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Renovate documentation¶

Automated dependency updates. Multi-platform and multi-language.

Why use Renovate?¶

• Automatic updates

Get pull requests to update your dependencies and lock files. * On your schedule

Reduce noise by scheduling when Renovate creates PRs. * Works out of the box

Renovate finds relevant package files automatically, including in monorepos. * How you like it

You can customize the bot's behavior with configuration files. * Share your configuration

Share your configuration with ESLint-like config presets. * Out with the old, in with the new

Get replacement PRs to migrate from a deprecated dependency to the community suggested replacement, works with most managers, see issue 14149 for exceptions. * Open source

Renovate is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License.

Supported Platforms¶

Renovate works on these platforms:

• GitHub (.com and Enterprise Server)
• GitLab (.com and CE/EE)
• Bitbucket Cloud
• Bitbucket Server
• Azure DevOps
• AWS CodeCommit
• Gitea and Forgejo
• Gerrit (experimental)

Who Uses Renovate?¶

Renovate is used by:

List of companies and projects that use Renovate

• Prisma
• Netlify
• Envoy
• Condé Nast
• Microsoft
• Atlassian
• Sourcegraph
• Mozilla
• Deloitte
• Telus
• Yarn
• HashiCorp
• Automattic
• Algolia
• eBay
• Cypress
• Red Hat
• Financial Times
• Uber
• Buildkite

Ways to run Renovate¶

You can run Renovate as:

• an Open Source npm package
• a pre-built Open Source image on Docker Hub

Or you can use the Mend Renovate App which is hosted by Mend.

Install the Mend Renovate app for GitHub Check out our tutorial