An updater for desktop client software using Chromium code and tools.

• The code lives in //chrome/updater.
• The documentation lives in //docs/updater.
  • Deprecated Design Doc: https://bit.ly/chromium-updater
• Please join chrome-updates-dev@chromium.org or https://chromium.slack.com#updater for topics related to the project.

The mission of the updater is to keep Chrome (and other software) up to date.

The updater is built from a common, platform neutral code base, as part of the Chrome build. The updater is a drop-in replacement for Google Update/Omaha/Keystone and can be customized by 3rd party embedders to update non-Google client software, such as Edge.

The desktop platforms include Windows, macOS, Linux.