check the current software environment before the update)
AOT	Yes	Supports AOT compilation release.
Identity authentication	Yes	Identity authentication supports HTTP requests to server resources and can pass (token) identity authentication information.

✨ Supported Frameworks

.NET Framework Name	Supported
.NET Core 2.0	Yes
.NET 5 ... to latest version	Yes
.NET Framework 4.6.1	Yes

UI Framework Name	Supported
WPF	Yes
UWP	Not updatable in store mode
MAUI	Currently supports only Android platform
Avalonia	Yes
WinUI	Yes
Console	Yes
WinForms	Yes

🐳 Operating Systems

Operating System Name	Supported
Windows	Yes
Android (.NET MAUI)	Yes
Kirin V10 (Feiteng S2500)	Yes
Kirin V10 (Feiteng FT-2000)	Yes
Kirin V10 (x64)	Yes
Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS	Yes
Loongson (Loongnix LoongArch 3A6000)	Yes
Huawei Euler (EulerOS - Kunpeng)	Yes
Apple Mac (M1)	Yes
Tongxin UOS (x64)	Yes

📞Contact us

• E-Mail : zhuzhen723723@outlook.com
• Wechat / Tencent QQ

🎏 Code Platforms

Github	Gitee	GitCode

🧙 Contributors

Thank you to all who have contributed to this project! You can view the list of contributors here.

🤝 Contributing

We warmly welcome all forms of contributions. If you're interested in contributing code, please contact me by submitting an issue and showcase your ideas.
We hope to create a tech-sharing community, an environment that promotes knowledge sharing, idea exchange, and mutual encouragement and collaboration.
We also welcome feedback on product features and user experience to help us improve GeneralUpdate.

Organization Maintainer: @JusterZhu

📒 License

Copyright © 2023 GeneralUpdate.
This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.