diff --git a/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home.yuck b/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home.yuck
index 8204f4a..05b1e11 100644
--- a/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home.yuck
+++ b/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home.yuck
@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@
        (weather :json weather_status)
        (shortcuts)
        (notes :json {jq(notes_list,'.notes')})
+       (softwareupdates :json {software_list})
        (reminders :json {jq(reminders_list,'.reminders')})))
 
 (include "modules/home/rat.yuck")
 (include "modules/home/weather.yuck")
 (include "modules/home/shortcuts.yuck")
 (include "modules/home/notes.yuck")
+(include "modules/home/softwareupdates.yuck")
 (include "modules/home/reminders.yuck")
diff --git a/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/notes.yuck b/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/notes.yuck
index 91f38cc..4b72cb3 100644
--- a/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/notes.yuck
+++ b/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/notes.yuck
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   'scripts/home/notes')
 (defwidget notes [json]
   (box
+    :visible {jq(workspacesArray, '.[]\|select(.focused==true).num') <= 9}
     :class "notes"
     :orientation "v"
     :halign "baseline"
diff --git a/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/softwareupdates.yuck b/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/softwareupdates.yuck
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb4cc0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/de/home/.config/eww/modules/home/softwareupdates.yuck
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+(defpoll software_list :interval "43200s"
+  'software-release-monitor')
+(defwidget softwareupdates [json]
+  (box
+    :visible {(jq(workspacesArray, '.[]\|select(.focused==true).num') <= 19) && (jq(workspacesArray, '.[]\|select(.focused==true).num') >= 10)}
+    :class "notes"
+    :orientation "v"
+    :halign "baseline"
+    :width 300
+    :height 150
+    :space-evenly true
+    (for note in json
+      (button :onclick "kate -n '${note.filepath}'"
+        (box 
+          :orientation "v"
+          (label
+            :xalign 0
+            :wrap false
+            :truncate true
+            :text "${replace(note.filepath,"${get_env("HOME")}/Documents/Notes/",'')}")
+          (label
+            :xalign 0.5
+            :class "timestamp"
+            :text "${formattime("${note.date}","%F %R")}"))))
+    ))
diff --git a/de/home/.config/software-release-monitor/config.json b/de/home/.config/software-release-monitor/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58a3558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/de/home/.config/software-release-monitor/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[
+  {
+    "packageName":"eww",
+    "upstreamURL":"https://github.com/elkowar/eww"
+  },
+  {
+    "packageName":"swayfx",
+    "upstreamURL":"https://github.com/WillPower3309/swayfx"
+  }
+]
diff --git a/de/home/.local/bin/software-release-monitor b/de/home/.local/bin/software-release-monitor
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9c82fe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/de/home/.local/bin/software-release-monitor
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+source ${HOME}/.secrets
+function get_package_info(){
+  packages_array=()
+
+  while read i; do
+    echo "${i}"
+    package_name=$(jq -r '.packageName' <<<"${i}")
+    upstream_url=$(jq -r '.upstreamURL' <<<"${i}")
+    package_version=$(dpkg-query -W -f='${Version}' "${package_name}")
+    upstream_version=$(lastversion "${upstream_url}")
+    if [[ "${package_version}" == *"${upstream_version}"* ]]; then
+      up_to_date='true'
+    else
+      up_to_date='false'
+    fi
+    package_json=$( jq -n --arg name "${package_name}" --arg pkgver "${package_version}" --arg upstreamver "${upstream_version}" --arg uptodate "${up_to_date}" '{package_name: $name, package_version: $pkgver, upstream_version: $upstreamver, up_to_date: $uptodate}' )
+    packages_array+=("${package_json}")
+  done < <(jq -c '.[]' "${HOME}/.config/software-release-monitor/config.json")
+packages_json=$(printf '%s\n' "${packages_array[@]}" | jq -s .)
+echo "${packages_json}"
+
+#echo "${package_array_item}"
+#echo "${package_array[@]}"
+}
+
+get_package_info
+
+#printf '%s\n' "${package_array[@]}" | jq -s .
+
+
+#dpkg-query -W -f='${Version}' swayfx
diff --git a/de/include b/de/include
index c130a8c..cd19a89 100644
--- a/de/include
+++ b/de/include
@@ -45,3 +45,5 @@
 .config/katerc
 .local/share/applications/SuperColliderIDE.desktop
 .local/bin/noise
+.local/bin/software-release-monitor
+.config/software-release-monitor/config.json