Marshal vs Updatecli
Marshal
marshalhq.dev
Updatecli
updatecli.ioSide by side
| Figure | Marshal | Updatecli |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · Dependency Management Software | 8.1 (#11) | 7.7 (#17) |
| Integrations | The GitHub Action checks pull requests, and Slack webhook alerts are available for critical findings. | Its plugin catalog includes integrations for GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Docker, Helm, Maven, npm, PyPI, Terraform, and more. |
| License | The CLI and GitHub Action are open source under Apache 2.0. | The project describes Updatecli as open source and Apache-2.0 licensed. |
| Purpose | Marshal scans Maven and Gradle dependencies for behavioral signs of supply-chain attacks and can block risky updates at pull-request time. | Updatecli uses YAML manifests to fetch values, check conditions, update files, and open pull or merge requests. |
Plans
In their own words
Updatecli
Updatecli uses YAML manifests to retrieve values, check conditions, update files, and create pull or merge requests. Pipelines run source, condition, and target stages in that order; a target is skipped when its condition is not met. The tool runs as a single statically linked binary without a runtime dependency, server, or database, and releases are available for Linux, macOS, and Windows as well as in container images. Autodiscovery can scan repositories and create manifests for ecosystems including Dockerfiles, Helm, Terraform, npm, and Go. Plugins cover sources, conditions, targets, source-control systems, and actions, with integrations for GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Docker, Maven, and HTTP APIs. The GitHub SCM plugin can clone a repository and push changes to a working branch; opening a pull request requires a separate action. Manifests can be packaged as OCI artifacts for reuse. Updatecli is free and Apache-2.0 licensed. Udash reporting is experimental, requires the `--experimental` flag, and may change without the usual deprecation cycle.