diff --git a/Commons/Settings.qml b/Commons/Settings.qml
index 771cbf9..2e63d53 100644
--- a/Commons/Settings.qml
+++ b/Commons/Settings.qml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Singleton {
         widgets: JsonObject {
           property list<string> left: ["SystemMonitor", "ActiveWindow", "MediaMini"]
           property list<string> center: ["Workspace"]
-          property list<string> right: ["ScreenRecorderIndicator", "Tray", "NotificationHistory", "WiFi", "Bluetooth", "Battery", "Volume", "Brightness", "Clock", "SidePanelToggle"]
+          property list<string> right: ["ScreenRecorderIndicator", "Tray", "ArchUpdater", "NotificationHistory", "WiFi", "Bluetooth", "Battery", "Volume", "Brightness", "Clock", "SidePanelToggle"]
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/Commons/WidgetLoader.qml b/Commons/WidgetLoader.qml
index 872f64d..0a2b01c 100644
--- a/Commons/WidgetLoader.qml
+++ b/Commons/WidgetLoader.qml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ QtObject {
   // This is where you should add your Modules/Bar/Widgets/
   // so it gets registered in the BarTab
   function discoverAvailableWidgets() {
-    const widgetFiles = ["ActiveWindow", "Battery", "Bluetooth", "Brightness", "Clock", "KeyboardLayout", "MediaMini", "NotificationHistory", "PowerProfile", "ScreenRecorderIndicator", "SidePanelToggle", "SystemMonitor", "Tray", "Volume", "WiFi", "Workspace"]
+    const widgetFiles = ["ActiveWindow", "ArchUpdater", "Battery", "Bluetooth", "Brightness", "Clock", "KeyboardLayout", "MediaMini", "NotificationHistory", "PowerProfile", "ScreenRecorderIndicator", "SidePanelToggle", "SystemMonitor", "Tray", "Volume", "WiFi", "Workspace"]
 
     const availableWidgets = []
 
diff --git a/Modules/Bar/Widgets/ArchUpdater.qml b/Modules/Bar/Widgets/ArchUpdater.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fd397d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Bar/Widgets/ArchUpdater.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import qs.Commons
+import qs.Services
+import qs.Widgets
+
+NIconButton {
+    id: root
+    sizeMultiplier: 0.8
+
+    colorBg: Color.mSurfaceVariant
+    colorFg: Color.mOnSurface
+    colorBorder: Color.transparent
+    colorBorderHover: Color.transparent
+
+    icon: !ArchUpdaterService.ready ? "block" : (ArchUpdaterService.busy ? "sync" : (ArchUpdaterService.updatePackages.length > 0 ? "system_update" : "task_alt"))
+
+    tooltipText: {
+        if (!ArchUpdaterService.isArchBased)
+            return "Arch users already ran 'sudo pacman -Syu' for breakfast.";
+        if (!ArchUpdaterService.checkupdatesAvailable)
+            return "Please install pacman-contrib to use this feature.";
+        if (ArchUpdaterService.busy)
+            return "Checking for updates…";
+
+        var count = ArchUpdaterService.updatePackages.length;
+        if (count === 0)
+            return "No updates available";
+
+        var header = count === 1 ? "One package can be upgraded:" : (count + " packages can be upgraded:");
+
+        var list = ArchUpdaterService.updatePackages || [];
+        var s = "";
+        var limit = Math.min(list.length, 10);
+        for (var i = 0; i < limit; ++i) {
+            var p = list[i];
+            s += (i ? "\n" : "") + (p.name + ": " + p.oldVersion + " → " + p.newVersion);
+        }
+        if (list.length > 10)
+            s += "\n… and " + (list.length - 10) + " more";
+
+        return header + "\n" + s;
+    }
+
+    onClicked: {
+        if (!ArchUpdaterService.ready || ArchUpdaterService.busy)
+            return;
+        ArchUpdaterService.runUpdate();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Services/ArchUpdaterService.qml b/Services/ArchUpdaterService.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea52728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Services/ArchUpdaterService.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+pragma Singleton
+import Quickshell
+import QtQuick
+import Quickshell.Io
+
+Singleton {
+    id: updateService
+    property bool isArchBased: false
+    property bool checkupdatesAvailable: false
+    readonly property bool ready: isArchBased && checkupdatesAvailable
+    readonly property bool busy: pkgProc.running
+    readonly property int updates: updatePackages.length
+    property var updatePackages: []
+    property double lastSync: 0
+    property bool lastWasFull: false
+    property int failureCount: 0
+    readonly property int failureThreshold: 5
+    readonly property int quickTimeoutMs: 12 * 1000
+    readonly property int minuteMs: 60 * 1000
+    readonly property int pollInterval: 1 * minuteMs
+    readonly property int syncInterval: 15 * minuteMs
+    property int lastNotifiedUpdates: 0
+
+    property var updateCommand: ["xdg-terminal-exec", "--title=System Updates", "-e", "sh", "-c", "sudo pacman -Syu; printf '\n\nUpdate finished. Press Enter to exit...'; read _"]
+
+    PersistentProperties {
+        id: cache
+        reloadableId: "ArchCheckerCache"
+
+        property string cachedUpdatePackagesJson: "[]"
+        property double cachedLastSync: 0
+    }
+
+    Component.onCompleted: {
+        const persisted = JSON.parse(cache.cachedUpdatePackagesJson || "[]");
+        if (persisted.length)
+            updatePackages = _clonePackageList(persisted);
+        if (cache.cachedLastSync > 0)
+            lastSync = cache.cachedLastSync;
+    }
+
+    function runUpdate() {
+        if (updates > 0) {
+            Quickshell.execDetached(updateCommand);
+        } else {
+            doPoll(true);
+        }
+    }
+
+    function notify(title, body) {
+        const app = "UpdateService";
+        const icon = "system-software-update";
+        Quickshell.execDetached(["notify-send", "-a", app, "-i", icon, String(title || ""), String(body || "")]);
+    }
+
+    function doPoll(forceFull = false) {
+        if (busy)
+            return;
+        const full = forceFull || (Date.now() - lastSync > syncInterval);
+        lastWasFull = full;
+
+        pkgProc.command = full ? ["checkupdates", "--nocolor"] : ["checkupdates", "--nosync", "--nocolor"];
+        pkgProc.running = true;
+        killTimer.restart();
+    }
+
+    Process {
+        id: pacmanCheck
+        running: true
+        command: ["sh", "-c", "p=$(command -v pacman >/dev/null && echo yes || echo no); c=$(command -v checkupdates >/dev/null && echo yes || echo no); echo \"$p $c\""]
+        stdout: StdioCollector {
+            onStreamFinished: {
+                const parts = (text || "").trim().split(/\s+/);
+                updateService.isArchBased = (parts[0] === "yes");
+                updateService.checkupdatesAvailable = (parts[1] === "yes");
+                if (updateService.ready) {
+                    updateService.doPoll();
+                    pollTimer.start();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Process {
+        id: pkgProc
+        onExited: function () {
+            var exitCode = arguments[0];
+            killTimer.stop();
+            if (exitCode !== 0 && exitCode !== 2) {
+                updateService.failureCount++;
+                console.warn("[UpdateService] checkupdates failed (code:", exitCode, ")");
+                if (updateService.failureCount >= updateService.failureThreshold) {
+                    updateService.notify(qsTr("Update check failed"), qsTr(`Exit code: ${exitCode} (failed ${updateService.failureCount} times)`));
+                    updateService.failureCount = 0;
+                }
+                updateService.updatePackages = [];
+                return;
+            }
+
+            updateService.failureCount = 0;
+            const parsed = updateService._parseUpdateOutput(out.text);
+            updateService.updatePackages = parsed.pkgs;
+
+            if (updateService.lastWasFull) {
+                updateService.lastSync = Date.now();
+            }
+
+            cache.cachedUpdatePackagesJson = JSON.stringify(updateService._clonePackageList(updateService.updatePackages));
+            cache.cachedLastSync = updateService.lastSync;
+            updateService._summarizeAndNotify();
+        }
+
+        stdout: StdioCollector {
+            id: out
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    function _clonePackageList(list) {
+        const src = Array.isArray(list) ? list : [];
+        return src.map(p => ({
+                    name: String(p.name || ""),
+                    oldVersion: String(p.oldVersion || ""),
+                    newVersion: String(p.newVersion || "")
+                }));
+    }
+
+    function _parseUpdateOutput(rawText) {
+        const raw = (rawText || "").trim();
+        const lines = raw ? raw.split(/\r?\n/) : [];
+        const pkgs = [];
+        for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; ++i) {
+            const m = lines[i].match(/^(\S+)\s+([^\s]+)\s+->\s+([^\s]+)$/);
+            if (m) {
+                pkgs.push({
+                    name: m[1],
+                    oldVersion: m[2],
+                    newVersion: m[3]
+                });
+            }
+        }
+        return {
+            raw,
+            pkgs
+        };
+    }
+
+    function _summarizeAndNotify() {
+        if (updates === 0) {
+            lastNotifiedUpdates = 0;
+            return;
+        }
+        if (updates <= lastNotifiedUpdates)
+            return;
+        const added = updates - lastNotifiedUpdates;
+        const msg = added === 1 ? qsTr("One new package can be upgraded (") + updates + qsTr(")") : `${added} ${qsTr("new packages can be upgraded (")} ${updates} ${qsTr(")")}`;
+        notify(qsTr("Updates Available"), msg);
+        lastNotifiedUpdates = updates;
+    }
+
+    Timer {
+        id: pollTimer
+        interval: updateService.pollInterval
+        repeat: true
+        onTriggered: {
+            if (!updateService.ready)
+                return;
+            updateService.doPoll();
+        }
+    }
+
+    Timer {
+        id: killTimer
+        interval: updateService.lastWasFull ? updateService.minuteMs : updateService.quickTimeoutMs
+        repeat: false
+        onTriggered: {
+            if (pkgProc.running) {
+                console.error("[UpdateService] Update check killed (timeout)");
+                updateService.notify(qsTr("Update check killed"), qsTr("Process took too long"));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}