[xet7]

Automatic updates are great, when I release security fixes like new Node.js version to Wekan https://wekan.github.io . It has worked well for me for many years.

Update install is very fast, with very small downtime, automatic database schema upgrades, etc.

Sandboxing is great, code can not write outside of app's own writeable directory.

Does Flatpak have any kind of automatic update ability?

Or is there any automatic update ability for some other package system on Linux/Windows/Mac ? Is Snap the only one?

[curt15]

Automatic updates are great until they kill your running app [1]. Flatpaks can be updated automatically through gnome-software or a cron job, but the user can decide whether to enable automatic updates. Snaps will forcibly update after 60 days even on metered connections.

[1] https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/disabling-automatic-refresh-for...