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+# OpenUp
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+openup is a small utility for OpenBSD that can be run standalone or from cron(8) and that checks for security updates in both packages and the base system. openup uses the regular pkg tools, it does not implement anything on top.
+
+## License
+
+openup is distributed under the terms of the ISC license.