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Alginte can tell you when a newer version is available. The check is opt-in, anonymous, and fail-silent — it never blocks startup or the UI, and it sends no license key, instance identifier, or usage data.

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How it works

When enabled, Alginte periodically (roughly once a day, cached) fetches a small static manifest and compares its advertised version to the running build. If the manifest lists a newer release, an “update available” notice appears in the app’s About panel. That is the entire mechanism — an anonymous GET of a public JSON file.

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Enabling it

Set the manifest URL. Empty (the default) means disabled, so source, dev, and test runs stay silent:
Builds marked -SNAPSHOT never show the notice, even with the URL set. The published Docker image is where the check is meant to be switched on.

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Why not license expiry?

Alginte’s free edition is keyless and does not expire — an update notification is the deliberate “stay current” mechanism instead of a hard expiry that could brick an offline install. See Editions & licensing.