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Update Clever Tools

Clever Tools notifies you when a new version is available. The command to update it depends on how you installed it. If you’re not sure, see how to install Clever Tools. Once updated, check the installed version:

clever version

Node.js

The npm package requires Node.js 24 or later, upgrade Node.js first if needed.

npm 

npm install -g clever-tools

pnpm 

pnpm add -g clever-tools

Bun 

bun add -g clever-tools

Yarn 

yarn global add clever-tools

GNU/Linux

Arch Linux (AUR)

With an AUR helper like yay, update the package you installed. For clever-tools, the Node.js flavor, run:

yay -S clever-tools

For clever-tools-bin, the self-contained binary, run:

yay -S clever-tools-bin

CentOS/Fedora (.rpm) 

yum update clever-tools

Debian/Ubuntu (.deb) 

apt update
apt install --only-upgrade clever-tools

Exherbo 

cave sync
cave resolve clever-tools-bin -zx

Other distributions (.tar.gz)

Download the latest archive again and replace the binary in your PATH:

curl -O https://clever-tools.clever-cloud.com/releases/latest/clever-tools-latest_linux.tar.gz
tar xvzf clever-tools-latest_linux.tar.gz
cp clever-tools-latest_linux/clever ~/.local/bin/

macOS

Homebrew 

brew upgrade CleverCloud/homebrew-tap/clever-tools

Binary (.tar.gz)

Download the latest archive again and replace the binary in your PATH:

curl -O https://clever-tools.clever-cloud.com/releases/latest/clever-tools-latest_macos.tar.gz
tar xvzf clever-tools-latest_macos.tar.gz
cp clever-tools-latest_macos/clever ~/.local/bin/

Windows

WinGet 

winget upgrade CleverTools

Binary (.zip)

Download the latest archive again and replace the binary in your PATH:

Invoke-WebRequest https://clever-tools.clever-cloud.com/releases/latest/clever-tools-latest_win.zip -OutFile clever-tools-latest_win.zip
Expand-Archive .\clever-tools-latest_win.zip -DestinationPath . -Force

Docker

Pull the image again to get the latest tag:

docker pull clevercloud/clever-tools

Nix package manager

Update your channel or flake input, then upgrade the package as usual for your setup. See the Clever Tools package on NixOS Search.

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