fixes for odd unbound variables

fix: Excludes unbound
hotfixes
2026-04-17 18:07:46 +00:00 · 2025-03-31 11:23:21 +02:00 · 2025-03-31 07:22:22 +02:00 · 2025-03-30 22:58:47 +02:00 · 2025-03-30 22:17:15 +02:00 · 2025-03-30 13:31:34 +02:00
24 changed files with 1375 additions and 334 deletions
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # ignore users custom notify.sh
 /notify.sh
 /urls.list
+# ignore user config
+/dockcheck.config
 # ignore the auto-installed regctl
 regctl
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,25 +10,33 @@
  <a href="https://github.com/sponsors/mag37"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/-Sponsor-grey?style=flat-square&logo=github" alt="Github Sponsor"></a>
 </p>

-<h3 align="center">CLI tool to automate docker image updates. <br>No <b>pre-pull</b>, selective, optional notifications and prune when done.</h3>
-<h2 align="center">Now with simple notification integrations!</h2>
-<h4 align="center">With features like excluding specific containers, custom container labels, auto-prune when done and more.</h4>
+<h2 align="center">CLI tool to automate docker image updates or notifying when updates are available.</h2>
+<h3 align="center">Features:</h3>
+<h3 align="center">selective updates, exclude containers, custom labels, notification plugins, prune when done and more.</h3>
+
+<h4 align="center">For Podman - see the fork <a href="https://github.com/sudo-kraken/podcheck">sudo-kraken/podcheck</a>!</h4>
+
+<h4 align="center">:whale: Docker Hub pull limit :chart_with_downwards_trend: not an issue for checks but for actual pulls - <a href="#whale-docker-hub-pull-limit-chart_with_downwards_trend-not-an-issue-for-checks-but-for-actual-pulls">read more</a></h4>

 ___
 ## :bell: Changelog

- **v0.5.0**: Rewritten notify logic - all templates are adjusted and should be migrated!
-    - Copy the custom settings from your current template to the new version of the same template.
-    - Look into, copy and customize the `urls.list` file if that's of interest.
-    - Other changes: 
-        - Added Discord notify template.
-        - Verbosity changed of `regctl`.
- **v0.4.9**: Added a function to enrich the notify-message with release note URLs. See [Release notes addon](https://github.com/mag37/dockcheck#date-release-notes-addon-to-notifications)
- **v0.4.8**: Rewrote prune logic to not prompt with options `-a|-y` or `-n`. Auto prune with `-p`.
- **v0.4.7**: Notification Template changes to gotify(new!), DSM(improved), SMTP(deprecation alternative).
- **v0.4.6**: Compatibility changes to timeout, due to busybox.
- **v0.4.5**: Bugfixes, compatibility changes to timeout and arrays.
- **v0.4.3**: Added timeout option to skip container if registry check takes too long (10s default).
+- **v0.6.1**: Hotfixes: (try removing set+shopt+shopt if debugging more errors)
+    - xargs/pipefail, removed `-set -e` bash option for now.
+    - unbound variables fixed (hopefully)
+    - dependency installer from pkgmanager rewritten
+- **v0.6.0**: Refactored a lot of code, cleaner logic and syntax, safer variables.
+    - Safer bash options with `set -euo pipefail`, `shopt -s nullglob` and `failglob`.
+    - Added a `default.conf` for user settings - persistent through updates.
+    - Added `notify_slack.sh` template for slack curl api.
+- **v0.5.8**: Added version checks to all templates and a notification if a new template is released.
+- **v0.5.7**: Rewritten templates - now with a function to notify when there's a new Dockcheck release.
+    - Manually migrate your current `notify.sh` settings to a new template for new functionality.
+- **v0.5.6.1**: Async xargs hotfix - due to errors `failed to request manifest head ... context canceled`
+    - Defaulted subprocess to 1 with `MaxAsync=1`, increase to find a stable value in your environment.
+    - Added `-x N` option to pass `MaxAsync` value at runtime.
+    - To disable xargs `-P` flag (max processes) all together, set `MaxAsync` to 0.
+- **v0.5.6.0**: Heavily improved performance due to async checking for updates.
 ___


@@ -40,8 +48,9 @@ $ ./dockcheck.sh -h
 Syntax:     dockcheck.sh [OPTION] [part of name to filter]
 Example:    dockcheck.sh -y -d 10 -e nextcloud,heimdall

-Options:"
+Options:
 -a|y   Automatic updates, without interaction.
+-c D   Exports metrics as prom file for the prometheus node_exporter. Provide the collector textfile directory.
 -d N   Only update to new images that are N+ days old. Lists too recent with +prefix and age. 2xSlower.
 -e X   Exclude containers, separated by comma.
 -f     Force stack restart after update. Caution: restarts once for every updated container within stack.
@@ -53,11 +62,11 @@ Options:"
 -p     Auto-Prune dangling images after update.
 -r     Allow updating images for docker run, wont update the container.
 -s     Include stopped containers in the check. (Logic: docker ps -a).
-t     Set a timeout (in seconds) per container for registry checkups, 10 is default.
+-t N   Set a timeout (in seconds) per container for registry checkups, 10 is default.
 -v     Prints current version.
+-x N   Set max asynchronous subprocesses, 1 default, 0 to disable, 32+ tested.
 ```

-
 ### Basic example:
 ```
 $ ./dockcheck.sh
@@ -74,20 +83,24 @@ Containers with updates available:
 Choose what containers to update:
 Enter number(s) separated by comma, [a] for all - [q] to quit:
 ```
-Then it proceedes to run `pull` and `up -d` on every container with updates.  
+Then it proceeds to run `pull` and `up -d` on every container with updates.  
 After the updates are complete, you'll get prompted if you'd like to prune dangling images.

 ___

 ## :nut_and_bolt: Dependencies
- Running docker (duh) and compose, either standalone or plugin.  
+- Running docker (duh) and compose, either standalone or plugin. (see [Podman fork](https://github.com/sudo-kraken/podcheck)  
 - Bash shell or compatible shell of at least v4.3
+  - POSIX `xargs`, usually default but can be installed with the `findutils` package - to enable async.
+- [jq](https://github.com/jqlang/jq)
+  - User will be prompted to install with package manager or download static binary.
 - [regclient/regctl](https://github.com/regclient/regclient) (Licensed under [Apache-2.0 License](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0))  
  - User will be prompted to download `regctl` if not in `PATH` or `PWD`.  
  - regctl requires `amd64/arm64` - see [workaround](#roller_coaster-workaround-for-non-amd64--arm64) if other architecture is used.

 ## :tent: Install Instructions
 Download the script to a directory in **PATH**, I'd suggest using `~/.local/bin` as that's usually in **PATH**.  
+For OSX/macOS preferably use `/usr/local/bin`.
 ```sh
 # basic example with curl:
 curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/dockcheck.sh -o ~/.local/bin/dockcheck.sh
@@ -95,14 +108,22 @@ chmod +x ~/.local/bin/dockcheck.sh

 # or oneliner with wget:
 wget -O ~/.local/bin/dockcheck.sh "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/dockcheck.sh" && chmod +x ~/.local/bin/dockcheck.sh
+
+# OSX or macOS version with curl:
+ curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/dockcheck.sh -o /usr/local/bin/dockcheck.sh && chmod +x /usr/local/bin/dockcheck.sh
 ```
 Then call the script anywhere with just `dockcheck.sh`.
 Add preferred `notify.sh`-template to the same directory - this will not be touched by the scripts self-update function.

+## :handbag: Configuration
+To modify settings and have them persist through updates - copy the `default.config` to `dockcheck.config` alongside the script or in `~/.config/`.  
+Alternatively create an alias where specific flags and values are set.  
+Example `alias dc=dockcheck.sh -p -x 10 -t 3`.

 ## :loudspeaker: Notifications
 Trigger with the `-i` flag.  
 Run it scheduled with `-ni` to only get notified when there's updates available!  
+Will also send a notification when `dockcheck.sh` itself has an update.

 Use a `notify_X.sh` template file from the **notify_templates** directory, copy it to `notify.sh` alongside the script, modify it to your needs! (notify.sh is added to .gitignore)  
 **Current templates:**
@@ -117,6 +138,8 @@ Use a `notify_X.sh` template file from the **notify_templates** directory, copy
 - [Telegram](https://telegram.org/) - Telegram chat API.
 - [Matrix-Synapse](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse) - [Matrix](https://matrix.org/), open, secure, decentralised communication.
 - [Pushover](https://pushover.net/) - Simple Notifications (to your phone, wearables, desktops)
+- [Discord](https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/228383668-Intro-to-Webhooks) - Discord webhooks.
+- [Slack](https://api.slack.com/tutorials/tracks/posting-messages-with-curl) - Slack curl api

 Further additions are welcome - suggestions or PR!  
 <sub><sup>Initiated and first contributed by [yoyoma2](https://github.com/yoyoma2).</sup></sub>  
@@ -134,6 +157,22 @@ nginx  ->  https://github.com/docker-library/official-images/blob/master/library
 ```
 The `urls.list` file is just an example and I'd gladly see that people contribute back when they add their preferred URLs to their lists.

+## :fast_forward: Asyncronous update checks with **xargs**; `-x N` option. (default=1)
+Pass `-x N` where N is number of subprocesses allowed, experiment in your environment to find a suitable max!  
+Change the default value by editing the `MaxAsync=N` variable in `dockcheck.sh`. To disable the subprocess function set `MaxAsync=0`.
+
+
+## :chart_with_upwards_trend: Prometheus and node_exporter
+Dockcheck can be used together with [Prometheus](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus) and [node_exporter](https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter) to export metrics via the file collector, scheduled with cron or likely.
+This is done with the `-c` option, like this:
+```
+dockcheck.sh -c /path/to/exporter/directory
+```
+
+See the [README.md](./addons/prometheus/README.md) for more detailed information on how to set it up!
+
+<sub><sup>Contributed by [tdralle](https://github.com/tdralle).</sup></sub>  
+
 ## :bookmark: Labels
 Optionally add labels to compose-files. Currently these are the usable labels:
 ```
@@ -164,7 +203,15 @@ chmod 755 regctl
 ```
 Test it with `./regctl --help` and then either add the file to the same path as *dockcheck.sh* or in your path (eg. `~/.local/bin/regctl`).

-## :guardsman: Function to auth with docker hub before running
+## :whale: Docker Hub pull limit :chart_with_downwards_trend: not an issue for checks but for actual pulls
+Due to recent changes in [Docker Hub usage and limits](https://docs.docker.com/docker-hub/usage/)
+>Unauthenticated users: 10 pulls/hour  
+>Authenticated users with a free account: 100 pulls/hour
+
+This is not an issue for registry checks. But if you have a large stack and pull more than 10 updates at once consider updating more often or to create a free account.
+You could use/modify the login-wrapper function in the example below to automate the login prior to running `dockcheck.sh`.
+
+### :guardsman: Function to auth with docker hub before running
 **Example** - Change names, paths, and remove cat+password flag if you rather get prompted:
 ```sh
 function dchk {
@@ -194,8 +241,8 @@ dockcheck is created and released under the [GNU GPL v3.0](https://www.gnu.org/l
 ## :heartpulse: Sponsorlist

 - [avegy](https://github.com/avegy)
+- [eichhorn](https://github.com/eichhorn)

 ___

 ### :floppy_disk: The [story](https://mag37.org/posts/project_dockcheck/) behind it. 1 year in retrospect.
-
--- a/addons/prometheus/README.md
+++ b/addons/prometheus/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+## [Prometheus](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus) and [node_exporter](https://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter)
+Dockcheck is capable to export metrics to prometheus via the text file collector provided by the node_exporter.
+In order to do so the -c flag has to be specified followed by the file path that is configured in the text file collector of the node_exporter.
+A simple cron job can be configured to export these metrics on a regular interval as shown in the sample below:
+
+```
+0 1 * * * /root/dockcheck.sh -n -c /var/lib/node_exporter/textfile_collector
+```
+
+The following metrics are exported to prometheus
+
+```
+# HELP dockcheck_images_analyzed Docker images that have been analyzed
+# TYPE dockcheck_images_analyzed gauge
+dockcheck_images_analyzed 22
+# HELP dockcheck_images_outdated Docker images that are outdated
+# TYPE dockcheck_images_outdated gauge
+dockcheck_images_outdated 7
+# HELP dockcheck_images_latest Docker images that are outdated
+# TYPE dockcheck_images_latest gauge
+dockcheck_images_latest 14
+# HELP dockcheck_images_error Docker images with analysis errors
+# TYPE dockcheck_images_error gauge
+dockcheck_images_error 1
+# HELP dockcheck_images_analyze_timestamp_seconds Last dockercheck run time
+# TYPE dockcheck_images_analyze_timestamp_seconds gauge
+dockcheck_images_analyze_timestamp_seconds 1737924029
+```
+
+Once those metrics are exported they can be used to define alarms as shown below
+
+```
+- alert: dockcheck_images_outdated
+  expr: sum by(instance) (dockcheck_images_outdated) > 0
+  for: 15s
+  labels:
+    severity: warning
+  annotations:
+    summary: "{{ $labels.instance }} has {{ $value }} outdated docker images."
+    description: "{{ $labels.instance }} has {{ $value }} outdated docker images."
+- alert: dockcheck_images_error
+  expr: sum by(instance) (dockcheck_images_error) > 0
+  for: 15s
+  labels:
+    severity: warning
+  annotations:
+    summary: "{{ $labels.instance }} has {{ $value }} docker images having an error."
+    description: "{{ $labels.instance }} has {{ $value }} docker images having an error."
+- alert: dockercheck_image_last_analyze
+  expr: (time() - dockcheck_images_analyze_timestamp_seconds) > (3600 * 24 * 3)
+  for: 15s
+  labels:
+    severity: warning
+  annotations:
+    summary: "{{ $labels.instance }} has not updated the dockcheck statistics for more than  3 days."
+    description: "{{ $labels.instance }} has not updated the dockcheck statistics for more than 3 days."
+```
+
+There is a reference Grafana dashboard in [grafana/grafana_dashboard.json](./grafana/grafana_dashboard.json).
+
+![](./grafana/grafana_dashboard.png)
--- a/addons/prometheus/grafana/grafana_dashboard.json
+++ b/addons/prometheus/grafana/grafana_dashboard.json
@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+{
+  "__inputs": [
+    {
+      "name": "DS_PROMETHEUS",
+      "label": "prometheus",
+      "description": "",
+      "type": "datasource",
+      "pluginId": "prometheus",
+      "pluginName": "Prometheus"
+    }
+  ],
+  "__elements": {},
+  "__requires": [
+    {
+      "type": "grafana",
+      "id": "grafana",
+      "name": "Grafana",
+      "version": "11.4.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "datasource",
+      "id": "prometheus",
+      "name": "Prometheus",
+      "version": "1.0.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "panel",
+      "id": "table",
+      "name": "Table",
+      "version": ""
+    }
+  ],
+  "annotations": {
+    "list": [
+      {
+        "builtIn": 1,
+        "datasource": {
+          "type": "grafana",
+          "uid": "-- Grafana --"
+        },
+        "enable": true,
+        "hide": true,
+        "iconColor": "rgba(0, 211, 255, 1)",
+        "name": "Annotations & Alerts",
+        "type": "dashboard"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "editable": true,
+  "fiscalYearStartMonth": 0,
+  "graphTooltip": 0,
+  "id": null,
+  "links": [],
+  "panels": [
+    {
+      "datasource": {
+        "type": "prometheus",
+        "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
+      },
+      "fieldConfig": {
+        "defaults": {
+          "color": {
+            "mode": "thresholds"
+          },
+          "custom": {
+            "align": "auto",
+            "cellOptions": {
+              "type": "auto"
+            },
+            "inspect": false
+          },
+          "mappings": [],
+          "thresholds": {
+            "mode": "absolute",
+            "steps": [
+              {
+                "color": "green",
+                "value": null
+              },
+              {
+                "color": "red",
+                "value": 80
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        },
+        "overrides": [
+          {
+            "matcher": {
+              "id": "byName",
+              "options": "last_analyze_timestamp"
+            },
+            "properties": [
+              {
+                "id": "unit",
+                "value": "dateTimeAsIso"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "matcher": {
+              "id": "byName",
+              "options": "last_analyze_since"
+            },
+            "properties": [
+              {
+                "id": "unit",
+                "value": "s"
+              },
+              {
+                "id": "custom.cellOptions",
+                "value": {
+                  "mode": "gradient",
+                  "type": "color-background"
+                }
+              },
+              {
+                "id": "thresholds",
+                "value": {
+                  "mode": "absolute",
+                  "steps": [
+                    {
+                      "color": "green",
+                      "value": null
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "color": "red",
+                      "value": 259200
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "matcher": {
+              "id": "byName",
+              "options": "images_outdated"
+            },
+            "properties": [
+              {
+                "id": "custom.cellOptions",
+                "value": {
+                  "mode": "gradient",
+                  "type": "color-background"
+                }
+              },
+              {
+                "id": "thresholds",
+                "value": {
+                  "mode": "absolute",
+                  "steps": [
+                    {
+                      "color": "green",
+                      "value": null
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "color": "red",
+                      "value": 1
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "matcher": {
+              "id": "byName",
+              "options": "images_error"
+            },
+            "properties": [
+              {
+                "id": "custom.cellOptions",
+                "value": {
+                  "mode": "gradient",
+                  "type": "color-background"
+                }
+              },
+              {
+                "id": "thresholds",
+                "value": {
+                  "mode": "absolute",
+                  "steps": [
+                    {
+                      "color": "green",
+                      "value": null
+                    },
+                    {
+                      "color": "red",
+                      "value": 1
+                    }
+                  ]
+                }
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "gridPos": {
+        "h": 14,
+        "w": 24,
+        "x": 0,
+        "y": 0
+      },
+      "id": 2,
+      "options": {
+        "cellHeight": "sm",
+        "footer": {
+          "countRows": false,
+          "fields": "",
+          "reducer": [
+            "sum"
+          ],
+          "show": false
+        },
+        "frameIndex": 1,
+        "showHeader": true,
+        "sortBy": []
+      },
+      "pluginVersion": "11.4.0",
+      "targets": [
+        {
+          "disableTextWrap": false,
+          "editorMode": "code",
+          "exemplar": false,
+          "expr": "sum by(instance) (dockcheck_images_analyzed)",
+          "format": "table",
+          "fullMetaSearch": false,
+          "hide": false,
+          "includeNullMetadata": true,
+          "instant": true,
+          "interval": "",
+          "legendFormat": "{{instance}}",
+          "range": false,
+          "refId": "dockcheck_images_analyzed",
+          "useBackend": false,
+          "datasource": {
+            "type": "prometheus",
+            "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "datasource": {
+            "type": "prometheus",
+            "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
+          },
+          "disableTextWrap": false,
+          "editorMode": "code",
+          "exemplar": false,
+          "expr": "sum by(instance) (dockcheck_images_outdated)",
+          "format": "table",
+          "fullMetaSearch": false,
+          "hide": false,
+          "includeNullMetadata": true,
+          "instant": true,
+          "legendFormat": "{{instance}}",
+          "range": false,
+          "refId": "dockcheck_images_outdated",
+          "useBackend": false
+        },
+        {
+          "datasource": {
+            "type": "prometheus",
+            "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
+          },
+          "disableTextWrap": false,
+          "editorMode": "code",
+          "exemplar": false,
+          "expr": "sum by(instance) (dockcheck_images_latest)",
+          "format": "table",
+          "fullMetaSearch": false,
+          "hide": false,
+          "includeNullMetadata": true,
+          "instant": true,
+          "legendFormat": "{{instance}}",
+          "range": false,
+          "refId": "dockcheck_images_latest",
+          "useBackend": false
+        },
+        {
+          "datasource": {
+            "type": "prometheus",
+            "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
+          },
+          "editorMode": "code",
+          "exemplar": false,
+          "expr": "sum by(instance) (dockcheck_images_error)",
+          "format": "table",
+          "hide": false,
+          "instant": true,
+          "legendFormat": "{{instance}}",
+          "range": false,
+          "refId": "dockcheck_images_error"
+        },
+        {
+          "datasource": {
+            "type": "prometheus",
+            "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
+          },
+          "editorMode": "code",
+          "exemplar": false,
+          "expr": "dockcheck_images_analyze_timestamp_seconds * 1000",
+          "format": "table",
+          "hide": false,
+          "instant": true,
+          "legendFormat": "{{instance}}",
+          "range": false,
+          "refId": "dockcheck_images_analyze_timestamp_seconds"
+        },
+        {
+          "datasource": {
+            "type": "prometheus",
+            "uid": "${DS_PROMETHEUS}"
+          },
+          "editorMode": "code",
+          "exemplar": false,
+          "expr": "time() - dockcheck_images_analyze_timestamp_seconds",
+          "format": "table",
+          "hide": false,
+          "instant": true,
+          "legendFormat": "{{instance}}",
+          "range": false,
+          "refId": "dockcheck_images_last_analyze"
+        }
+      ],
+      "title": "Dockcheck Status",
+      "transformations": [
+        {
+          "id": "merge",
+          "options": {}
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "organize",
+          "options": {
+            "excludeByName": {
+              "Time": true,
+              "__name__": true,
+              "job": true
+            },
+            "includeByName": {},
+            "indexByName": {
+              "Time": 0,
+              "Value #dockcheck_images_analyze_timestamp_seconds": 2,
+              "Value #dockcheck_images_analyzed": 4,
+              "Value #dockcheck_images_error": 7,
+              "Value #dockcheck_images_last_analyze": 3,
+              "Value #dockcheck_images_latest": 5,
+              "Value #dockcheck_images_outdated": 6,
+              "instance": 1,
+              "job": 8
+            },
+            "renameByName": {
+              "Value #A": "analyze_timestamp",
+              "Value #dockcheck_images_analyze_timestamp_seconds": "last_analyze_timestamp",
+              "Value #dockcheck_images_analyzed": "images_analyzed",
+              "Value #dockcheck_images_error": "images_error",
+              "Value #dockcheck_images_last_analyze": "last_analyze_since",
+              "Value #dockcheck_images_latest": "images_latest",
+              "Value #dockcheck_images_outdated": "images_outdated"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "type": "table"
+    }
+  ],
+  "schemaVersion": 40,
+  "tags": [],
+  "templating": {
+    "list": []
+  },
+  "time": {
+    "from": "now-6h",
+    "to": "now"
+  },
+  "timepicker": {},
+  "timezone": "browser",
+  "title": "Dockcheck Status",
+  "uid": "feb4pv3kv1hxca",
+  "version": 17,
+  "weekStart": ""
+}
--- a/addons/prometheus/grafana/grafana_dashboard.png
+++ b/addons/prometheus/grafana/grafana_dashboard.png
--- a/addons/prometheus/prometheus_collector.sh
+++ b/addons/prometheus/prometheus_collector.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+prometheus_exporter() {
+  checkedImages=$(($1 + $2 + $3))
+  checkTimestamp=$(date +%s)
+  
+  promFileContent=()
+  promFileContent+=("# HELP dockcheck_images_analyzed Docker images that have been analyzed")
+  promFileContent+=("# TYPE dockcheck_images_analyzed gauge")
+  promFileContent+=("dockcheck_images_analyzed $checkedImages")
+  
+  promFileContent+=("# HELP dockcheck_images_outdated Docker images that are outdated")
+  promFileContent+=("# TYPE dockcheck_images_outdated gauge")
+  promFileContent+=("dockcheck_images_outdated ${#GotUpdates[@]}")
+
+  promFileContent+=("# HELP dockcheck_images_latest Docker images that are outdated")
+  promFileContent+=("# TYPE dockcheck_images_latest gauge")
+  promFileContent+=("dockcheck_images_latest ${#NoUpdates[@]}")
+  
+  promFileContent+=("# HELP dockcheck_images_error Docker images with analysis errors")
+  promFileContent+=("# TYPE dockcheck_images_error gauge")
+  promFileContent+=("dockcheck_images_error ${#GotErrors[@]}")
+  
+  promFileContent+=("# HELP dockcheck_images_analyze_timestamp_seconds Last dockercheck run time")
+  promFileContent+=("# TYPE dockcheck_images_analyze_timestamp_seconds gauge")
+  promFileContent+=("dockcheck_images_analyze_timestamp_seconds $checkTimestamp")
+  
+  printf "%s\n" "${promFileContent[@]}" > "$CollectorTextFileDirectory/dockcheck_info.prom\$\$"
+  mv -f "$CollectorTextFileDirectory/dockcheck_info.prom\$\$" "$CollectorTextFileDirectory/dockcheck_info.prom"
+}
--- a/default.config
+++ b/default.config
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+### Custom user variables
+# Copy this file to "dockcheck.config" to make it active
+# Can be placed in ~/.config/ or alongside dockcheck.sh
+#
+# Uncomment and set your preferred configuration variables here
+# This will not be replaced on updates
+
+#Timeout=10    # Set a timeout (in seconds) per container for registry checkups.
+#MaxAsync=1    # Set max asynchronous subprocesses, 1 default, 0 to disable.
+#BarWidth=50    # The character width of the progress bar
+#AutoMode=true    # Automatic updates, without interaction.
+#DontUpdate=true    # No updates; only checking availability without interaction.
+#AutoPrune=false    # Auto-Prune dangling images after update.
+#Notify=false    # Inform - send a preconfigured notification.
+#Exclude="one,two"    # Exclude containers, separated by comma.
+#DaysOld="5"    # Only update to new images that are N+ days old. Lists too recent with +prefix and age. 2xSlower.
+#Stopped="-a"    # Include stopped containers in the check. (Logic: docker ps -a).
+#OnlyLabel=false    # Only update if label is set. See readme.
+#ForceRestartStacks=false    # Force stack restart after update. Caution.
+#DRunUp=false    # Allow updating images for docker run, wont update the container.
--- a/dockcheck.sh
+++ b/dockcheck.sh
@@ -1,43 +1,79 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-VERSION="v0.5.0"
-### ChangeNotes: Rewritten notify logic - all templates adjusted, transfer your current settings to a new template! See README.
+VERSION="v0.6.1"
+### ChangeNotes: Hotfix - bug with xargs pipefail, pkgmanager logic, unbound variables
 Github="https://github.com/mag37/dockcheck"
 RawUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/dockcheck.sh"

-### Variables for self updating
+set -uo pipefail
+shopt -s nullglob
+shopt -s failglob
+
+# Variables for self updating
 ScriptArgs=( "$@" )
 ScriptPath="$(readlink -f "$0")"
 ScriptWorkDir="$(dirname "$ScriptPath")"

-### Check if there's a new release of the script:
-LatestRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-50 $RawUrl | sed -n "/VERSION/s/VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
-LatestChanges="$(curl -s -r 0-200 $RawUrl | sed -n "/ChangeNotes/s/### ChangeNotes: //p")"
+# Check if there's a new release of the script
+LatestRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-50 "$RawUrl" | sed -n "/VERSION/s/VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
+LatestChanges="$(curl -s -r 0-200 "$RawUrl" | sed -n "/ChangeNotes/s/# ChangeNotes: //p")"

-### Help Function:
+# User customizable defaults
+if [[ -s "${HOME}/.config/dockcheck.config" ]]; then
+  source "${HOME}/.config/dockcheck.config"
+elif [[ -s "${ScriptWorkDir}/dockcheck.config" ]]; then
+  source "${ScriptWorkDir}/dockcheck.config"
+fi
+
+# Help Function
 Help() {
  echo "Syntax:     dockcheck.sh [OPTION] [part of name to filter]"
  echo "Example:    dockcheck.sh -y -d 10 -e nextcloud,heimdall"
  echo
  echo "Options:"
  echo "-a|y   Automatic updates, without interaction."
+  echo "-c     Exports metrics as prom file for the prometheus node_exporter. Provide the collector textfile directory."
  echo "-d N   Only update to new images that are N+ days old. Lists too recent with +prefix and age. 2xSlower."
  echo "-e X   Exclude containers, separated by comma."
  echo "-f     Force stack restart after update. Caution: restarts once for every updated container within stack."
  echo "-h     Print this Help."
  echo "-i     Inform - send a preconfigured notification."
  echo "-l     Only update if label is set. See readme."
-  echo "-m     Monochrome mode, no printf color codes."
-  echo "-n     No updates, only checking availability."
-  echo "-p     Auto-Prune dangling images after update."
-  echo "-r     Allow updating images for docker run, wont update the container."
+  echo "-m     Monochrome mode, no printf colour codes."
+  echo "-n     No updates; only checking availability without interaction."
+  echo "-p     Auto-prune dangling images after update."
+  echo "-r     Allow updating images for docker run; won't update the container."
  echo "-s     Include stopped containers in the check. (Logic: docker ps -a)."
  echo "-t     Set a timeout (in seconds) per container for registry checkups, 10 is default."
  echo "-v     Prints current version."
+  echo "-x N   Set max asynchronous subprocesses, 1 default, 0 to disable, 32+ tested."
  echo
  echo "Project source: $Github"
 }

-### Colors:
+# Initialise variables
+Timeout=${Timeout:=10}
+MaxAsync=${MaxAsync:=1}
+BarWidth=${BarWidth:=50}
+AutoMode=${AutoMode:=false}
+DontUpdate=${DontUpdate:=false}
+AutoPrune=${AutoPrune:=false}
+OnlyLabel=${OnlyLabel:=false}
+Notify=${Notify:=false}
+ForceRestartStacks=${ForceRestartStacks:=false}
+DRunUp=${DRunUp:=false}
+Stopped=${Stopped:=""}
+CollectorTextFileDirectory=${CollectorTextFileDirectory:-}
+Exclude=${Exclude:-}
+DaysOld=${DaysOld:-}
+Excludes=()
+GotUpdates=()
+NoUpdates=()
+GotErrors=()
+SelectedUpdates=()
+regbin=""
+jqbin=""
+
+# Colours
 c_red="\033[0;31m"
 c_green="\033[0;32m"
 c_yellow="\033[0;33m"
@@ -45,75 +81,103 @@ c_blue="\033[0;34m"
 c_teal="\033[0;36m"
 c_reset="\033[0m"

-Timeout=10
-Stopped=""
-while getopts "aynpfrhlisvme:d:t:" options; do
+while getopts "aynpfrhlisvmc:e:d:t:x:" options; do
  case "${options}" in
-    a|y) AutoUp="yes" ;;
-    n)   AutoUp="no" ;;
-    r)   DRunUp="yes" ;;
-    p)   AutoPrune="yes" ;;
+    a|y) AutoMode=true ;;
+    c)   CollectorTextFileDirectory="${OPTARG}" ;;
+    n)   DontUpdate=true; AutoMode=true;;
+    r)   DRunUp=true ;;
+    p)   AutoPrune=true ;;
    l)   OnlyLabel=true ;;
    f)   ForceRestartStacks=true ;;
-    i)   [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/notify.sh ] && { source "$ScriptWorkDir"/notify.sh ; Notify="yes" ; } ;;
+    i)   Notify=true ;;
    e)   Exclude=${OPTARG} ;;
    m)   declare c_{red,green,yellow,blue,teal,reset}="" ;;
    s)   Stopped="-a" ;;
    t)   Timeout="${OPTARG}" ;;
-    v)   printf "%s\n" "$VERSION" ; exit 0 ;;
-    d)   DaysOld=${OPTARG}
-         if ! [[ $DaysOld =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] ; then { printf "Days -d argument given (%s) is not a number.\n" "${DaysOld}" ; exit 2 ; } ; fi ;;
-    h|*) Help ; exit 2 ;;
+    v)   printf "%s\n" "$VERSION"; exit 0 ;;
+    x)   MaxAsync=${OPTARG} ;;
+    d)   DaysOld=${OPTARG} ;;
+    h|*) Help; exit 2 ;;
  esac
 done
 shift "$((OPTIND-1))"

+# Set $1 to a variable for name filtering later
+SearchName="${1:-}"
+
+# Setting up options and sourcing functions
+if [[ "$DontUpdate" == true ]]; then AutoMode=true; fi
+if [[ "$Notify" == true ]]; then
+  if [[ -s "${ScriptWorkDir}/notify.sh" ]]; then
+    source "${ScriptWorkDir}/notify.sh"
+  else Notify=false
+  fi
+fi
+if [[ -n "$Exclude" ]]; then
+  IFS=',' read -ra Excludes <<< "$Exclude"
+  unset IFS
+fi
+if [[ -n "$DaysOld" ]]; then
+  if ! [[ $DaysOld =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+    printf "Days -d argument given (%s) is not a number.\n" "$DaysOld"
+    exit 2
+  fi
+fi
+if [[ -n "$CollectorTextFileDirectory" ]]; then
+  if ! [[ -d  $CollectorTextFileDirectory ]]; then
+    printf "The directory (%s) does not exist.\n" "$CollectorTextFileDirectory"
+    exit 2
+  else
+    source "${ScriptWorkDir}/addons/prometheus/prometheus_collector.sh"
+  fi
+fi
+
 self_update_curl() {
  cp "$ScriptPath" "$ScriptPath".bak
-  if [[ $(builtin type -P curl) ]]; then
-    curl -L $RawUrl > "$ScriptPath" ; chmod +x "$ScriptPath"
+  if command -v curl &>/dev/null; then
+    curl -L $RawUrl > "$ScriptPath"; chmod +x "$ScriptPath"
    printf "\n%s\n" "--- starting over with the updated version ---"
    exec "$ScriptPath" "${ScriptArgs[@]}" # run the new script with old arguments
-    exit 1 # exit the old instance
-  elif [[ $(builtin type -P wget) ]]; then
-    wget $RawUrl -O "$ScriptPath" ; chmod +x "$ScriptPath"
+    exit 1 # Exit the old instance
+  elif command -v wget &>/dev/null; then
+    wget $RawUrl -O "$ScriptPath"; chmod +x "$ScriptPath"
    printf "\n%s\n" "--- starting over with the updated version ---"
    exec "$ScriptPath" "${ScriptArgs[@]}" # run the new script with old arguments
-    exit 1 # exit the old instance
+    exit 0 # exit the old instance
  else
    printf "curl/wget not available - download the update manually: %s \n" "$Github"
  fi
 }

 self_update() {
-  cd "$ScriptWorkDir" || { printf "Path error, skipping update.\n" ; return ; }
-  if [[ $(builtin type -P git) ]] && [[ "$(git ls-remote --get-url 2>/dev/null)" =~ .*"mag37/dockcheck".* ]] ; then
+  cd "$ScriptWorkDir" || { printf "Path error, skipping update.\n"; return; }
+  if command -v git &>/dev/null && [[ "$(git ls-remote --get-url 2>/dev/null)" =~ .*"mag37/dockcheck".* ]]; then
    printf "\n%s\n" "Pulling the latest version."
-    git pull --force || { printf "Git error, manually pull/clone.\n" ; return ; }
+    git pull --force || { printf "Git error, manually pull/clone.\n"; return; }
    printf "\n%s\n" "--- starting over with the updated version ---"
-    cd - || { printf "Path error.\n" ; return ; }
+    cd - || { printf "Path error.\n"; return; }
    exec "$ScriptPath" "${ScriptArgs[@]}" # run the new script with old arguments
-    exit 1 # exit the old instance
+    exit 0 # exit the old instance
  else
-    cd - || { printf "Path error.\n" ; return ; }
+    cd - || { printf "Path error.\n"; return; }
    self_update_curl
  fi
 }

-### Choose from list -function:
 choosecontainers() {
-  while [[ -z "$ChoiceClean" ]]; do
+  while [[ -z "${ChoiceClean:-}" ]]; do
    read -r -p "Enter number(s) separated by comma, [a] for all - [q] to quit: " Choice
-    if [[ "$Choice" =~ [qQnN] ]] ; then
+    if [[ "$Choice" =~ [qQnN] ]]; then
      exit 0
-    elif [[ "$Choice" =~ [aAyY] ]] ; then
+    elif [[ "$Choice" =~ [aAyY] ]]; then
      SelectedUpdates=( "${GotUpdates[@]}" )
      ChoiceClean=${Choice//[,.:;]/ }
    else
      ChoiceClean=${Choice//[,.:;]/ }
-      for CC in $ChoiceClean ; do
-        if [[ "$CC" -lt 1 || "$CC" -gt $UpdCount ]] ; then # reset choice if out of bounds
-          echo "Number not in list: $CC" ; unset ChoiceClean ; break 1
+      for CC in $ChoiceClean; do
+        if [[ "$CC" -lt 1 || "$CC" -gt $UpdCount ]]; then # Reset choice if out of bounds
+          echo "Number not in list: $CC"; unset ChoiceClean; break 1
        else
          SelectedUpdates+=( "${GotUpdates[$CC-1]}" )
        fi
@@ -126,9 +190,10 @@ choosecontainers() {
 }

 datecheck() {
-  ImageDate=$($regbin -v error image inspect "$RepoUrl" --format='{{.Created}}' | cut -d" " -f1 )
-  ImageAge=$(( ( $(date +%s) - $(date -d "$ImageDate" +%s) )/86400 ))
-  if [ "$ImageAge" -gt "$DaysOld" ] ; then
+  ImageDate=$("$regbin" -v error image inspect "$RepoUrl" --format='{{.Created}}' | cut -d" " -f1)
+  ImageEpoch=$(date -d "$ImageDate" +%s 2>/dev/null) || ImageEpoch=$(date -f "%Y-%m-%d" -j "$ImageDate" +%s)
+  ImageAge=$(( ( $(date +%s) - ImageEpoch )/86400 ))
+  if [[ "$ImageAge" -gt "$DaysOld" ]]; then
    return 0
  else
    return 1
@@ -138,70 +203,121 @@ datecheck() {
 progress_bar() {
  QueCurrent="$1"
  QueTotal="$2"
+  BarWidth=${BarWidth:-50}
  ((Percent=100*QueCurrent/QueTotal))
-  ((Complete=50*Percent/100)) # change first number for width (50)
-  ((Left=50-Complete)) # change first number for width (50)
+  ((Complete=BarWidth*Percent/100))
+  ((Left=BarWidth-Complete)) || true # to not throw error when result is 0
  BarComplete=$(printf "%${Complete}s" | tr " " "#")
  BarLeft=$(printf "%${Left}s" | tr " " "-")
-  [[ "$QueTotal" == "$QueCurrent" ]] || printf "\r[%s%s] %s/%s " "$BarComplete" "$BarLeft" "$QueCurrent" "$QueTotal"
-  [[ "$QueTotal" == "$QueCurrent" ]] && printf "\r[%b%s%b] %s/%s \n" "$c_teal" "$BarComplete" "$c_reset" "$QueCurrent" "$QueTotal"
+  if [[ "$QueTotal" != "$QueCurrent" ]]; then
+    printf "\r[%s%s] %s/%s " "$BarComplete" "$BarLeft" "$QueCurrent" "$QueTotal"
+  else
+    printf "\r[%b%s%b] %s/%s \n" "$c_teal" "$BarComplete" "$c_reset" "$QueCurrent" "$QueTotal"
+  fi
 }

-### Function to add user-provided urls to releasenotes
+# Function to add user-provided urls to releasenotes
 releasenotes() {
-  for update in ${GotUpdates[@]}; do
+  for update in "${GotUpdates[@]}"; do
    found=false
    while read -r container url; do
-      [[ $update == $container ]] && Updates+=("$update  ->  $url") && found=true
-    done < "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list
-    [[ $found == false ]] && Updates+=("$update  ->  url missing") || continue
+      if [[ "$update" == "$container" ]]; then Updates+=("$update  ->  $url"); found=true; fi
+    done < "${ScriptWorkDir}/urls.list"
+    if [[ "$found" == false ]]; then Updates+=("$update  ->  url missing"); else continue; fi
  done
 }

-### Version check & initiate self update
-if [[ "$VERSION" != "$LatestRelease" ]] ; then
+# Static binary downloader for dependencies
+binary_downloader() {
+  BinaryName="$1"
+  BinaryUrl="$2"
+  case "$(uname -m)" in
+    x86_64|amd64) architecture="amd64" ;;
+    arm64|aarch64) architecture="arm64";;
+    *) printf "\n%bArchitecture not supported, exiting.%b\n" "$c_red" "$c_reset"; exit 1;;
+  esac
+  GetUrl="${BinaryUrl/TEMP/"$architecture"}"
+  if command -v curl &>/dev/null; then curl -L "$GetUrl" > "$ScriptWorkDir/$BinaryName";
+  elif command -v wget &>/dev/null; then wget "$GetUrl" -O "$ScriptWorkDir/$BinaryName";
+  else printf "%s\n" "curl/wget not available - get $BinaryName manually from the repo link, exiting."; exit 1;
+  fi
+  [[ -f "$ScriptWorkDir/$BinaryName" ]] && chmod +x "$ScriptWorkDir/$BinaryName"
+}
+
+distro_checker() {
+  if [[ -f /etc/arch-release ]]; then PkgInstaller="pacman -S"
+  elif [[ -f /etc/redhat-release ]]; then PkgInstaller="sudo dnf install"
+  elif [[ -f /etc/SuSE-release ]]; then PkgInstaller="sudo zypper install"
+  elif [[ -f /etc/debian_version ]]; then PkgInstaller="sudo apt-get install"
+  elif [[ $(uname -s) == "Darwin" ]]; then PkgInstaller="brew install"
+  else PkgInstaller="ERROR"; printf "\n%bNo distribution could be determined%b, falling back to static binary.\n" "$c_yellow" "$c_reset"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Dependency check + installer function
+dependency_check() {
+  AppName="$1"
+  AppVar="$2"
+  AppUrl="$3"
+  if command -v "$AppName" &>/dev/null; then export "$AppVar"="$AppName";
+  elif [[ -f "$ScriptWorkDir/$AppName" ]]; then export "$AppVar"="$ScriptWorkDir/$AppName";
+  else
+    printf "%s\n" "Required dependency '$AppName' missing, do you want to install it?"
+    read -r -p "y: With packagemanager (sudo). / s: Download static binary. y/s/[n] " GetBin
+    GetBin=${GetBin:-no} # set default to no if nothing is given
+    if [[ "$GetBin" =~ [yYsS] ]]; then
+      [[ "$GetBin" =~ [yY] ]] && distro_checker
+      if [[ -n "${PkgInstaller:-}" && "${PkgInstaller:-}" != "ERROR" ]]; then
+        [[ $(uname -s) == "Darwin" && "$AppName" == "regctl" ]] && AppName="regclient"
+        if $PkgInstaller "$AppName"; then
+          AppName="$1"
+          export "$AppVar"="$AppName"
+          printf "\n%b%b installed.%b\n" "$c_green" "$AppName" "$c_reset"
+        else
+          PkgExitcode="ERROR"
+          printf "\n%bPackagemanager install failed%b, falling back to static binary.\n" "$c_yellow" "$c_reset"
+        fi
+      fi
+      if [[ "$GetBin" =~ [sS] || "$PkgInstaller" == "ERROR" ]]; then
+          binary_downloader "$AppName" "$AppUrl"
+          [[ -f "$ScriptWorkDir/$AppName" ]] && { export "$AppVar"="$ScriptWorkDir/$1" && printf "\n%b%b downloaded.%b\n" "$c_green" "$AppName" "$c_reset"; }
+      fi
+    else printf "\n%bDependency missing, exiting.%b\n" "$c_red" "$c_reset"; exit 1;
+    fi
+  fi
+  # Final check if binary is correct
+  [[ "$1" == "jq" ]] && VerFlag="--version"
+  [[ "$1" == "regctl" ]] && VerFlag="version"
+  ${!AppVar} "$VerFlag" &> /dev/null  || { printf "%s\n" "$AppName is not working - try to remove it and re-download it, exiting."; exit 1; }
+}
+
+# Numbered List function
+options() {
+  num=1
+  for i in "${GotUpdates[@]}"; do
+    echo "$num) $i"
+    ((num++))
+  done
+  }
+
+# Version check & initiate self update
+if [[ "$VERSION" != "$LatestRelease" ]]; then
  printf "New version available! %b%s%b ⇒ %b%s%b \n Change Notes: %s \n" "$c_yellow" "$VERSION" "$c_reset" "$c_green" "$LatestRelease" "$c_reset" "$LatestChanges"
-  if [[ -z "$AutoUp" ]] ; then
+  if [[ "$AutoMode" == false ]]; then
    read -r -p "Would you like to update? y/[n]: " SelfUpdate
    [[ "$SelfUpdate" =~ [yY] ]] && self_update
-  fi
-fi
-
-### Set $1 to a variable for name filtering later.
-SearchName="$1"
-### Create array of excludes
-IFS=',' read -r -a Excludes <<< "$Exclude" ; unset IFS
-
-### Check if required binary exists in PATH or directory:
-if [[ $(builtin type -P "regctl") ]]; then regbin="regctl" ;
-elif [[ -f "$ScriptWorkDir/regctl" ]]; then regbin="$ScriptWorkDir/regctl" ;
-else
-  read -r -p "Required dependency 'regctl' missing, do you want it downloaded? y/[n] " GetDep
-  if [[ "$GetDep" =~ [yY] ]] ; then
-    ### Check arch:
-    case "$(uname --machine)" in
-      x86_64|amd64) architecture="amd64" ;;
-      arm64|aarch64) architecture="arm64";;
-      *) echo "Architecture not supported, exiting." ; exit 1;;
-    esac
-    RegUrl="https://github.com/regclient/regclient/releases/latest/download/regctl-linux-$architecture"
-    if [[ $(builtin type -P curl) ]]; then curl -L $RegUrl > "$ScriptWorkDir/regctl" ; chmod +x "$ScriptWorkDir/regctl" ; regbin="$ScriptWorkDir/regctl" ;
-    elif [[ $(builtin type -P wget) ]]; then wget $RegUrl -O "$ScriptWorkDir/regctl" ; chmod +x "$ScriptWorkDir/regctl" ; regbin="$ScriptWorkDir/regctl" ;
-    else
-      printf "%s\n" "curl/wget not available - get regctl manually from the repo link, quitting."
-    fi
  else
-    printf "%s\n" "Dependency missing, quitting."
-    exit 1
+    [[ "$Notify" == true ]] && { [[ $(type -t dockcheck_notification) == function ]] && dockcheck_notification "$VERSION" "$LatestRelease" "$LatestChanges" || printf "Could not source notification function.\n"; }
  fi
 fi
-### final check if binary is correct
-$regbin version &> /dev/null  || { printf "%s\n" "regctl is not working - try to remove it and re-download it, exiting."; exit 1; }

-### Check docker compose binary:
-if docker compose version &> /dev/null ; then DockerBin="docker compose" ;
-elif docker-compose -v &> /dev/null; then DockerBin="docker-compose" ;
-elif docker -v &> /dev/null; then
+dependency_check "regctl" "regbin" "https://github.com/regclient/regclient/releases/latest/download/regctl-linux-TEMP"
+dependency_check "jq" "jqbin" "https://github.com/jqlang/jq/releases/latest/download/jq-linux-TEMP"
+
+# Check docker compose binary
+if docker compose version &>/dev/null; then DockerBin="docker compose" ;
+elif docker-compose -v &>/dev/null; then DockerBin="docker-compose" ;
+elif docker -v &>/dev/null; then
  printf "%s\n" "No docker compose binary available, using plain docker (Not recommended!)"
  printf "%s\n" "'docker run' will ONLY update images, not the container itself."
 else
@@ -209,30 +325,21 @@ else
  exit 1
 fi

-### Numbered List -function:
-options() {
-num=1
-for i in "${GotUpdates[@]}"; do
-  echo "$num) $i"
-  ((num++))
-done
-}
-
-### Listing typed exclusions:
-if [[ -n ${Excludes[*]} ]] ; then
+# Listing typed exclusions
+if [[ -n ${Excludes[*]:-} ]]; then
  printf "\n%bExcluding these names:%b\n" "$c_blue" "$c_reset"
  printf "%s\n" "${Excludes[@]}"
  printf "\n"
 fi

 # Variables for progress_bar function
-DocCount=$(docker ps $Stopped --filter "name=$SearchName" --format '{{.Names}}' | wc -l)
+ContCount=$(docker ps $Stopped --filter "name=$SearchName" --format '{{.Names}}' | wc -l)
 RegCheckQue=0

-### Testing and setting timeout binary
-t_out=$(type -P "timeout")
+# Testing and setting timeout binary
+t_out=$(command -v timeout || echo "")
 if [[ $t_out ]]; then
-  t_out=$(realpath $t_out 2>/dev/null || readlink -f $t_out)
+  t_out=$(realpath "$t_out" 2>/dev/null || readlink -f "$t_out")
  if [[ $t_out =~ "busybox" ]]; then
    t_out="timeout ${Timeout}"
  else t_out="timeout --foreground ${Timeout}"
@@ -240,81 +347,138 @@ if [[ $t_out ]]; then
 else t_out=""
 fi

-### Check the image-hash of every running container VS the registry
-for i in $(docker ps $Stopped --filter "name=$SearchName" --format '{{.Names}}') ; do
-  ((RegCheckQue+=1))
-  progress_bar "$RegCheckQue" "$DocCount"
-  ### Looping every item over the list of excluded names and skipping:
-  for e in "${Excludes[@]}" ; do [[ "$i" == "$e" ]] && continue 2 ; done
+check_image() {
+  i="$1"
+  local Excludes=($Excludes_string)
+  for e in "${Excludes[@]}"; do
+    if [[ "$i" == "$e" ]]; then
+      printf "%s\n" "Skip $i"
+      return
+    fi
+  done
+
+  local NoUpdates GotUpdates GotErrors
+  ImageId=$(docker inspect "$i" --format='{{.Image}}')
  RepoUrl=$(docker inspect "$i" --format='{{.Config.Image}}')
-  LocalHash=$(docker image inspect "$RepoUrl" --format '{{.RepoDigests}}')
-  # Checking for errors while setting the variable:
-  if RegHash=$(${t_out} $regbin -v error image digest --list "$RepoUrl" 2>&1) ; then
-    if [[ "$LocalHash" = *"$RegHash"* ]] ; then
-      NoUpdates+=("$i")
+  LocalHash=$(docker image inspect "$ImageId" --format '{{.RepoDigests}}')
+
+  # Checking for errors while setting the variable
+  if RegHash=$($t_out "$regbin" -v error image digest --list "$RepoUrl" 2>&1); then
+    if [[ "$LocalHash" = *"$RegHash"* ]]; then
+      printf "%s\n" "NoUpdates $i"
    else
-      if [[ -n "$DaysOld" ]] && ! datecheck ; then
-        NoUpdates+=("+$i ${ImageAge}d")
+      if [[ -n "${DaysOld:-}" ]] && ! datecheck; then
+        printf "%s\n" "NoUpdates +$i ${ImageAge}d"
      else
-        GotUpdates+=("$i")
+        printf "%s\n" "GotUpdates $i"
      fi
    fi
  else
-    # Here the RegHash is the result of an error code.
-    GotErrors+=("$i - ${RegHash}")
+    printf "%s\n" "GotErrors $i - ${RegHash}"  # Reghash contains an error code here
  fi
-done
+}

-### Sort arrays alphabetically
+# Make required functions and variables available to subprocesses
+export -f check_image datecheck
+export Excludes_string="${Excludes[*]:-}" # Can only export scalar variables
+export t_out regbin RepoUrl DaysOld
+
+# Check for POSIX xargs with -P option, fallback without async
+if (echo "test" | xargs -P 2 >/dev/null 2>&1) && [[ "$MaxAsync" != 0 ]]; then
+  XargsAsync="-P $MaxAsync"
+else
+  XargsAsync=""
+  [[ "$MaxAsync" != 0 ]] && printf "%bMissing POSIX xargs, consider installing 'findutils' for asynchronous lookups.%b\n" "$c_red" "$c_reset"
+fi
+
+# Asynchronously check the image-hash of every running container VS the registry
+while read -r line; do
+  ((RegCheckQue+=1))
+  progress_bar "$RegCheckQue" "$ContCount"
+
+  Got=${line%% *}  # Extracts the first word (NoUpdates, GotUpdates, GotErrors)
+  item=${line#* }
+
+  case "$Got" in
+    NoUpdates) NoUpdates+=("$item") ;;
+    GotUpdates) GotUpdates+=("$item") ;;
+    GotErrors) GotErrors+=("$item") ;;
+    Skip) ;;
+    *) echo "Error! Unexpected output from subprocess: ${line}" ;;
+  esac
+done < <( \
+  docker ps $Stopped --filter "name=$SearchName" --format '{{.Names}}' | \
+  xargs $XargsAsync -I {} bash -c 'check_image "{}"' \
+)
+
+# Sort arrays alphabetically
 IFS=$'\n'
-NoUpdates=($(sort <<<"${NoUpdates[*]}"))
-GotUpdates=($(sort <<<"${GotUpdates[*]}"))
+NoUpdates=($(sort <<<"${NoUpdates[*]:-}"))
+GotUpdates=($(sort <<<"${GotUpdates[*]:-}"))
 unset IFS

-### Define how many updates are available
+# Run the prometheus exporter function
+if [[ -n "${CollectorTextFileDirectory:-}" ]]; then
+  if type -t send_notification &>/dev/null; then
+    prometheus_exporter ${#NoUpdates[@]:-} ${#GotUpdates[@]:-} ${#GotErrors[@]:-}
+  else
+    printf "%s\n" "Could not source prometheus exporter function."
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Define how many updates are available
 UpdCount="${#GotUpdates[@]}"

-### List what containers got updates or not
-if [[ -n ${NoUpdates[*]} ]] ; then
+# List what containers got updates or not
+if [[ -n ${NoUpdates[*]:-} ]]; then
  printf "\n%bContainers on latest version:%b\n" "$c_green" "$c_reset"
  printf "%s\n" "${NoUpdates[@]}"
 fi
-if [[ -n ${GotErrors[*]} ]] ; then
-  printf "\n%bContainers with errors, wont get updated:%b\n" "$c_red" "$c_reset"
+if [[ -n ${GotErrors[*]:-} ]]; then
+  printf "\n%bContainers with errors, won't get updated:%b\n" "$c_red" "$c_reset"
  printf "%s\n" "${GotErrors[@]}"
  printf "%binfo:%b 'unauthorized' often means not found in a public registry.\n" "$c_blue" "$c_reset"
 fi
-if [[ -n ${GotUpdates[*]} ]] ; then
+if [[ -n ${GotUpdates[*]:-} ]]; then
   printf "\n%bContainers with updates available:%b\n" "$c_yellow" "$c_reset"
-   [[ -z "$AutoUp" ]] && options || printf "%s\n" "${GotUpdates[@]}"
-   [[ -n "$Notify" ]] && { [[ $(type -t send_notification) == function ]] && send_notification "${GotUpdates[@]}" || printf "Could not source notification function.\n" ; }
+   [[ "$AutoMode" == false ]] && options || printf "%s\n" "${GotUpdates[@]}"
+   [[ "$Notify" == true ]] && { type -t send_notification &>/dev/null && send_notification "${GotUpdates[@]}" || printf "Could not source notification function.\n"; }
 fi

-### Optionally get updates if there's any
-if [ -n "$GotUpdates" ] ; then
-  if [ -z "$AutoUp" ] ; then
-  printf "\n%bChoose what containers to update.%b\n" "$c_teal" "$c_reset"
-  choosecontainers
+# Optionally get updates if there's any
+if [[ -n "${GotUpdates:-}" ]]; then
+  if [[ "$AutoMode" == false ]]; then
+    printf "\n%bChoose what containers to update.%b\n" "$c_teal" "$c_reset"
+    choosecontainers
  else
    SelectedUpdates=( "${GotUpdates[@]}" )
  fi
-  if [ "$AutoUp" == "${AutoUp#[Nn]}" ] ; then
+  if [[ "$DontUpdate" == false ]]; then
    NumberofUpdates="${#SelectedUpdates[@]}"
    CurrentQue=0
    for i in "${SelectedUpdates[@]}"
    do
      ((CurrentQue+=1))
      unset CompleteConfs
-      ContPath=$(docker inspect "$i" --format '{{ index .Config.Labels "com.docker.compose.project.working_dir" }}')
-      ContConfigFile=$(docker inspect "$i" --format '{{ index .Config.Labels "com.docker.compose.project.config_files" }}')
-      ContName=$(docker inspect "$i" --format '{{ index .Config.Labels "com.docker.compose.service" }}')
-      ContEnv=$(docker inspect "$i" --format '{{index .Config.Labels "com.docker.compose.project.environment_file" }}')
+      # Extract labels and metadata
+      ContLabels=$(docker inspect "$i" --format '{{json .Config.Labels}}')
      ContImage=$(docker inspect "$i" --format='{{.Config.Image}}')
-      ContUpdateLabel=$(docker inspect "$i" --format '{{ index .Config.Labels "mag37.dockcheck.update" }}')
-      ContRestartStack=$(docker inspect "$i" --format '{{ index .Config.Labels "mag37.dockcheck.restart-stack" }}')
-      ### Checking if compose-values are empty - hence started with docker run:
-      if [ -z "$ContPath" ] ; then
-        if [ "$DRunUp" == "yes" ] ; then
+      ContPath=$($jqbin -r '."com.docker.compose.project.working_dir"' <<< "$ContLabels")
+      [[ "$ContPath" == "null" ]] && ContPath=""
+      ContConfigFile=$($jqbin -r '."com.docker.compose.project.config_files"' <<< "$ContLabels")
+      [[ "$ContConfigFile" == "null" ]] && ContConfigFile=""
+      ContName=$($jqbin -r '."com.docker.compose.service"' <<< "$ContLabels")
+      [[ "$ContName" == "null" ]] && ContName=""
+      ContEnv=$($jqbin -r '."com.docker.compose.project.environment_file"' <<< "$ContLabels")
+      [[ "$ContEnv" == "null" ]] && ContEnv=""
+      ContUpdateLabel=$($jqbin -r '."mag37.dockcheck.update"' <<< "$ContLabels")
+      [[ "$ContUpdateLabel" == "null" ]] && ContUpdateLabel=""
+      ContRestartStack=$($jqbin -r '."mag37.dockcheck.restart-stack"' <<< "$ContLabels")
+      [[ "$ContRestartStack" == "null" ]] && ContRestartStack=""
+
+      # Checking if compose-values are empty - hence started with docker run
+      if [[ -z "$ContPath" ]]; then
+        if [[ "$DRunUp" == true ]]; then
          docker pull "$ContImage"
          printf "%s\n" "$i got a new image downloaded, rebuild manually with preferred 'docker run'-parameters"
        else
@@ -322,30 +486,31 @@ if [ -n "$GotUpdates" ] ; then
        fi
        continue
      fi
-      ### cd to the compose-file directory to account for people who use relative volumes, eg - ${PWD}/data:data
-      cd "$ContPath" || { echo "Path error - skipping $i" ; continue ; }
+      # cd to the compose-file directory to account for people who use relative volumes
+      cd "$ContPath" || { echo "Path error - skipping $i"; continue; }
      ## Reformatting path + multi compose
-      if [[ $ContConfigFile = '/'* ]] ; then
-        CompleteConfs=$(for conf in ${ContConfigFile//,/ } ; do printf -- "-f %s " "$conf"; done)
+      if [[ $ContConfigFile = '/'* ]]; then
+        CompleteConfs=$(for conf in ${ContConfigFile//,/ }; do printf -- "-f %s " "$conf"; done)
      else
-        CompleteConfs=$(for conf in ${ContConfigFile//,/ } ; do printf -- "-f %s/%s " "$ContPath" "$conf"; done)
+        CompleteConfs=$(for conf in ${ContConfigFile//,/ }; do printf -- "-f %s/%s " "$ContPath" "$conf"; done)
      fi
      printf "\n%bNow updating (%s/%s): %b%s%b\n" "$c_teal" "$CurrentQue" "$NumberofUpdates" "$c_blue" "$i" "$c_reset"
-      ### Checking if Label Only -option is set, and if container got the label
-      [[ "$OnlyLabel" == true ]] && { [[ "$ContUpdateLabel" != true ]] && { echo "No update label, skipping." ; continue ; } }
-      docker pull "$ContImage"
-      ### Check if the container got an environment file set and reformat it
-      if [ -n "$ContEnv" ]; then ContEnvs=$(for env in ${ContEnv//,/ } ; do printf -- "--env-file %s " "$env"; done) ; fi
-      ### Check if the whole stack should be restarted
-      if [[ "$ContRestartStack" == true ]] || [[ "$ForceRestartStacks" == true ]] ; then
-        $DockerBin ${CompleteConfs} stop ; $DockerBin ${CompleteConfs} ${ContEnvs} up -d
+      # Checking if Label Only -option is set, and if container got the label
+      [[ "$OnlyLabel" == true ]] && { [[ "$ContUpdateLabel" != true ]] && { echo "No update label, skipping."; continue; } }
+      docker pull "$ContImage" || { printf "\n%bDocker error, exiting!%b\n" "$c_red" "$c_reset" ; exit 1; }
+      # Check if the container got an environment file set and reformat it
+      ContEnvs=""
+      if [[ -n "$ContEnv" ]]; then ContEnvs=$(for env in ${ContEnv//,/ }; do printf -- "--env-file %s " "$env"; done); fi
+      # Check if the whole stack should be restarted
+      if [[ "$ContRestartStack" == true ]] || [[ "$ForceRestartStacks" == true ]]; then
+        ${DockerBin} ${CompleteConfs} stop; ${DockerBin} ${CompleteConfs} ${ContEnvs} up -d
      else
-        $DockerBin ${CompleteConfs} ${ContEnvs} up -d ${ContName}
+        ${DockerBin} ${CompleteConfs} ${ContEnvs} up -d ${ContName}
      fi
    done
    printf "\n%bAll done!%b\n" "$c_green" "$c_reset"
-    if [[ -z "$AutoPrune" ]] && [[ -z "$AutoUp" ]]; then read -r -p "Would you like to prune dangling images? y/[n]: " AutoPrune ; fi
-    [[ "$AutoPrune" =~ [yY] ]] && docker image prune -f
+    if [[ "$AutoPrune" == false ]] && [[ "$AutoMode" == false ]]; then read -r -p "Would you like to prune dangling images? y/[n]: " AutoPrune; fi
+    if [[ "$AutoPrune" == true ]] || [[ "$AutoPrune" =~ [yY] ]]; then docker image prune -f; fi
  else
    printf "\nNo updates installed, exiting.\n"
  fi
--- a/extras/errorCheck.sh
+++ b/extras/errorCheck.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,21 @@
 SearchName="$1"
 for i in $(docker ps --filter "name=$SearchName" --format '{{.Names}}') ; do
  echo "------------ $i ------------"
-  ContPath=$(docker inspect "$i" --format '{{ index .Config.Labels "com.docker.compose.project.working_dir" }}')
-  [ -z "$ContPath" ] && { "$i has no compose labels - skipping" ; continue ; }
-  ContConfigFile=$(docker inspect "$i" --format '{{ index .Config.Labels "com.docker.compose.project.config_files" }}')
-  ContName=$(docker inspect "$i" --format '{{ index .Config.Labels "com.docker.compose.service" }}')
-  ContEnv=$(docker inspect "$i" --format '{{index .Config.Labels "com.docker.compose.project.environment_file" }}')
+  ContLabels=$(docker inspect "$i" --format '{{json .Config.Labels}}')
  ContImage=$(docker inspect "$i" --format='{{.Config.Image}}')
+  ContPath=$(jq -r '."com.docker.compose.project.working_dir"' <<< "$ContLabels")
+  [ "$ContPath" == "null" ] && ContPath=""
+  [ -z "$ContPath" ] && { "$i has no compose labels - skipping" ; continue ; }
+  ContConfigFile=$(jq -r '."com.docker.compose.project.config_files"' <<< "$ContLabels")
+  [ "$ContConfigFile" == "null" ] && ContConfigFile=""
+  ContName=$(jq -r '."com.docker.compose.service"' <<< "$ContLabels")
+  [ "$ContName" == "null" ] && ContName=""
+  ContEnv=$(jq -r '."com.docker.compose.project.environment_file"' <<< "$ContLabels")
+  [ "$ContEnv" == "null" ] && ContEnv=""
+  ContUpdateLabel=$(jq -r '."mag37.dockcheck.update"' <<< "$ContLabels")
+  [ "$ContUpdateLabel" == "null" ] && ContUpdateLabel=""
+  ContRestartStack=$(jq -r '."mag37.dockcheck.restart-stack"' <<< "$ContLabels")
+  [ "$ContRestartStack" == "null" ] && ContRestartStack=""

  if [[ $ContConfigFile = '/'* ]] ; then
    ComposeFile="$ContConfigFile"
@@ -20,6 +29,8 @@ for i in $(docker ps --filter "name=$SearchName" --format '{{.Names}}') ; do
  echo -e "Compose files:\t\t$ComposeFile"
  echo -e "Environment files:\t$ContEnv"
  echo -e "Container image:\t$ContImage"
+  echo -e "Update label:\t$ContUpdateLabel"
+  echo -e "Restart Stack label:\t$ContRestartStack"
  echo
  echo "Mounts:"
  docker inspect  -f '{{ range .Mounts }}{{ .Source }}:{{ .Destination }}{{ printf "\n" }}{{ end }}' "$i"
--- a/extras/example.gif
+++ b/extras/example.gif
--- a/extras/example_old.gif
+++ b/extras/example_old.gif
--- a/notify_templates/notify_DSM.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_DSM.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
-# INFO: ssmtp is depcerated - consider to use msmtp instead.
+NOTIFY_DSM_VERSION="v0.1"
+# INFO: ssmtp is deprecated - consider to use msmtp instead.
 #
 # Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snipppet.
 # mSMTP/sSMTP has to be installed and configured manually.
@@ -17,10 +18,9 @@ else
 	echo "No msmtp or ssmtp binary found in PATH: $PATH" ; exit 1
 fi

-send_notification() {
-[ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
 FromHost=$(hostname)
+
+trigger_notification() {
 CfgFile="/usr/syno/etc/synosmtp.conf"

 # User variables:
@@ -34,19 +34,49 @@ SenderName=$(grep 'smtp_from_name' $CfgFile | sed -n 's/.*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')
 SenderMail=$(grep 'smtp_from_mail' $CfgFile | sed -n 's/.*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')
 SenderMail=${SenderMail:-$(grep 'eventmail1' $CfgFile | sed -n 's/.*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p')}

-printf "\nSending email notification.\n"
-
-printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n\n$UpdToString"
-
 $MailPkg $SendMailTo << __EOF
 From: "$SenderName" <$SenderMail>
 date:$(date -R)
 To: <$SendMailTo>
-Subject: $SubjectTag Updates available on $FromHost
+Subject: $SubjectTag $MessageTitle $FromHost
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

 $MessageBody
 From $SenderName
 __EOF
+# This ensures DSM's container manager will also see the update
+/var/packages/ContainerManager/target/tool/image_upgradable_checker
+}
+
+send_notification() {
+		[ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
+		UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
+
+		printf "\nSending email notification.\n"
+
+		MessageTitle="Updates available on"
+		# Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+		printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n\n$UpdToString"
+
+		trigger_notification
+}
+
+### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
+### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
+dockcheck_notification() {
+		printf "\nSending email dockcheck notification.\n"
+
+		MessageTitle="New version of dockcheck available on"
+		# Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+		printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1\nLatest version: $2\n\nChangenotes: $3\n"
+
+    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_DSM.sh"
+    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_DSM_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_DSM_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
+    if [[ "$NOTIFY_DSM_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
+        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_DSM.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_DSM_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
+        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
+    fi
+
+		trigger_notification
 }
--- a/notify_templates/notify_apprise.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_apprise.sh
@@ -1,30 +1,55 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
+NOTIFY_APPRISE_VERSION="v0.1"
 #
 # Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # Required receiving services must already be set up.
 # Modify to fit your setup - if API, set AppriseURL to your Apprise ip/domain.

-send_notification() {
-[ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
 FromHost=$(hostname)

-printf "\nSending Apprise notification\n"
+trigger_notification() {

-MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
-# Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
-
-# Modify to fit your setup:
-apprise -vv -t "$MessageTitle" -b "$MessageBody" \
-   mailto://myemail:mypass@gmail.com \
-   mastodons://{token}@{host} \
-   pbul://o.gn5kj6nfhv736I7jC3cj3QLRiyhgl98b \
-   tgram://{bot_token}/{chat_id}/
-
-### If you use the Apprise-API - Comment out the apprise command above.
-### Uncomment the AppriseURL and the curl-line below:
-# AppriseURL="http://apprise.mydomain.tld:1234/notify/apprise"
-# curl -X POST -F "title=$MessageTitle" -F "body=$MessageBody" -F "tags=all" $AppriseURL
+   ### Modify to fit your setup:
+   apprise -vv -t "$MessageTitle" -b "$MessageBody" \
+      mailto://myemail:mypass@gmail.com \
+      mastodons://{token}@{host} \
+      pbul://o.gn5kj6nfhv736I7jC3cj3QLRiyhgl98b \
+      tgram://{bot_token}/{chat_id}/

+   ### If you use the Apprise-API - Comment out the apprise command above.
+   ### Uncomment the AppriseURL and the curl-line below:
+   # AppriseURL="http://apprise.mydomain.tld:1234/notify/apprise"
+   # curl -X POST -F "title=$MessageTitle" -F "body=$MessageBody" -F "tags=all" $AppriseURL
+}
+
+send_notification() {
+    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
+    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
+
+    printf "\nSending Apprise notification\n"
+
+    MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
+
+    trigger_notification
+}
+
+### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
+### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
+dockcheck_notification() {
+    printf "\nSending Apprise dockcheck notification\n"
+
+    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
+
+    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_apprise.sh"
+    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_APPRISE_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_APPRISE_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
+    if [[ "$NOTIFY_APPRISE_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
+        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_apprise.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_APPRISE_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
+        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
+    fi
+
+    trigger_notification
 }
--- a/notify_templates/notify_discord.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_discord.sh
@@ -1,25 +1,43 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
+NOTIFY_DISCORD_VERSION="v0.1"
 #
 # Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # Required receiving services must already be set up.
 # Modify to fit your setup - set DiscordWebhookUrl

-send_notification() {
-    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
-
-    echo "$UpdToString"
-    FromHost=$(hostname)
-
-    # platform specific notification code would go here
-    printf "\nSending Discord notification\n"
-
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    MessageBody="🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available: \n$UpdToString"
+FromHost=$(hostname)

+trigger_notification() {
    # Modify to fit your setup:
    DiscordWebhookUrl="PasteYourFullDiscordWebhookURL"

    MsgBody="{\"username\":\"$FromHost\",\"content\":\"$MessageBody\"}"
    curl -sS -o /dev/null --fail -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "$MsgBody" "$DiscordWebhookUrl"
+}

+send_notification() {
+    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
+    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
+
+    printf "\nSending Discord notification\n"
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    MessageBody="🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available: \n$UpdToString"
+
+    trigger_notification
+}
+
+### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
+### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
+dockcheck_notification() {
+    printf "\nSending Discord dockcheck notification\n"
+    MessageBody="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available: \n Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
+
+    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_discord.sh"
+    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_DISCORD_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_DISCORD_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
+    if [[ "$NOTIFY_DISCORD_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
+        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_discord.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_DISCORD_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
+        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
+    fi
+
+    trigger_notification
+}
--- a/notify_templates/notify_generic.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_generic.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,44 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
+NOTIFY_GENERIC_VERSION="v0.1"
 #
 # Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # generic sample, the "Hello World" of notification addons

-send_notification() {
-  [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-  UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
+FromHost=$(hostname)

-  FromHost=$(hostname)
-
-  # platform specific notification code would go here
-  printf "\n%bGeneric notification addon:%b" "$c_green" "$c_reset"
-  printf "\nThe following docker containers on %s need to be updated:\n" "$FromHost"
-  printf "$UpdToString"
+trigger_notification()  {
+    # Modify to fit your setup:
+    printf "\n$MessageTitle\n"
+    printf "\n$MessageBody\n"
+}
+
+send_notification() {
+    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
+    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
+
+    # platform specific notification code would go here
+    printf "\n%bGeneric notification addon:%b" "$c_green" "$c_reset"
+    MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
+    printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
+
+    trigger_notification
+}
+
+### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
+### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
+dockcheck_notification() {
+    printf "\nGeneric dockcheck notification\n"
+
+    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
+
+    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_generic.sh"
+    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_GENERIC_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_GENERIC_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
+    if [[ "$NOTIFY_GENERIC_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
+        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_generic.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_GENERIC_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
+        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
+    fi
+
+    trigger_notification
 }
--- a/notify_templates/notify_gotify.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_gotify.sh
@@ -1,21 +1,13 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
+NOTIFY_GOTIFY_VERSION="v0.1"
 #
 # Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # Required receiving services must already be set up.
 # Modify to fit your setup - set GotifyUrl and GotifyToken.

-send_notification() {
-    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
-    FromHost=$(hostname)
-
-    # platform specific notification code would go here
-    printf "\nSending Gotify notification\n"
-
-    # Setting the MessageTitle and MessageBody variable here.
-    MessageTitle="${FromHost} - updates available."
-    printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
+FromHost=$(hostname)

+trigger_notification() {
    # Modify to fit your setup:
    GotifyToken="Your Gotify token here"
    GotifyUrl="https://api.gotify/message?token=${GotifyToken}"
@@ -24,6 +16,38 @@ send_notification() {
        -F "title=${MessageTitle}" \
        -F "message=${MessageBody}" \
        -F "priority=5" \
-        -X POST "${GotifyUrl}" &> /dev/null
-
+        -X POST "${GotifyUrl}" 1> /dev/null
+}
+
+send_notification() {
+    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
+    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
+
+    # platform specific notification code would go here
+    printf "\nSending Gotify notification\n"
+
+    # Setting the MessageTitle and MessageBody variable here.
+    MessageTitle="${FromHost} - updates available."
+    printf -v MessageBody "Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
+
+    trigger_notification
+}
+
+### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
+### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
+dockcheck_notification() {
+    printf "\nSending Gotify dockcheck notification\n"
+
+    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
+
+    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_gotify.sh"
+    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_GOTIFY_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_GOTIFY_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
+    if [[ "$NOTIFY_GOTIFY_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
+        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_gotify.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_GOTIFY_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
+        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
+    fi
+
+    trigger_notification
 }
--- a/notify_templates/notify_matrix.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_matrix.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
+NOTIFY_MATRIX_VERSION="v0.1"
 #
 # Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # Required receiving services must already be set up.
 # Modify to fit your setup - set MatrixServer, Room_id and AccessToken

-send_notification() {
-    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
-    FromHost=$(hostname)
-
-    # platform specific notification code would go here
-    printf "\nSending Matrix notification\n"
-
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    MessageBody="🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available: \n$UpdToString"
+FromHost=$(hostname)

+trigger_notification() {
    # Modify to fit your setup:
    AccessToken="Your Matrix token here"
    Room_id="Enter Room_id here"
@@ -22,7 +15,37 @@ send_notification() {
    MsgBody="{\"msgtype\":\"m.text\",\"body\":\"$MessageBody\"}"

    # URL Example:  https://matrix.org/_matrix/client/r0/rooms/!xxxxxx:example.com/send/m.room.message?access_token=xxxxxxxx
-
    curl -sS -o /dev/null --fail -X POST "$MatrixServer/_matrix/client/r0/rooms/$Room_id/send/m.room.message?access_token=$AccessToken" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "$MsgBody"
-
+}
+
+send_notification() {
+    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
+    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
+
+    # platform specific notification code would go here
+    printf "\nSending Matrix notification\n"
+
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    MessageBody="🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available: \n$UpdToString"
+
+    trigger_notification
+}
+
+### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
+### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
+dockcheck_notification() {
+    printf "\nSending Matrix dockcheck notification\n"
+
+    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
+
+    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_matrix.sh"
+    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_MATRIX_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_MATRIX_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
+    if [[ "$NOTIFY_MATRIX_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
+        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_matrix.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_MATRIX_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
+        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
+    fi
+
+    trigger_notification
 }
--- a/notify_templates/notify_ntfy-sh.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_ntfy-sh.sh
@@ -1,26 +1,50 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
+NOTIFY_NTFYSH_VERSION="v0.1"
 #
 # Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # Setup app and subscription at https://ntfy.sh
 # Use your unique Topic Name in the URL below.

-send_notification() {
-[ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
 FromHost=$(hostname)

-printf "\nSending ntfy.sh notification\n"
-
-MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
-# Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
-
-# Modify to fit your setup:
-NtfyUrl="ntfy.sh/YourUniqueTopicName"
-
-curl -sS -o /dev/null --show-error --fail \
-  -H "Title: $MessageTitle" \
-  -d "$MessageBody" \
-  $NtfyUrl
+trigger_notification() {
+    # Modify to fit your setup:
+    NtfyUrl="ntfy.sh/YourUniqueTopicName"

+    curl -sS -o /dev/null --show-error --fail \
+      -H "Title: $MessageTitle" \
+      -d "$MessageBody" \
+      $NtfyUrl
+}
+
+send_notification() {
+    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
+    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
+
+    printf "\nSending ntfy.sh notification\n"
+
+    MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
+
+    trigger_notification
+}
+
+### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
+### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
+dockcheck_notification() {
+    printf "\nSending ntfy.sh dockcheck notification\n"
+
+    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
+
+    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_ntfy-sh.sh"
+    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_NTFYSH_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_NTFYSH_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
+    if [[ "$NOTIFY_NTFYSH_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
+        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_ntfy-sh.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_NTFYSH_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
+        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
+    fi
+
+    trigger_notification
 }
--- a/notify_templates/notify_pushbullet.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_pushbullet.sh
@@ -1,27 +1,51 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
+NOTIFY_PUSHBULLET_VERSION="v0.1"
 #
 # Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # Required receiving services must already be set up.
 # Requires jq installed and in PATH.
 # Modify to fit your setup - set Url and Token.

-send_notification() {
-[ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
 FromHost=$(hostname)

-# platform specific notification code would go here
-printf "\nSending pushbullet notification\n"
-
-MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
-# Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
-
-# Modify to fit your setup:
-PushUrl="https://api.pushbullet.com/v2/pushes"
-PushToken="Your Pushbullet token here"
-
-# Requires jq to process json data
-jq -n --arg title "$MessageTitle" --arg body "$MessageBody" '{body: $body, title: $title, type: "note"}' | curl -sS -o /dev/null --show-error --fail -X POST -H "Access-Token: $PushToken" -H "Content-type: application/json" $PushUrl -d @-
+trigger_notification() {
+    # Modify to fit your setup:
+    PushUrl="https://api.pushbullet.com/v2/pushes"
+    PushToken="Your Pushbullet token here"

+    # Requires jq to process json data
+    jq -n --arg title "$MessageTitle" --arg body "$MessageBody" '{body: $body, title: $title, type: "note"}' | curl -sS -o /dev/null --show-error --fail -X POST -H "Access-Token: $PushToken" -H "Content-type: application/json" $PushUrl -d @-
+}
+
+send_notification() {
+    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
+    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
+
+    # platform specific notification code would go here
+    printf "\nSending pushbullet notification\n"
+
+    MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
+
+    trigger_notification
+}
+
+### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
+### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
+dockcheck_notification() {
+    printf "\nSending pushbullet dockcheck notification\n"
+
+    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
+
+    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_pushbullet.sh"
+    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_PUSHBULLET_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_PUSHBULLET_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
+    if [[ "$NOTIFY_PUSHBULLET_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
+        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_pushbullet.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_PUSHBULLET_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
+        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
+    fi
+
+    trigger_notification
 }
--- a/notify_templates/notify_pushover.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_pushover.sh
@@ -1,22 +1,14 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
+NOTIFY_PUSHOVER_VERSION="v0.1"
 #
 # Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # Required receiving services must already be set up.
 # Requires jq installed and in PATH.
 # Modify to fit your setup - set Url and Token.

-send_notification() {
-    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
-    FromHost=$(hostname)
-
-    # platform specific notification code would go here
-    printf "\nSending pushover notification\n"
-
-    MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
+FromHost=$(hostname)

+trigger_notification() {
    # Modify to fit your setup:
    PushoverUrl="https://api.pushover.net/1/messages.json"
    PushoverUserKey="Your Pushover User Key Here"
@@ -30,3 +22,36 @@ send_notification() {
        -F "message=$MessageBody" \
        $PushoverUrl
 }
+
+send_notification() {
+    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
+    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
+
+    # platform specific notification code would go here
+    printf "\nSending pushover notification\n"
+
+    MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
+
+    trigger_notification
+}
+
+### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
+### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
+dockcheck_notification() {
+    printf "\nSending pushover dockcheck notification\n"
+
+    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
+
+    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_pushover.sh"
+    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_PUSHOVER_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_PUSHOVER_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
+    if [[ "$NOTIFY_PUSHOVER_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
+        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_pushover.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_PUSHOVER_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
+        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
+    fi
+
+    trigger_notification
+}
--- a/notify_templates/notify_slack.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_slack.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
+NOTIFY_SLACK_VERSION="v0.1"
+#
+# Copy/rename this file to notify.sh in the same directory as dockcheck.sh to enable the notification snippet.
+# Setu app and token at https://api.slack.com/tutorials/tracks/posting-messages-with-curl
+# Add your AccessToken and ChannelID below
+
+FromHost=$(hostname)
+
+trigger_notification() {
+    # Modify to fit your setup:
+    AccessToken="xoxb-not-a-real-token-this-will-not-work"
+    ChannelID="C123456"
+    SlackUrl="https://slack.com/api/chat.postMessage"
+
+    curl -sS -o /dev/null --show-error --fail \
+      -d "text=$MessageBody" -d "channel=$ChannelID" \
+      -H "Authorization: Bearer $AccessToken" \
+      -X POST $SlackUrl
+}
+
+send_notification() {
+    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
+    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
+
+    printf "\nSending Slack notification\n"
+
+    MessageTitle="$FromHost - updates available."
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n$UpdToString"
+
+    trigger_notification
+}
+
+### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
+### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
+dockcheck_notification() {
+    printf "\nSending Slack dockcheck notification\n"
+
+    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
+
+    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_slack.sh"
+    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_SLACK_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_SLACK_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
+    if [[ "$NOTIFY_SLACK_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
+        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_slack.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_SLACK_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
+        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
+    fi
+
+    trigger_notification
+}
--- a/notify_templates/notify_smtp.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_smtp.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
+NOTIFY_SMTP_VERSION="v0.1"
 # INFO: ssmtp is depcerated - consider to use msmtp instead.
 #
 # Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snipppet.
@@ -16,25 +17,19 @@ else
 	echo "No msmtp or ssmtp binary found in PATH: $PATH" ; exit 1
 fi

-send_notification() {
-[ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
 FromHost=$(hostname)

+trigger_notification() {
 # User variables:
 SendMailFrom="me@mydomain.tld"
 SendMailTo="me@mydomain.tld"
 SubjectTag="dockcheck"

-printf "\nSending email notification.\n"
-
-printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n\n$UpdToString"
-
 $MailPkg $SendMailTo << __EOF
 From: "$FromHost" <$SendMailFrom>
 date:$(date -R)
 To: <$SendMailTo>
-Subject: [$SubjectTag] Updates available on $FromHost
+Subject: [$SubjectTag] $MessageTitle $FromHost
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

@@ -42,3 +37,35 @@ $MessageBody

 __EOF
 }
+
+send_notification() {
+		[ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
+		UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
+
+		printf "\nSending email notification.\n"
+
+		MessageTitle="Updates available on"
+		# Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+		printf -v MessageBody "🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available:\n\n$UpdToString"
+
+		trigger_notification
+}
+
+### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
+### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
+dockcheck_notification() {
+		printf "\nSending email dockcheck notification.\n"
+
+		MessageTitle="New version of dockcheck available on"
+		# Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+		printf -v MessageBody "Installed version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
+
+    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_smtp.sh"
+    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_SMTP_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_SMTP_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
+    if [[ "$NOTIFY_SMTP_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
+        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_smtp.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_SMTP_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
+        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
+    fi
+
+		trigger_notification
+}
--- a/notify_templates/notify_telegram.sh
+++ b/notify_templates/notify_telegram.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 ### DISCLAIMER: This is a third party addition to dockcheck - best effort testing.
+NOTIFY_TELEGRAM_VERSION="v0.1"
 #
 # Copy/rename this file to notify.sh to enable the notification snippet.
 # Required receiving services must already be set up.
 # Modify to fit your setup - set TelegramChatId and TelegramToken.

-send_notification() {
-    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
-    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
-    FromHost=$(hostname)
-
-    # platform specific notification code would go here
-    printf "\nSending Telegram notification\n"
-
-    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
-    MessageBody="🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available: \n$UpdToString"
+FromHost=$(hostname)

+trigger_notification() {
    # Modify to fit your setup:
    TelegramToken="Your Telegram token here"
    TelegramChatId="Your Telegram ChatId here"
@@ -23,5 +16,36 @@ send_notification() {
    TelegramData="{\"chat_id\":\"$TelegramChatId\",\"text\":\"$MessageBody\",\"message_thread_id\":\"$TelegramTopicID\",\"disable_notification\": false}"

    curl -sS -o /dev/null --fail -X POST "$TelegramUrl/sendMessage" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "$TelegramData"
-
+}
+
+send_notification() {
+    [ -s "$ScriptWorkDir"/urls.list ] && releasenotes || Updates=("$@")
+    UpdToString=$( printf '%s\\n' "${Updates[@]}" )
+
+    # platform specific notification code would go here
+    printf "\nSending Telegram notification\n"
+
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    MessageBody="🐋 Containers on $FromHost with updates available: \n$UpdToString"
+
+    trigger_notification
+}
+
+### Rename (eg. disabled_dockcheck_notification), remove or comment out the following function
+### to not send notifications when dockcheck itself has updates.
+dockcheck_notification() {
+    printf "\nSending Telegram dockcheck notification\n"
+
+    MessageTitle="$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available."
+    # Setting the MessageBody variable here.
+    printf -v MessageBody "$FromHost - New version of dockcheck available.\n\nInstalled version: $1 \nLatest version: $2 \n\nChangenotes: $3"
+
+    RawNotifyUrl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mag37/dockcheck/main/notify_templates/notify_telegram.sh"
+    LatestNotifyRelease="$(curl -s -r 0-150 $RawNotifyUrl | sed -n "/NOTIFY_TELEGRAM_VERSION/s/NOTIFY_TELEGRAM_VERSION=//p" | tr -d '"')"
+    if [[ "$NOTIFY_TELEGRAM_VERSION" != "$LatestNotifyRelease" ]] ; then
+        printf -v NotifyUpdate "\n\nnotify_telegram.sh update avialable:\n $NOTIFY_TELEGRAM_VERSION -> $LatestNotifyRelease\n"
+        MessageBody="${MessageBody}${NotifyUpdate}"
+    fi
+
+    trigger_notification
 }
--- a/notify_templates/urls.list
+++ b/notify_templates/urls.list
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ apprise-api https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-apprise-api/releases
 homer https://github.com/bastienwirtz/homer/releases
 nginx https://github.com/docker-library/official-images/blob/master/library/nginx
 vaultwarden-server https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/releases
+bruceforce-vaultwarden-backup https://github.com/Bruceforce/vaultwarden-backup/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
 actual_server https://actualbudget.org/blog
 gotify https://github.com/gotify/server/releases
 traefik https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
mag37	3a8571c625	fixes for odd unbound variables	2025-03-31 11:23:21 +02:00
mag37	710cbc118f	fix: Excludes unbound	2025-03-31 07:22:22 +02:00
mag37	68ec749c39	hotfixes	2025-03-30 22:58:47 +02:00
mag37	778df1de3c	PkgInstaller bug, reformatted	2025-03-30 22:17:15 +02:00
mag37	8dd1bba75b	Clean&refactor (#148 ) * cleaning spaces and consistent formatting * removed more subshells * progress bar cleanup * moved uservars to a .config file * rewritten options from yes/no to true/false * initialized default variables * added bash options: -euo pipefail, shopt -s nullglob and failglob * quoting variables, cleaning syntax, logic and order * unquoted some variables due to breakage * added exit on pull-fail * added new sponsor * added Slack template	2025-03-30 13:31:34 +02:00
mag37	b5c03a2caa	Merge pull request #139 from devzwf/main Update README.md	2025-03-18 05:38:59 +01:00
ZwF	9c4c79b885	Update README.md Add the -x option to the readme...	2025-03-17 22:20:06 -04:00
mag37	d9fe113225	updated gif	2025-03-17 08:39:09 +01:00
mag37	0a9d60f4df	Merge pull request #137 from mag37/notify_versioning notify-template versioning	2025-03-16 20:56:11 +01:00
mag37	c57923f152	versionbump	2025-03-16 20:54:34 +01:00
mag37	fd1769c30f	added versions + version checks to all templates	2025-03-16 20:47:46 +01:00
mag37	965f2dd825	first change to DSM	2025-03-14 20:36:07 +01:00
mag37	48057dfc66	notify and xargs info added Added info about notifying on new dockcheck updates and a info block about async/xargs.	2025-03-09 10:19:22 +01:00
mag37	98e80854be	Merge pull request #135 from mag37/dockcheck_upd_notify rewrite of notify-templates	2025-03-09 10:00:57 +01:00
mag37	dcbdb5becd	minor fixes	2025-03-09 09:57:45 +01:00
mag37	8fc4f41c49	version bump and change notes	2025-03-07 21:11:01 +01:00
mag37	9b0b6137a3	fixed typos	2025-03-07 21:05:58 +01:00
mag37	7ed4286fe7	merged updates from main	2025-03-07 20:47:43 +01:00
mag37	bf1e78d2ff	hotfix changelog	2025-02-26 22:04:05 +01:00
mag37	9fa398e553	Merge pull request #132 from mag37/xargs_hotfix Made MaxAsync=1 the default - edit to change. Added -x option to pass a MaxAsync value on runtime. Made it possible to disable xargs -P-flag by setting MaxAsync=0 or passing -x 0 option.	2025-02-26 21:42:58 +01:00
mag37	9ef2ea7135	versionbump + changenotes	2025-02-26 21:39:33 +01:00
mag37	8c3b899332	async hotfix, defaults to 1 subprocess, added -x option to set custom async value	2025-02-26 21:23:15 +01:00
mag37	8110cd8892	Update README.md	2025-02-25 21:30:41 +01:00
mag37	502a167919	Update README.md	2025-02-25 21:30:20 +01:00
mag37	61f90893ef	async version bump	2025-02-24 22:12:11 +01:00
mag37	229cde0efb	Updated README.md Added changelog. Added info about Docker Hub pull limit.	2025-02-24 22:03:20 +01:00
mag37	0c6674ac8e	Merge pull request #128 from Thaurin/parallel_check Add async checking for updates for improved performance	2025-02-24 21:59:30 +01:00
mag37	3e079e2ec5	Update dockcheck.sh Added MaxAsync variable. Added POSIX xargs check. Rewrote Excludes.	2025-02-24 21:49:19 +01:00
Thaurin	b2d67c9f52	Removed experimental -z flag and old version check code	2025-02-21 17:57:09 +01:00
Thaurin	3aeee837f9	Print entire line on error	2025-02-21 17:54:19 +01:00
Thaurin	408a8b14dd	Fix -d parameter not working anymore	2025-02-20 18:48:55 +01:00
Thaurin	a2868ea505	Add error message; increase number of subprocesses	2025-02-20 18:48:55 +01:00
Thaurin	62a3d10b4f	Add async checking for updates for improved performance	2025-02-20 18:48:55 +01:00
mag37	210c076968	Merge pull request #130 from mag37/osx_support Some osx / bsd compatibility changes. Rewritten the dependency (jq + regctl) install method. Many thanks to @pshannon-git for testing!	2025-02-19 20:36:42 +01:00
mag37	65e875e860	fixed typo	2025-02-19 20:26:54 +01:00
mag37	3655f5ae8a	version bump	2025-02-19 13:36:30 +01:00
mag37	78a7e1137f	OSX appname return	2025-02-18 10:07:21 +01:00
mag37	76e6a5c38b	Update dockcheck.sh typo	2025-02-18 08:15:52 +01:00
mag37	41029f628d	Update dockcheck.sh indentation error.	2025-02-18 07:59:11 +01:00
mag37	b918844336	reformatting	2025-02-17 22:38:14 +01:00
mag37	27896c18ba	squashed multiple dependency downloaders to one function	2025-02-17 22:23:10 +01:00
mag37	06ea7fff6d	newline and rephrasing	2025-02-15 13:35:47 +01:00
mag37	e68adb34d0	added info about macos osx	2025-02-15 13:23:42 +01:00
mag37	6bc896b193	typo	2025-02-14 13:01:23 +01:00
mag37	6cba140522	too tired.. forgot fi's	2025-02-13 22:21:53 +01:00
mag37	73050abf10	rewrote regctl download	2025-02-13 22:18:08 +01:00
mag37	d4d89c305c	osx/bsd compatibility changes	2025-02-13 21:39:29 +01:00
mag37	c436def448	typo	2025-02-13 21:34:03 +01:00
mag37	96ebe079a4	removed 'not source' message as its optional	2025-02-13 21:28:21 +01:00
mag37	111cb955b1	finalizing new notification structure	2025-02-10 19:46:23 +01:00
mag37	71967277aa	new notification structure	2025-02-09 22:01:08 +01:00
mag37	1548b03a9e	added else with inclusion of new function, rewrote 2 templates for testing	2025-02-07 20:47:01 +01:00
mag37	bc6a3529c7	Update README.md	2025-02-07 19:34:24 +01:00
mag37	01b9b33751	Merge pull request #124 from mag37/prometheus_addon Prometheus addon	2025-02-07 19:28:43 +01:00
mag37	9ed2a0bad0	finalized prometheus addon	2025-02-07 19:27:14 +01:00
mag37	43307350ca	formatting of header	2025-01-31 23:58:05 +01:00
mag37	b3600f26ac	restructure, moved to addon-subdir and split code to sourced snippet	2025-01-31 23:52:10 +01:00
mag37	79def47754	Merge pull request #121 from tdralle/main Added an export for node_exporter's text file collector to provide metrics to Prometheus	2025-01-31 23:37:24 +01:00
mag37	e6ff634394	versionbump	2025-01-28 21:55:35 +01:00
mag37	6444e18a4f	Merge pull request #122 from mag37/5.3_fixes local image check changed, Gotify-template fixed	2025-01-28 21:53:50 +01:00
mag37	14872b0471	local image check changed, Gotify-template fixed, version bump	2025-01-28 21:50:02 +01:00
mag37	07ad241e9f	removed whale icon and changed redirection to still show errors	2025-01-28 21:08:20 +01:00
Thorsten Dralle	58d53d3aaf	Added a node collector to export statistics to prometheus	2025-01-27 20:57:19 +01:00
mag37	15ce226a0a	changed local image check to reference ID instead of image-name	2025-01-22 16:07:50 +01:00
mag37	cce5438aca	Update notify_DSM.sh Ensures DSM GUI refreshes its update-check. TY @yoyoma2 for the fix.	2024-12-01 20:51:51 +01:00
mag37	be6f5edf52	Update README.md	2024-11-25 15:23:54 +01:00
mag37	99befd6938	hotfix to changenotes. More important that it shows for older versions than being pretty.	2024-11-24 08:46:04 +01:00
mag37	8a63fd360c	hotfix	2024-11-23 14:58:15 +01:00
mag37	d3786d6f75	hotfix	2024-11-23 14:57:39 +01:00
mag37	487cfb2822	typofix jq binary	2024-11-23 14:56:15 +01:00
mag37	b4943df46c	Merge pull request #111 from mag37/dependency_download_rewrite Dependency download rewrite + jq installer	2024-11-23 12:46:38 +01:00
mag37	8603c8d4b6	Merge branch 'main' into dependency_download_rewrite	2024-11-23 12:46:15 +01:00
mag37	ae66a6f0fd	ChangeNote + finalizing fixes	2024-11-23 12:40:58 +01:00
mag37	3ac0521a9b	Changenotes hotfix	2024-11-22 22:52:21 +01:00
mag37	00ae250511	versionbump + jq info	2024-11-22 15:11:49 +01:00
mag37	704387a7fe	versionbump + jq info	2024-11-22 15:09:16 +01:00
mag37	1a6826e2ac	versionbump + jq info	2024-11-22 15:08:44 +01:00
mag37	a28b9e555f	Colorized error messages	2024-11-22 14:32:30 +01:00
mag37	8309b80dc2	cleaned old jq check + fixed some naming	2024-11-22 13:45:45 +01:00
mag37	bbe26a0ac2	changes to jq install logic Will fall back to static binary if pkgmanager install fails or no distribution matches.	2024-11-22 13:08:24 +01:00
mag37	d98d052af7	rewrote regctl-download to use new functions	2024-11-22 11:05:16 +01:00
mag37	fbba77dc1f	jq downloading functions Added distribution checker for packagemanager installs. Added generic static binary downloader.	2024-11-22 11:00:45 +01:00
mag37	09c9faa008	Merge pull request #109 from mag37/feedback_podcheck jq rewrite and formatting fixes	2024-11-20 08:39:30 +01:00
mag37	17ed46d157	Merge branch 'main' into feedback_podcheck	2024-11-20 08:38:49 +01:00
mag37	d744d51473	jq version bump	2024-11-18 21:13:44 +01:00
mag37	3821c22660	generalized variable name	2024-11-18 21:04:02 +01:00
mag37	5dd42b7336	changed to jq metadata check	2024-11-18 21:01:13 +01:00
mag37	8da2cbe611	Converted to jq metadata check. Added jq binary check, fixed consistent command -v syntax.	2024-11-18 20:04:08 +01:00
mag37	9937d6bc3f	minor readme updates	2024-11-17 20:43:22 +01:00
mag37	5517abb090	formatting to match improvements in podcheck fork	2024-11-17 14:54:28 +01:00
mag37	cb8c23e62d	Update README.md Added urls to podman fork	2024-11-16 20:39:51 +01:00
mag37	0009adc2cf	Update urls.list added vaultwarden-backup	2024-11-06 08:49:59 +01:00
mag37	8d39e1b66b	new example-file	2024-10-21 20:51:23 +02:00
mag37	ec068dd19a	Fixed typo.	2024-10-14 06:28:35 +02:00
mag37	119932aa19	Update README.md added Discord to the notifications list.	2024-10-13 22:28:39 +02:00