Simple Patch Finder

Live demo: https://simplepatchfinder.ceddc.dev/

Single-page patch finder for ArcGIS/Esri patches.

• Fast patch list
• Practical filters
• Shareable filtered URLs
• Custom version ordering
• Direct links to the official Esri patch pages

This project is intentionally buildless (one index.html) and uses CDN-loaded dependencies:

• Calcite Design System (primary UI)
• Tabulator (table/grid UI, sorting, local pagination)

Quick start

1. Download the patches dataset next to the HTML:

./scripts/fetch_patches.sh

That command refreshes patches.json and patches.meta.json. Rebuild the sitemap and RSS feeds with:

python3 scripts/generate_sitemap.py
python3 scripts/generate_rss.py --force

2. Serve locally (required for fetch() to work):

python3 -m http.server 8000

3. Open:

• http://localhost:8000/

How it works

• The UI is a static page (index.html) that loads ./patches.json.
• The site also loads ./patches.meta.json to show when the dataset was last refreshed.
• The dataset is published by Esri at https://downloads.esri.com/patch_notification/patches.json.

Repo layout

• index.html - static shell + metadata
• css/app.css - app styling
• js/app.js - app logic (no build step)
• rss.xml - latest 50 unique patches feed
• rss-enterprise.xml - latest 50 ArcGIS Enterprise server-side component patches

About

The goal is speed: find a patch quickly and jump to the official Esri page for full details and downloads.

• Official website: https://support.esri.com/
• Feedback/issues: https://github.com/ceddc/simple-patch-finder

GitHub Pages

This repo includes a GitHub Actions workflow that refreshes the dataset every 3 hours (UTC) and regenerates:

• patches.json
• patches.meta.json
• sitemap.xml
• rss.xml
• rss-enterprise.xml

To publish the site:

• GitHub repo settings: Pages
• Source: Deploy from a branch
• Branch: main
• Folder: / (root)

The site includes crawl files for search engines:

• robots.txt
• sitemap.xml (single sitemap with homepage, product pages, and patch permalinks)

Repo notes

• patches.json can be refreshed locally with ./scripts/fetch_patches.sh.
• Regenerate sitemap.xml and both RSS feeds after dataset updates with:

python3 scripts/generate_sitemap.py
python3 scripts/generate_rss.py --force

• rss.xml covers all patches; rss-enterprise.xml uses the same ArcGIS Enterprise server-side component aggregate as the UI's ArcGIS Enterprise product selection.
• Existing RSS files are only rewritten automatically when a newly seen patch appears in that feed.