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Sparkle

Auto-Update

1046 of 14,723 tracked desktop apps (7.1%) use Sparkle for auto-update. Detected on both macOS (1045) and Windows (1).

How many desktop apps use Sparkle?

Apps using
1046
Total tracked
14,723
Adoption rate
7.1%
macOS / Windows
1045 / 1
Adoption across all tracked desktop apps7.1%

Which apps use Sparkle?

Top desktop apps using Sparkle, ranked by Homebrew installs.

#AppPlatformInstalls (365d)
18BitDo Ultimate SoftwaremacOS—
2A Better Finder Attributes 7macOS—
3A Better Finder Rename 12macOS—
4AccessMenuBarAppsmacOS—
5AccordancemacOS—
6AcornmacOS—
7ActiveDock 2macOS—
8AdaptermacOS—
9AdBlockmacOS—
10AdGuard MinimacOS—
11AdiummacOS—
12AdzemacOS—
13AffinitymacOS—
14Aimersoft Video Converter UltimatemacOS—
15Air Video Server HDmacOS—
16AirBatterymacOS—
17AirBuddymacOS—
18AirflowmacOS—
19Airfoil SatellitemacOS—
20AirParrot 3macOS—

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What SDKs are commonly used alongside Sparkle?

Technologies most frequently found in the same app as Sparkle.

SDKCategoryCo-occurrence
SQLiteDatabase228 apps
SentryError Tracking169 apps
FirebaseAnalytics47 apps
LevelDBDatabase43 apps
Firebase CrashlyticsError Tracking41 apps
QtUI Framework41 apps
WebRTCRealtime30 apps
CrashpadError Tracking28 apps
GRDBDatabase24 apps
MixpanelAnalytics22 apps

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