Update Plus

# 🔄 Update Plus

A comprehensive backup, update, and restore tool for your OpenClaw environment. Protect your config, workspace, and skills with automatic rollback, encrypted backups, and cloud sync.

## Quick Start

```bash # Check for available updates update-plus check

# Create a full backup update-plus backup

# Update everything (creates backup first) update-plus update

# Preview changes (no modifications) update-plus update --dry-run

# Restore from backup update-plus restore openclaw-backup-2026-01-25-12:00:00.tar.gz ```

## Features

| Feature | Description | |---------|-------------| | **Full Backup** | Backup entire environment (config, workspace, skills) | | **Auto Backup** | Creates backup before every update | | **Auto Rollback** | Reverts to previous commit if update fails | | **Smart Restore** | Restore everything or specific parts (config, workspace) | | **Multi-Directory** | Separate prod/dev skills with independent update settings | | **Encrypted Backups** | Optional GPG encryption | | **Cloud Sync** | Upload backups to Google Drive, S3, Dropbox via rclone | | **Notifications** | Get notified via WhatsApp, Telegram, or Discord | | **Connection Retry** | Auto-retry on network failure (configurable) |

## Installation

```bash git clone https://github.com/hopyky/update-plus.git ~/.openclaw/skills/update-plus ```

### Add to PATH

```bash mkdir -p ~/bin echo 'export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc source ~/.zshrc ln -sf ~/.openclaw/skills/update-plus/bin/update-plus ~/bin/update-plus ```

## Configuration

Create `~/.openclaw/update-plus.json`:

```json { "backup_dir": "~/.openclaw/backups", "backup_before_update": true, "backup_count": 5, "backup_paths": [ {"path": "~/.openclaw", "label": "config", "exclude": ["backups", "logs"]}, {"path": "~/.openclaw/workspace", "label": "workspace", "exclude": ["node_modules"]} ], "skills_dirs": [ {"path": "~/.openclaw/skills", "label": "prod", "update": true} ], "notifications": { "enabled": false, "target": "+1234567890" }, "connection_retries": 3, "connection_retry_delay": 60 } ```

## Commands

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | `update-plus check` | Check for available updates | | `update-plus backup` | Create a full backup | | `update-plus update` | Update OpenClaw and all skills | | `update-plus update --dry-run` | Preview changes | | `update-plus restore <file>` | Restore from backup | | `update-plus install-cron` | Install automatic updates (daily 2 AM) | | `update-plus uninstall-cron` | Remove cron job |

## Changelog

### v4.0.3 - Check for updates BEFORE backup (skip backup if already up to date) - No more wasted bandwidth/storage when nothing to update

### v4.0.2 - Use curl instead of ping for connection check (more reliable) - Works through firewalls and when Mac wakes from sleep

### v4.0.1 - Added Homebrew path detection (`/opt/homebrew/bin`) for cron jobs - Added `~/bin` to cron PATH for local symlinks - Updated example config with clearer workspace structure

### v4.0.0 - OpenClaw only (removed moltbot/clawdbot legacy support) - Simplified configuration and paths - Config: ~/.openclaw/update-plus.json

### v3.x - Multi-bot support (openclaw, moltbot, clawdbot) - Connection retry for cron jobs

## Author

Created by **hopyky**

## License

MIT