Antq

Point out your outdated dependencies.

Note	Antq requires Clojure 1.10.0 or later. Basically, antq could work regardless of the Clojure version which your project depends. If you have a trouble, please see here.

Supported files

File	Tool/Service	Supports Upgrade?	Note
deps.edn	Clojure CLI	✅
shadow-cljs.edn	Shadow-cljs	✅
project.clj	Leiningen	✅	Can specify as program or plugin.
build.boot	Boot	✅
pom.xml	Maven	✅
.circleci/config.yml	CircleCI	✅
.github/workflows/*.yml	GitHub Actions	✅
bb.edn	Babashka	✅
build.gradle	Gradle	❌	Experimental. gradle command must be installed.
~/.clojure/tools	Clojure CLI Tools	✅	Disabled by default. See --check-clojure-tools option.

Usage

Clojure CLI (deps.edn)

Run the following command to quickly try antq:

clojure -Sdeps '{:deps {com.github.liquidz/antq {:mvn/version "RELEASE"}}}' -M -m antq.core

Or add the following alias to your project deps.edn or $HOME/.clojure/deps.edn.

{
 :aliases
 {:outdated {;; Note that it is `:deps`, not `:extra-deps`
             :deps {com.github.liquidz/antq {:mvn/version "RELEASE"}}
             :main-opts ["-m" "antq.core"]}}
 }

Then, run clojure -M:outdated. (run clojure -A:outdated for Clojure CLI Tool 1.10.1.645 or earlier).

Clojure CLI Tools (1.11.1.1139 or later)

If you are using Clojure CLI ver 1.11.1.1139 or later, you can install antq as a tool.

# Install tool
clojure -Ttools install-latest :lib com.github.liquidz/antq :as antq
# Uninstall tool
clojure -Ttools remove :tool antq
# Update tool
clojure -Ttools install-latest :tool antq

# Execute
clojure -Tantq outdated
# Execute with parameter
clojure -Tantq outdated :upgrade true
# Show help
clojure -A:deps -Tantq help/doc
# Upgrade oudated dependencies
clojure -Tantq outdated :check-clojure-tools true :upgrade true

Leiningen (as a main program)

Add the following dependency and alias to your project.clj or $HOME/.lein/profiles.clj.

{
 :user
 {:aliases {"outdated" ["with-profile" "antq" "run" "-m" "antq.core"]}}
 :antq
 {:dependencies [[com.github.liquidz/antq "RELEASE"]]}
 }

Then, run lein outdated.

Leiningen (as a plugin)

The Leiningen plugin is a newer offering. It tends to be more accurate (since it won’t parse your project.clj, having it evaluated by Leiningen instead). However it does not check any other sources (deps.edn, etc), and the :upgrade option will not be supported (since the plugin cannot always know if a given dependency came from a specific profile, middleware, etc).

In order to use it, add the following plugin to your project.clj (or $HOME/.lein/profiles.clj):

 :plugins [[com.github.liquidz/antq "RELEASE"]]
 ;; optional - you can add antq options here:
 :antq {}

Then, run lein antq.

GitHub Actions

Antq can work with GitHub Actions. See antq’s workflow for concrete example.

• .github/workflows/dependencies.yml

• To show errors as annotations, please set this option: --error-format="::error file={{file}}::{{message}}"

Or if you prefer, you can use our ready-made GitHub action:

• https://github.com/liquidz/antq-action

Gradle

Antq experimentally supports Gradle. See our Gradle docs for details.

Timeouts

Antq has timeouts for acquiring various information. See Timeouts for details.

Options

Tip	Repeatable Options: Options documented with …​ at the end of their names can be specified multiple times. For example, to --exclude=ARTIFACT_NAME[@VERSION] …​ artifact a and b: --exclude=a --exclude=b.

Note

Option Syntaxes: We describe options here as they would be specified for clojure cli usage. Adapt as necessary when specifying for clojure tool usage or lein plugin :antq option usage. For examples: --upgrade is specified as :upgrade true for both clojure tool and antq option usage --exclude=ARTIFACT1 --exclude ARTIFACT2 is specified as :exclude '["ARTIFACT1" "ARTFACT2"]' for clojure tool usage :exclude ["ARTIFACT1" "ARTIFACT2"] as a lein plugin :antq option

--upgrade

Upgrade outdated versions interactively. You can use the --force option for upgrading without confirmation, and the --download option to download upgraded dependencies on the fly.

Warning

The --upgrade option does not support gradle files at this time.

--force

Use with --upgrade to non-interactive upgrade.

--exclude=ARTIFACT_NAME[@VERSION] …​

Skip version checking for specified artifacts or versions. Specify multiple times for multiple artifacts.

E.g.

# Exclude all versions of specified artifact
--exclude=com.github.liquidz/antq
# Exclude specific version of specified artifact
--exclude=com.github.liquidz/antq@0.13.0
# Exclude version range of specified artifact
--exclude=com.github.liquidz/antq@0.13.x

When you specified a version number, antq will report the latest version excluding only the specified version.

You could also specify dependencies to exclude with :antq/exclude metadata. See Exclusions for more information.

Note	You must specify groupId/artifactId for Java dependencies.

--directory=DIRECTORY …​

Add search path for projects. The current directory (.) is added by default. Specify multiple times for multiple directories.

E.g. -d foo --directory=bar:baz will search "foo", "baz" and "bar" directories.

--focus=ARTIFACT_NAME …​

Focus version checking for specified artifacts. Specify multiple times for multiple artifacts.

E.g. --focus=com.github.liquidz/antq

Note	You must specify groupId/artifactId for Java dependencies.

Warning

the --focus option takes precedence over the --exclude option.

If you want to focus the upgrade on specific version of dependency, you can use --focus=ARTIFACT_NAME[@VERSION].

E.g. --focus=com.github.liquidz/antq@50.2.0

Will set antq dep to version 50.2.0, even if that version doesn’t exist.

--skip=PROJECT_TYPE …​

Skip searching of specified project files. Must be one of boot, clojure-cli, github-action, gradle, pom, shadow-cljs, leiningen or babashka. Specify multiple times to skip multiple project files.

E.g. --skip=pom --skip=leiningen

--error-format=ERROR_FORMAT

Customize outputs for outdated dependencies.

E.g. --error-format="::error file={{file}}::{{message}}"

You can use following variables:

Variable Name	Description
{{file}}	A filename containing outdated dependencies.
{{name}}	The artifact name.
{{version}}	The current version.
{{latest-version}}	The latest version.
{{latest-name}}	The latest artifact name. See details: Clojars Verified Group Names policy.
{{changes-url}}	The changes URL in Version Control System. (Nullable)
{{diff-url}}	Warning DEPRECATED. Please use {{changes-url}} instead. The diff URL for Version Control System. (Nullable)
{{message}}	Default error message.

Antq uses Pogonos as a template engine, so you can use Mustache features.

e.g. {{name}}{{#latest-name}} → {{.}}{{/latest-name}}

--reporter=REPORTER

Reporter Name	Description
table (default)	Report results in a table. See also --changes-in-table.
format	Report results with a custom format. When you use the --error-format option, this reporter will be used automatically.
json	Report results in JSON format.
edn	Report results in EDN format.

--download

If download is set and updated dependencies are found, download them at the same time as a convenience. The default action is not to download anything.

Warning

antq only downloads upgraded dependencies with the --upgrade option. If you upgrade manually or without the --download option and the version is changed to the latest, the new version will not be downloaded even if you specify the --download option later (because antq does not detect differences).

--ignore-locals

For java dependencies, ignore versions installed to your local Maven repository(~/.m2/). Disabled by default.

--check-clojure-tools

Detect all tools installed in ~/.clojure/tools as dependencies. You can also upgrade them with --upgrade option.

--no-changes

Skip checking changes between deps' versions. Disabled by default.

--no-diff

Warning

DEPRECATED. Please use --no-changes instead.

Skip checking diff between deps' versions. Disabled by default.

--changes-in-table

Show changes URLs in table. This option is only recognized when using --reporter=table. Disabled by default.

--transitive

Scan outdated transitive dependencies. Disabled by default.

Note	The default scan depth is 5, but it is customizable by the environmental variable ANTQ_TRANSITIVE_MAX_DEPTH.

Warning

With this option, the number of reported dependencies tends to be very large, so it is recommended to use it with the --no-changes option. Otherwise, it may take a long time for the results to be reported.

Projects using antq

• clojure-dependency-update-action: A simple GitHub Actions to create Pull Requests for outdated tools.deps dependencies

Tips

• Maven S3 reposhere.

• Avoid SLF4J warnings

• Latest version of a specific library

• Antq with non supported Clojure version

• Work with Gradle

• Run behind proxy

• Timeouts

• Exclusions

• Use antq as a library

License

Copyright © 2020-2025 Masashi Iizuka

This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0.

This Source Code may also be made available under the following Secondary Licenses when the conditions for such availability set forth in the Eclipse Public License, v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version, with the GNU Classpath Exception which is available at https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html.