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Taze Has a Free Dependency Update Tool — Here's How to Use It

#npm #dependencies #devtools #node

npm outdated shows you what's old. Then you manually update each one. Taze shows outdated dependencies AND updates them — interactively or automatically, with major/minor/patch filters.

What Is Taze?

Taze is a modern CLI to keep your npm dependencies fresh. It shows a beautiful diff of all outdated packages and lets you update them selectively.

Quick Start 

npx taze
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Output:

  Package                Current  Target   Latest
  ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
  typescript             5.3.3    5.4.5    5.4.5     minor
  @types/node            20.11.5  20.14.2  22.0.0    major
  eslint                 8.56.0   8.57.0   9.5.0     major
  vitest                 1.2.0    1.6.0    2.0.0     major
  react                  18.2.0   18.3.1   19.0.0    major

  Run taze -w to write updates to package.json
  Run taze major -w to include major updates
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Update Modes 

# Show outdated (default — no changes)
npx taze

# Write minor+patch updates to package.json
npx taze -w

# Include major updates
npx taze major -w

# Interactive mode — choose which to update
npx taze -i

# Only patch updates (safest)
npx taze patch -w
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Monorepo Support 

# Update all packages in monorepo
npx taze -r

# Interactive for monorepo
npx taze -r -i
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Works with npm workspaces, pnpm workspaces, and yarn workspaces.

Configuration 

// taze.config.ts or package.json
{
  "taze": {
    "exclude": ["webpack", "react"],
    "mode": "minor",
    "write": false
  }
}
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Why Taze Over Alternatives

Feature Taze npm outdated npm-check
Visual diff Yes Basic Yes
Auto-update Yes No Yes
Interactive Yes No Yes
Monorepo Yes No No
Major filter Yes No No
Speed Fast Slow Slow
No install needed npx taze Built-in npm i -g

CI Integration 

- name: Check for outdated deps
  run: npx taze --fail-if-update
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Get Started

  • GitHub — 3K+ stars
  • Run npx taze in any project

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