dsh-update-checker

You work in the dsh Web GUI every day, yet verifying whether a newer release exists means opening another browser tab, copying the package name, and remembering to check at all. dsh-update-checker removes that small but recurring friction.

On page load the plugin queries the public npm registry once and pins a compact badge into the session top bar, right beside the title. Three visual states are immediately legible: you are up to date, a newer release is available (highlighted with a red dot), or the lookup failed. Clicking the badge bypasses the 60-second result cache, re-runs the probe on demand, and slides open a comparison panel that lists your current version, the latest published version, the overall update status, and concise upgrade instructions. If any step of the version lookup breaks, a diagnostics block expands in the panel to show the concrete probe result for every stage, turning what would be a blind guess into a quick read.

The privacy footprint is minimal by design. Outbound requests go only to well-known public npm registries and are issued solely when a check is triggered. On the local side the plugin reads the dsh package.json to determine the installed version and nothing more; there is no telemetry, no data collection, no persistent storage, and no file writes. It is aimed at anyone who lives in the dsh Web GUI and wants passive, at-a-glance awareness of the tooling version without pulling up a separate shell or hunting through release notes.