diff --git a/scripts/bin/apt-compare-versions b/scripts/bin/apt-compare-versions
deleted file mode 100755
index b1225448f2..0000000000
--- a/scripts/bin/apt-compare-versions
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# apt-compare-versions: Simple script which takes two arguments and compares
-# their version according to apt rules. This can be used to verify the ordering
-# between two versions.
-#
-# Note that ~ (tilde) construct, which allows for beta and preview releases.
-# A version with ~ is considered earlier than one without, so 1.6~beta1 is
-# considered earlier than 1.6. If both versions contains ~ the version comparison
-# is made first on the part preceding the tilde, then the part coming after,
-# so 1.6~beta1 comes before 1.6~beta2.
-
-import apt_pkg, sys
-apt_pkg.init_system()
-
-if len(sys.argv) != 3:
-	sys.exit('usage: apt-compare-versions <first-version> <second-version>')
-
-version1 = sys.argv[1]
-version2 = sys.argv[2]
-
-comparison_result =  apt_pkg.version_compare(version1, version2)
-if comparison_result > 0:
-	operator = ' > '
-elif comparison_result < 0:
-	operator = ' < '
-elif comparison_result == 0:
-	operator = ' == '
-
-print(version1 + operator + version2)
diff --git a/scripts/bin/apt-compare-versions b/scripts/bin/apt-compare-versions
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..00f20e6cf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bin/apt-compare-versions
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../updates/utils/termux_pkg_is_update_needed.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/bin/update-packages b/scripts/bin/update-packages
index 417498a00d..c059db191f 100755
--- a/scripts/bin/update-packages
+++ b/scripts/bin/update-packages
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e -u
-BASEDIR=$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")
+# shellcheck source-path=/data/data/com.termux/files/home/termux-packages
+set -u
 
-# These variables should be set in environment outside of this script.
+# Following variables should be set in environment outside of this script.
 # Build updated packages.
 : "${BUILD_PACKAGES:=false}"
 # Commit changes to Git.
@@ -10,110 +10,184 @@ BASEDIR=$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")
 # Push changes to remote.
 : "${GIT_PUSH_PACKAGES:=false}"
 
-if [ -z "${GITHUB_API_TOKEN-}" ]; then
-	echo "Error: you need a Github Personal Access Token be set in variable GITHUB_API_TOKEN."
-	exit 1
-fi
+export TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_METHOD=""         # Which method to use for updating? (repology, github or gitlab)
+export TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_TAG_TYPE=""       # Whether to use latest-release-tag or newest-tag.
+export TERMUX_GITLAB_API_HOST="gitlab.com" # Default host for gitlab-ci.
+export TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=false        # Whether to auto-update or not. Disabled by default.
+export TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_VERSION_REGEXP="" # Regexp to extract version.
+export TERMUX_REPOLOGY_DATA_FILE
+TERMUX_REPOLOGY_DATA_FILE="$(mktemp -t termux-repology.XXXXXX)" # File to store repology data.
 
-for pkg_dir in "${BASEDIR}"/../../packages/*; do
-	if [ -f "${pkg_dir}/build.sh" ]; then
-		package=$(basename "$pkg_dir")
-	else
-		# Fail if detected a non-package directory.
-		echo "Error: directory '${pkg_dir}' is not a package."
-		exit 1
-	fi
+export TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR
+TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR="$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")/../..")" # Script directory.
 
-	# Extract the package auto-update configuration.
-	build_vars=$(
-		set +e +u
-		. "${BASEDIR}/../../packages/${package}/build.sh" 2>/dev/null
-		echo "auto_update_flag=${TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE};"
-		echo "termux_version=\"${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}\";"
-		echo "srcurl=\"${TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL}\";"
-		echo "version_regexp=\"${TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE_TAG_REGEXP//\\/\\\\}\";"
-	)
-	auto_update_flag=""; termux_version=""; srcurl=""; version_regexp="";
-	eval "$build_vars"
+# Define few more variables used by scripts.
+# shellcheck source=scripts/properties.sh
+. "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}/scripts/properties.sh"
 
-	# Ignore packages that have auto-update disabled.
-	if [ "${auto_update_flag}" != "true" ]; then
-		continue
-	fi
+# Utility function to write error message to stderr.
+# shellcheck source=scripts/updates/utils/termux_error_exit.sh
+. "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}"/scripts/updates/utils/termux_error_exit.sh
 
-	# Extract github project from TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL
-	project="$(echo "${srcurl}" | grep github.com | cut -d / -f4-5)"
-	if [ -z "${project}" ]; then
-		echo "Error: package '${package}' doesn't use GitHub archive source URL but has been configured for automatic updates."
-		exit 1
-	fi
+# Utility function to write updated version to build.sh.
+# shellcheck source=scripts/updates/utils/termux_pkg_upgrade_version.sh
+. "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}"/scripts/updates/utils/termux_pkg_upgrade_version.sh
 
-	# Our local version of package.
-	termux_epoch="$(echo "$termux_version" | cut -d: -f1)"
-	termux_version=$(echo "$termux_version" | cut -d: -f2-)
-	if [ "$termux_version" == "$termux_epoch" ]; then
-		# No epoch set.
-		termux_epoch=""
-	else
-		termux_epoch+=":"
-	fi
+# Utility function to check if package needs to be updated, based on version comparison.
+# shellcheck source=scripts/updates/utils/termux_pkg_is_update_needed.sh
+. "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}"/scripts/updates/utils/termux_pkg_is_update_needed.sh
 
-	# Get the latest release tag.
-	latest_tag=$(curl --silent --location -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_API_TOKEN}" "https://api.github.com/repos/${project}/releases/latest" | jq -r .tag_name)
+# Wrapper around github api to get latest release or newest tag.
+# shellcheck source=scripts/updates/api/termux_github_api_get_tag.sh
+. "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}"/scripts/updates/api/termux_github_api_get_tag.sh
 
-	# If the github api returns error
-	if [ -z "$latest_tag" ] || [ "${latest_tag}" = "null" ]; then
-		echo "Error: failed to get the latest release tag for '${package}'. GitHub API returned 'null' which indicates that no releases available."
-		exit 1
-	fi
+# Wrapper around gitlab api to get latest release or newest tag.
+# shellcheck source=scripts/updates/api/termux_gitlab_api_get_tag.sh
+. "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}"/scripts/updates/api/termux_gitlab_api_get_tag.sh
 
-	# Remove leading 'v' which is common in version tag.
-	latest_version=${latest_tag#v}
+# Function to get latest version of a package as per repology.
+# shellcheck source=scripts/updates/api/termux_repology_api_get_latest_version.sh
+. "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}"/scripts/updates/api/termux_repology_api_get_latest_version.sh
 
-	# If needed, filter version numbers from tag by using regexp.
-	if [ -n "$version_regexp" ]; then
-		latest_version=$(grep -oP "$version_regexp" <<< "$latest_version" || true)
-	fi
-	if [ -z "$latest_version" ]; then
-		echo "Error: failed to get latest version for '${package}'. Check whether the TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE_TAG_REGEXP='${version_regexp}' is work right with latest_release='${latest_tag}'."
-		exit 1
-	fi
+# Default auto update script for packages hosted on github.com. Should not be overrided by build.sh.
+# To use custom algorithm, one should override termux_pkg_auto_update().
+# shellcheck source=scripts/updates/internal/termux_github_auto_update.sh
+. "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}"/scripts/updates/internal/termux_github_auto_update.sh
 
-	# Translate "_" into ".": some packages use underscores to seperate
-	# version numbers, but we require them to be separated by dots.
-	latest_version=${latest_version//_/.}
+# Default auto update script for packages hosted on hosts using gitlab-ci. Should not be overrided by build.sh.
+# To use custom algorithm, one should override termux_pkg_auto_update().
+# shellcheck source=scripts/updates/internal/termux_gitlab_auto_update.sh
+. "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}"/scripts/updates/internal/termux_gitlab_auto_update.sh
 
-	# We have no better choice for comparing versions.
-	if [ "$(echo -e "${termux_version}\n${latest_version}" | sort -V | head -n 1)" != "$latest_version" ] ;then
-		if [ "$BUILD_PACKAGES" = "false" ]; then
-			echo "Package '${package}' needs update to '${latest_version}'."
-		else
-			echo "Updating '${package}' to '${latest_version}'."
-			sed -i "s/^\(TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=\)\(.*\)\$/\1${termux_epoch}${latest_version}/g" "${BASEDIR}/../../packages/${package}/build.sh"
-			sed -i "/TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=/d" "${BASEDIR}/../../packages/${package}/build.sh"
-			echo n | "${BASEDIR}/../bin/update-checksum" "$package" || {
-				echo "Warning: failed to update checksum for '${package}', skipping..."
-				git checkout -- "${BASEDIR}/../../packages/${package}"
-				git pull --rebase
-				continue
-			}
+# Default auto update script for rest packages. Should not be overrided by build.sh.
+# To use custom algorithm, one should override termux_pkg_auto_update().
+# shellcheck source=scripts/updates/internal/termux_repology_auto_update.sh
+. "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}"/scripts/updates/internal/termux_repology_auto_update.sh
 
-			echo "Trying to build package '${package}'."
-			if "${BASEDIR}/../run-docker.sh" ./build-package.sh -a aarch64 -I "$package" && \
-				"${BASEDIR}/../run-docker.sh" ./build-package.sh -a arm -I "$package"; then
-				if [ "$GIT_COMMIT_PACKAGES" = "true" ]; then
-					git add "${BASEDIR}/../../packages/${package}"
-					git commit -m "$(echo -e "${package}: update to ${latest_version}\n\nThis commit has been automatically submitted by Github Actions.")"
-				fi
+# Main script to:
+# - by default, decide which update method to use,
+# - but can be overrided by build.sh to use custom update method.
+# - For example: see neovim-nightly's build.sh.
+# shellcheck source=scripts/updates/termux_pkg_auto_update.sh
+. "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}"/scripts/updates/termux_pkg_auto_update.sh
 
-				if [ "$GIT_PUSH_PACKAGES" = "true" ]; then
-					git pull --rebase
-					git push
-				fi
-			else
-				echo "Warning: failed to build '${package}'."
-				git checkout -- "${BASEDIR}/../../packages/${package}"
-			fi
+_update() {
+	export TERMUX_PKG_NAME
+	TERMUX_PKG_NAME="$(basename "$1")"
+	# Avoid:
+	# - ending on errors such as $(which prog), where prog is not installed.
+	# - error on unbound variable.
+	#
+	# Variables used by auto update script should be covered by above variables and properties.sh.
+	set +e +u
+	# shellcheck source=/dev/null
+	. "${pkg_dir}"/build.sh 2>/dev/null
+	set -e -u
+
+	IFS="," read -r -a BLACKLISTED_ARCH <<<"${TERMUX_PKG_BLACKLISTED_ARCHES:-}"
+	export TERMUX_ARCH="" # Arch to test updates.
+	for arch in aarch64 arm i686 x86_64; do
+		# shellcheck disable=SC2076
+		if [[ ! " ${BLACKLISTED_ARCH[*]} " =~ " ${arch} " ]]; then
+			TERMUX_ARCH="${arch}"
+			break
 		fi
+	done
+
+	echo # Newline.
+	echo "INFO: Updating ${TERMUX_PKG_NAME}..."
+	# Only update if auto update is enabled.
+	if [[ "${TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE}" == "true" ]]; then
+		echo "INFO: Current version: ${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}"
+		termux_pkg_auto_update
+		echo # Newline.
+	else
+		echo "INFO: Skipping update. Auto update is disabled."
 	fi
-done
+}
+
+_test_pkg_build_file() {
+	local pkg_dir="$1"
+	if [[ ! -f "${pkg_dir}/build.sh" ]]; then
+		# Fail if detected a non-package directory.
+		termux_error_exit "ERROR: directory '${pkg_dir}' is not a package."
+	fi
+}
+
+declare -a _FAILED_UPDATES=()
+
+_run_update() {
+	local pkg_dir="$1"
+	_test_pkg_build_file "${pkg_dir}"
+	# Run each package update in separate process since we include their environment variables.
+	(
+		set -euo pipefail
+		_update "${pkg_dir}"
+	)
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2181
+	if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+		_FAILED_UPDATES+=("$(basename "${pkg_dir}")")
+	fi
+}
+
+_get_unique_packages() {
+	local -a unique_packages=()
+
+	while read -r pkg; do
+		unique_packages+=("${pkg}")
+	done < <(curl --silent --location --retry 5 --retry-delay 5 --retry-max-time 60 \
+		"https://repology.org/api/v1/projects/?inrepo=termux&&repos=1" |
+		jq -r keys)
+
+	echo "${unique_packages[@]}"
+}
+
+declare -a _UNIQUE_PACKAGES
+read -r -a _UNIQUE_PACKAGES <<<"$(_get_unique_packages)"
+
+_unique_to_termux() {
+	local pkg_dir="$1"
+	# shellcheck disable=2076 # We want literal match not regex.
+	if [[ "${_UNIQUE_PACKAGES[*]}" =~ "$(basename "${pkg_dir}")" ]]; then
+		return 0
+	else
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
+
+main() {
+	echo "INFO: Running update for: $*"
+
+	if [[ "$1" == "@all" ]]; then
+		for pkg_dir in "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}"/packages/*; do
+			# Skip update if package is unique to Termux.
+			if _unique_to_termux "${pkg_dir}"; then
+				echo # Newline.
+				echo "INFO: Skipping update for unique to Termux package: $(basename "${pkg_dir}")"
+				continue
+			fi
+			_run_update "${pkg_dir}"
+		done
+	else
+		for pkg in "$@"; do
+			# Skip update if package is unique to Termux.
+			if _unique_to_termux "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}"/packages/"${pkg}"; then
+				echo # Newline.
+				echo "INFO: Skipping update for unique to Termux package: ${pkg}"
+				continue
+			fi
+			_run_update "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}/packages/${pkg}"
+		done
+	fi
+
+	if ((${#_FAILED_UPDATES[@]} > 0)); then
+		echo # Newline.
+		echo "===========================Failed updates==========================="
+		for failed_update in "${_FAILED_UPDATES[@]}"; do
+			echo "==> ${failed_update}"
+		done
+		exit 1 # Exit with error code, so that we know that some/all updates failed.
+	fi
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/updates/api/dump-repology-data b/scripts/updates/api/dump-repology-data
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..bd17957604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/updates/api/dump-repology-data
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# The MIT License (MIT)
+
+# Copyright (c) 2022 Aditya Alok (aka. @MrAdityaAlok) <dev.aditya.alok+legal@gmail.com>
+
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+
+
+from requests import get as requests_get
+
+
+def get_repology_data(last_project):
+    repology_data = requests_get(
+        f"https://repology.org/api/v1/projects/{last_project}?inrepo=termux&outdated=True&families_newest=2-"
+    ).json()  # NOTE: We are using 2- so that api will return a package as outdated if it is so in 2 or more
+    # repo family. This helps us avoid false positives.
+
+    return repology_data
+
+
+def get_outdated_packages():
+    termux_outdated_packages = {}
+    last_project = ""
+
+    while True:
+        repology_data = get_repology_data(last_project)
+        last_project = sorted(repology_data.keys())[
+            -1
+        ]  # This used to query repology for next set of packages.
+        # Quoting repology documentation: "You may iterate through
+        # all projects by using the last project name in the next request"
+        # For more info, visit https://repology.org/api
+        # NOTE: next response to request will include the last_project given.
+        if len(repology_data) <= 1:
+            # Break the loop now. Since api returned only one package, it
+            # must be the last_project, which was already included in previous iteration.
+            break
+
+        for package_name, package_data in repology_data.items():
+            if package_name in termux_outdated_packages:
+                # Skip if package is already in the dict.
+                continue
+            newest_stable = None
+            newest_devel = None
+            for repo_data in package_data:
+                if repo_data.get("status", "") == "newest":
+                    newest_stable = repo_data["version"]
+                    # If we found stable version, break the loop.
+                    break
+                elif repo_data.get("status", "") == "devel":
+                    # Do not break the loop if we found devel version as there may be stable version later.
+                    newest_devel = repo_data["version"]
+
+            if newest_stable:
+                termux_outdated_packages[package_name] = newest_stable
+            elif newest_devel:
+                termux_outdated_packages[package_name] = newest_devel
+            else:
+                # If we don't find any version, skip the package.
+                continue
+
+    return termux_outdated_packages
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import json
+    import sys
+
+    try:
+        output_file = sys.argv[1]
+    except IndexError:
+        sys.exit("Please provide an output file")
+
+    with open(output_file, "w") as f:
+        json.dump(get_outdated_packages(), f)
diff --git a/scripts/updates/api/termux_github_api_get_tag.sh b/scripts/updates/api/termux_github_api_get_tag.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c4dc4c0c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/updates/api/termux_github_api_get_tag.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+termux_github_api_get_tag() {
+	if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+		termux_error_exit <<-EndOfUsage
+			Usage: ${FUNCNAME[0]} PKG_SRCURL [TAG_TYPE]
+			Returns the latest tag of the given package.
+		EndOfUsage
+	fi
+
+	if [[ -z "${GITHUB_TOKEN:-}" ]]; then
+		# Needed to use graphql API.
+		termux_error_exit "ERROR: GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable not set."
+	fi
+
+	local PKG_SRCURL="$1"
+	local TAG_TYPE="${2:-}"
+
+	local project
+	project="$(echo "${PKG_SRCURL}" | cut -d'/' -f4-5)"
+	project="${project%.git}"
+
+	if [[ -z "${TAG_TYPE}" ]]; then # If not set, then decide on the basis of url.
+		if [[ "${PKG_SRCURL: -4}" == ".git" ]]; then
+			# Get newest tag.
+			TAG_TYPE="newest-tag"
+		else
+			# Get the latest release tag.
+			TAG_TYPE="latest-release-tag"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	local jq_filter
+	local api_url="https://api.github.com"
+	local -a extra_curl_opts
+
+	if [[ "${TAG_TYPE}" == "newest-tag" ]]; then
+		api_url="${api_url}/graphql"
+		jq_filter='.data.repository.refs.edges[0].node.name'
+		extra_curl_opts=(
+			"-X POST"
+			"-d $(
+				cat <<-EOF | tr '\n' ' '
+					{
+						"query": "query {
+							repository(owner: \"${project%/*}\", name: \"${project##*/}\") {
+								refs(refPrefix: \"refs/tags/\", first: 1, orderBy: {
+									field: TAG_COMMIT_DATE, direction: DESC
+								})
+								{
+									edges {
+										node {
+											name
+										}
+									}
+								}
+							}
+						}"
+					}
+				EOF
+			)"
+		)
+
+	elif [[ "${TAG_TYPE}" == "latest-release-tag" ]]; then
+		api_url="${api_url}/repos/${project}/releases/latest"
+		jq_filter=".tag_name"
+	else
+		termux_error_exit <<-EndOfError
+			ERROR: Invalid TAG_TYPE: '${TAG_TYPE}'.
+			Allowed values: 'newest-tag', 'latest-release-tag'.
+		EndOfError
+	fi
+
+	local response
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # we need expansion of ${extra_curl_opts[0]}
+	response="$(
+		curl --silent --location --retry 10 --retry-delay 1 \
+			-H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
+			-H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
+			--write-out '|%{http_code}' \
+			${extra_curl_opts[0]:-} \
+			"${extra_curl_opts[1]:-}" \
+			"${api_url}"
+	)"
+
+	local http_code
+	http_code="${response##*|}"
+	# Why printf "%s\n"? Because echo interpolates control characters, which jq does not like.
+	response="$(printf "%s\n" "${response%|*}")"
+
+	local tag_name
+	if [[ "${http_code}" == "200" ]]; then
+		if jq --exit-status --raw-output "${jq_filter}" <<<"${response}" >/dev/null; then
+			tag_name="$(jq --exit-status --raw-output "${jq_filter}" <<<"${response}")"
+		else
+			termux_error_exit "ERROR: Failed to parse tag name from: '${response}'"
+		fi
+	elif [[ "${http_code}" == "404" ]]; then
+		if jq --exit-status "has(\"message\") and .message == \"Not Found\"" <<<"${response}"; then
+			termux_error_exit <<-EndOfError
+				ERROR: No '${TAG_TYPE}' found (${api_url}).
+					Try using '$(
+					if [ ${TAG_TYPE} = "newest-tag" ]; then
+						echo "latest-release-tag"
+					else
+						echo "newest-tag"
+					fi
+				)'.
+			EndOfError
+		else
+			termux_error_exit <<-EndOfError
+				ERROR: Failed to get '${TAG_TYPE}'(${api_url})'.
+				Response:
+				${response}
+			EndOfError
+		fi
+	else
+		termux_error_exit <<-EndOfError
+			ERROR: Failed to get '${TAG_TYPE}'(${api_url})'.
+			HTTP code: ${http_code}
+			Response:
+			${response}
+		EndOfError
+	fi
+
+	# If program control reached here and still no tag_name, then something went wrong.
+	if [[ -z "${tag_name:-}" ]] || [[ "${tag_name}" == "null" ]]; then
+		termux_error_exit <<-EndOfError
+			ERROR: JQ could not find '${TAG_TYPE}'(${api_url})'.
+			Response:
+			${response}
+			Please report this as bug.
+		EndOfError
+	fi
+
+	echo "${tag_name#v}" # Remove leading 'v' which is common in version tag.
+}
diff --git a/scripts/updates/api/termux_gitlab_api_get_tag.sh b/scripts/updates/api/termux_gitlab_api_get_tag.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a4b5c24b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/updates/api/termux_gitlab_api_get_tag.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+termux_gitlab_api_get_tag() {
+	if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+		termux_error_exit <<-EndOfUsage
+			Usage: ${FUNCNAME[0]} PKG_SRCURL [TAG_TYPE] [API_HOST]
+			Returns the latest tag of the given package.
+		EndOfUsage
+
+	fi
+	local PKG_SRCURL="$1"
+	local TAG_TYPE="${2:-}"
+	local API_HOST="${3:-gitlab.com}"
+
+	local project
+	project="$(echo "${PKG_SRCURL}" | cut -d'/' -f4-5)"
+	project="${project%.git}"
+
+	if [[ -z "${TAG_TYPE}" ]]; then # If not set, then decide on the basis of url.
+		if [[ "${PKG_SRCURL: -4}" == ".git" ]]; then
+			# Get newest tag.
+			TAG_TYPE="newest-tag"
+		else
+			# Get the latest release tag.
+			TAG_TYPE="latest-release-tag"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	local jq_filter
+	local api_path
+
+	case "${TAG_TYPE}" in
+	latest-release-tag)
+		api_path="/releases"
+		jq_filter=".[0].tag_name"
+		;;
+	newest-tag)
+		api_path="/repository/tags"
+		jq_filter=".[0].name"
+		;;
+	*)
+		termux_error_exit <<-EndOfError
+			ERROR: Invalid TAG_TYPE: '${TAG_TYPE}'.
+			Allowed values: 'newest-tag', 'latest-release-tag'.
+		EndOfError
+		;;
+	esac
+
+	# Replace slash '/' with '%2F' in project name. It is required for Gitlab API.
+	local api_url="https://${API_HOST}/api/v4/projects/${project//\//%2F}${api_path}"
+	# Api can be accessed without authentication if the repository is publicly accessible.
+	# Default rate limit for gitlab.com is 300 requests per minute for unauthenticated users
+	# and non-protected paths which should be enough for most use cases.
+	# see: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/gitlab_com/index.html#gitlabcom-specific-rate-limits
+	local response
+	response="$(
+		curl --silent --location --retry 10 --retry-delay 1 \
+			--write-out '|%{http_code}' \
+			"${api_url}"
+	)"
+
+	local http_code
+	http_code="${response##*|}"
+	# Why printf "%s\n"? Because echo interpolates control characters, which jq does not like.
+	response="$(printf "%s\n" "${response%|*}")"
+
+	local tag_name
+	if [[ "${http_code}" == "200" ]]; then
+		if jq --exit-status --raw-output "${jq_filter}" <<<"${response}" >/dev/null; then
+			tag_name="$(jq --exit-status --raw-output "${jq_filter}" <<<"${response}")"
+		else
+			termux_error_exit "ERROR: Failed to parse tag name from: '${response}'"
+		fi
+	elif [[ "${http_code}" == "404" ]]; then
+		if jq --exit-status "has(\"message\") and .message == \"Not Found\"" <<<"${response}"; then
+			termux_error_exit <<-EndOfError
+				ERROR: No '${TAG_TYPE}' found. (${api_url})
+				Try using '$(
+					if [ ${TAG_TYPE} = "newest-tag" ]; then
+						echo "latest-release-tag"
+					else
+						echo "newest-tag"
+					fi
+				)'.
+			EndOfError
+		else
+			termux_error_exit <<-EndOfError
+				ERROR: Failed to get '${TAG_TYPE}' (${api_url}).
+				Response:
+				${response}
+			EndOfError
+		fi
+	else
+		termux_error_exit <<-EndOfError
+			ERROR: Failed to get '${TAG_TYPE}' (${api_url}).
+			HTTP code: ${http_code}
+			Response:
+			${response}
+		EndOfError
+	fi
+
+	# If program control reached here and still no tag_name, then something is not right.
+	if [[ -z "${tag_name:-}" ]] || [[ "${tag_name}" == "null" ]]; then
+		termux_error_exit <<-EndOfError
+			ERROR: JQ could not find '${TAG_TYPE}' (${api_url}).
+			Response:
+			${response}
+			Please report this as bug.
+		EndOfError
+	fi
+
+	echo "${tag_name#v}" # Strip leading 'v'.
+}
diff --git a/scripts/updates/api/termux_repology_api_get_latest_version.sh b/scripts/updates/api/termux_repology_api_get_latest_version.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46ac698fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/updates/api/termux_repology_api_get_latest_version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+termux_repology_api_get_latest_version() {
+	if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+		termux_error_exit "Usage: ${FUNCNAME[0]} PKG_NAME"
+	fi
+
+	if [[ ! -s "${TERMUX_REPOLOGY_DATA_FILE}" ]]; then
+		pip3 install bs4 requests >/dev/null # Install python dependencies.
+		python3 "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}"/scripts/updates/api/dump-repology-data \
+			"${TERMUX_REPOLOGY_DATA_FILE}" >/dev/null
+	fi
+
+	local PKG_NAME="$1"
+	local version
+	# Why `--arg`? See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/54674832/15086226
+	version="$(jq -r --arg packageName "$PKG_NAME" '.[$packageName]' <"${TERMUX_REPOLOGY_DATA_FILE}")"
+	echo "${version#v}"
+}
diff --git a/scripts/updates/internal/termux_github_auto_update.sh b/scripts/updates/internal/termux_github_auto_update.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ff1dd3952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/updates/internal/termux_github_auto_update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+# Default algorithm to use for packages hosted on github.com
+termux_github_auto_update() {
+	local pkg_version
+	pkg_version="$(echo "${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}" | cut -d: -f2-)"
+	local pkg_epoch
+	pkg_epoch="$(echo "${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}" | cut -d: -f1)"
+
+	if [[ "${pkg_version}" == "${pkg_epoch}" ]]; then
+		# No epoch set.
+		pkg_epoch=""
+	else
+		pkg_epoch+=":"
+	fi
+
+	local latest_tag
+	latest_tag="$(
+		termux_github_api_get_tag "${TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL}" "${TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_TAG_TYPE}"
+	)"
+
+	if [[ -z "${latest_tag}" ]]; then
+		termux_error_exit "ERROR: Unable to get tag from ${TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL}"
+	fi
+	termux_pkg_upgrade_version "${pkg_epoch}${latest_tag}"
+}
diff --git a/scripts/updates/internal/termux_gitlab_auto_update.sh b/scripts/updates/internal/termux_gitlab_auto_update.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..535ad80bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/updates/internal/termux_gitlab_auto_update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+# Default algorithm to use for packages hosted on hosts using gitlab-ci.
+termux_gitlab_auto_update() {
+	# Our local version of package.
+	local pkg_version
+	pkg_version="$(echo "${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}" | cut -d: -f2-)"
+	local pkg_epoch
+	pkg_epoch="$(echo "${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}" | cut -d: -f1)"
+
+	if [[ "${pkg_version}" == "${pkg_epoch}" ]]; then
+		# No epoch set.
+		pkg_epoch=""
+	else
+		pkg_epoch+=":"
+	fi
+
+	local latest_tag
+	latest_tag="$(
+		termux_gitlab_api_get_tag \
+			"${TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL}" "${TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_TAG_TYPE}" "${TERMUX_GITLAB_API_HOST}"
+	)"
+	# No need to check for return code `2`, since gitlab api does not implement cache control.
+
+	if [[ -z "${latest_tag}" ]]; then
+		termux_error_exit "ERROR: Unable to get tag from ${TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL}"
+	fi
+	termux_pkg_upgrade_version "${pkg_epoch}${latest_tag}"
+}
diff --git a/scripts/updates/internal/termux_repology_auto_update.sh b/scripts/updates/internal/termux_repology_auto_update.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef927fc864
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/updates/internal/termux_repology_auto_update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+termux_repology_auto_update() {
+	# Our local version of package.
+	local pkg_version
+	pkg_version="$(echo "${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}" | cut -d: -f2-)"
+	local pkg_epoch
+	pkg_epoch="$(echo "${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}" | cut -d: -f1)"
+
+	if [[ "${pkg_version}" == "${pkg_epoch}" ]]; then
+		# No epoch set.
+		pkg_epoch=""
+	else
+		pkg_epoch+=":"
+	fi
+
+	local latest_version
+	latest_version="$(termux_repology_api_get_latest_version "${TERMUX_PKG_NAME}")"
+
+	# Repology api returns null if package is not tracked by repology or is already upto date.
+	if [[ "${latest_version}" == "null" ]]; then
+		echo "INFO: Already up to date." # Since we exclude unique to termux packages, this package
+		# should be tracked by repology and be already up to date.
+		return 0
+	fi
+	termux_pkg_upgrade_version "${pkg_epoch}${latest_version}"
+}
diff --git a/scripts/updates/termux_pkg_auto_update.sh b/scripts/updates/termux_pkg_auto_update.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..835da85871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/updates/termux_pkg_auto_update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+termux_pkg_auto_update() {
+	local project_host
+	project_host="$(echo "${TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL}" | cut -d"/" -f3)"
+
+	if [[ -z "${TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_METHOD}" ]]; then
+		if [[ "${project_host}" == "github.com" ]]; then
+			TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_METHOD="github"
+		elif [[ "${project_host}" == "gitlab.com" ]]; then
+			TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_METHOD="gitlab"
+		else
+			TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_METHOD="repology"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	local _err_msg="ERROR: source url's hostname is not ${TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_METHOD}.com, but has been
+configured to use ${TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_METHOD}'s method."
+
+	case "${TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_METHOD}" in
+	github)
+		if [[ "${project_host}" != "${TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_METHOD}.com" ]]; then
+			termux_error_exit "${_err_msg}"
+		else
+			termux_github_auto_update
+		fi
+		;;
+	gitlab)
+		if [[ "${project_host}" != "${TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_METHOD}.com" ]]; then
+			termux_error_exit "${_err_msg}"
+		else
+			termux_gitlab_auto_update
+		fi
+		;;
+	repology)
+		termux_repology_auto_update
+		;;
+	*)
+		termux_error_exit <<-EndOfError
+			ERROR: wrong value '${TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_METHOD}' for TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_METHOD.
+			Can be 'github', 'gitlab' or 'repology'
+		EndOfError
+		;;
+	esac
+}
diff --git a/scripts/updates/utils/termux_error_exit.sh b/scripts/updates/utils/termux_error_exit.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28425b6cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/updates/utils/termux_error_exit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+termux_error_exit() {
+	if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
+		# Read from stdin.
+		printf '%s\n' "$(cat)" >&2
+	else
+		printf '%s\n' "$*" >&2
+	fi
+	exit 1
+}
diff --git a/scripts/updates/utils/termux_pkg_is_update_needed.sh b/scripts/updates/utils/termux_pkg_is_update_needed.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..250725e523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/updates/utils/termux_pkg_is_update_needed.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# NOTE: This function returns true even when CURRENT_VERSION = "1.0" and LATEST_VERSION = "1.0-1".
+# This is logically correct, but repology sometimes returns "1.0-1" as the latest version even
+# if "1.0" is latest. This happens when any of the repositories tracked by repology has specified
+# "1.0-1" as the latest.
+#
+# For example:
+# latest lua:lpeg version (as of 2021-11-20T12:21:31) is "1.0.2" but MacPorts specifies as "1.0.2-1".
+# Hence repology returns "1.0.2-1" as the latest.
+#
+# But hopefully, all this can be avoided if TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE_TAG_REGEXP is set.
+#
+termux_pkg_is_update_needed() {
+	# USAGE: termux_pkg_is_update_needed <current-version> <latest-version> [regexp]
+
+	if [[ -z "$1" ]] || [[ -z "$2" ]]; then
+		termux_error_exit "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}: at least 2 arguments expected"
+	fi
+
+	local CURRENT_VERSION="$1"
+	local LATEST_VERSION="$2"
+	local VERSION_REGEX="${3:-}"
+
+	# If needed, filter version numbers from tag by using regexp.
+	if [[ -n "${VERSION_REGEX}" ]]; then
+		LATEST_VERSION="$(grep -oP "${VERSION_REGEX}" <<<"${LATEST_VERSION}" || true)"
+
+		if [[ -z "${LATEST_VERSION}" ]]; then
+			termux_error_exit <<-EndOfError
+				ERROR: failed to compare versions. Ensure whether the version regex '${VERSION_REGEX}'
+				works correctly with given versions.
+			EndOfError
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# Translate "_" into ".": some packages use underscores to seperate
+	# version numbers, but we require them to be separated by dots.
+	LATEST_VERSION="${LATEST_VERSION//_/.}"
+
+	# Compare versions.
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2091
+	if $(
+		cat <<-EOF | python3 -
+			import sys
+
+			from pkg_resources import parse_version
+
+			if parse_version("${CURRENT_VERSION}") < parse_version("${LATEST_VERSION}"):
+			    sys.exit(0)
+			else:
+			    sys.exit(1)
+		EOF
+	); then
+		return 0 # true. Update needed.
+	fi
+	return 1 # false. Update not needed.
+}
+
+show_help() {
+	echo "Usage: ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} [--help] <first-version> <second-version>] [version-regex]"
+	echo "--help - show this help message and exit"
+	echo "  <first-version> - first version to compare"
+	echo "  <second-version> - second version to compare"
+	echo "  [version-regex] - optional regular expression to filter version numbers"
+	exit 0
+}
+
+# Make script sourceable as well as executable.
+if [[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" == "${0}" ]]; then
+	declare -f termux_error_exit >/dev/null ||
+		. "$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")/termux_error_exit.sh" # realpath is used to resolve symlinks.
+
+	if [[ "${1}" == "--help" ]]; then
+		show_help
+	fi
+
+	# Print in human readable format.
+	first_version="$1"
+	second_version="$2"
+	version_regexp="${3:-}"
+	if termux_pkg_is_update_needed "${first_version}" "${second_version}" "${version_regexp}"; then
+		echo "${first_version} < ${second_version}"
+	else
+		echo "${first_version} >= ${second_version}"
+	fi
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/updates/utils/termux_pkg_upgrade_version.sh b/scripts/updates/utils/termux_pkg_upgrade_version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..fc41556134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/updates/utils/termux_pkg_upgrade_version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+termux_pkg_upgrade_version() {
+	if [[ "$#" -lt 1 ]]; then
+		# Show usage.
+		termux_error_exit <<-EndUsage
+			Usage: ${FUNCNAME[0]} LATEST_VERSION [--skip-version-check]
+			Version should be passed with epoch, if any.
+		EndUsage
+	fi
+
+	local LATEST_VERSION="$1"
+	local SKIP_VERSION_CHECK="${2:-}"
+	local PKG_DIR
+	PKG_DIR="${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}/packages/${TERMUX_PKG_NAME}"
+
+	if [[ "${SKIP_VERSION_CHECK}" != "--skip-version-check" ]]; then
+		if ! termux_pkg_is_update_needed \
+			"${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}" "${LATEST_VERSION}" "${TERMUX_PKG_UPDATE_VERSION_REGEXP}"; then
+			echo "INFO: No update needed. Already at version '${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}'."
+			return 0
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	if [[ "${BUILD_PACKAGES}" == "false" ]]; then
+		echo "INFO: package needs to be updated to $(echo "${LATEST_VERSION}" | cut -d':' -f2)."
+	else
+		echo "INFO: package being updated to $(echo "${LATEST_VERSION}" | cut -d':' -f2)."
+
+		sed -i \
+			"s/^\(TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=\)\(.*\)\$/\1\"${LATEST_VERSION}\"/g" \
+			"${PKG_DIR}/build.sh"
+		sed -i \
+			"/TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=/d" \
+			"${PKG_DIR}/build.sh"
+
+		# Update checksum
+		if [[ "${TERMUX_PKG_SHA256[*]}" != "SKIP_CHECKSUM" ]] && [[ "${TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL: -4}" != ".git" ]]; then
+			echo n | "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}/scripts/bin/update-checksum" "${TERMUX_PKG_NAME}" || {
+				git checkout -- "${PKG_DIR}"
+				git pull --rebase
+				termux_error_exit "ERROR: failed to update checksum."
+			}
+		fi
+
+		echo "INFO: Trying to build package."
+		if "${TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR}/scripts/run-docker.sh" ./build-package.sh -a "${TERMUX_ARCH}" -I "${TERMUX_PKG_NAME}"; then
+			if [[ "${GIT_COMMIT_PACKAGES}" == "true" ]]; then
+				echo "INFO: Committing package."
+				stderr="$(
+					git add "${PKG_DIR}" 2>&1 >/dev/null
+					git commit -m "${TERMUX_PKG_NAME}: update to $(echo "${LATEST_VERSION}" | cut -d':' -f2)" \
+						-m "This commit has been automatically submitted by Github Actions." 2>&1 >/dev/null
+				)" || {
+					termux_error_exit <<-EndOfError
+						ERROR: git commit failed. See below for details.
+						${stderr}
+					EndOfError
+				}
+			fi
+
+			if [[ "${GIT_PUSH_PACKAGES}" == "true" ]]; then
+				echo "INFO: Pushing package."
+				stderr="$(
+					git pull --rebase 2>&1 >/dev/null
+					git push 2>&1 >/dev/null
+				)" || {
+					termux_error_exit <<-EndOfError
+						ERROR: git push failed. See below for details.
+						${stderr}
+					EndOfError
+				}
+			fi
+		else
+			git checkout -- "${PKG_DIR}"
+			termux_error_exit "ERROR: failed to build."
+		fi
+
+	fi
+}