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+///usr/bin/env jbang "$0" "$@" ; exit $?
+//JAVA 17+
+
+//DEPS org.kohsuke:github-api:1.323
+//DEPS info.picocli:picocli:4.7.6
+
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.kohsuke.github.GHFileNotFoundException;
+import org.kohsuke.github.GHOrganization;
+import org.kohsuke.github.GHRef;
+import org.kohsuke.github.GHRepository;
+import org.kohsuke.github.GitHub;
+import org.kohsuke.github.GitHubBuilder;
+
+import picocli.CommandLine;
+import picocli.CommandLine.Command;
+import picocli.CommandLine.Parameters;
+
+@Command(name = "releasecheck", mixinStandardHelpOptions = true, version = "releasecheck 1.0",
+        description = "Checks the release status of various repositories.")
+public class releasecheck implements Runnable {
+
+    @Parameters(index = "0", description = "The version to check, i.e. '0.117.0'.")
+    private String version;
+
+    private GitHub github;
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        int exitCode = new CommandLine(new releasecheck()).execute(args);
+        System.exit(exitCode);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        try {
+            github = new GitHubBuilder().build();
+            System.out.print("jbangdev/jbang-action...");
+            if(checkJbangActionRelease(version)) {
+                System.out.printf("%s available\n".formatted(version));
+            } else {
+                System.out.printf("is missing. Check https://github.com/jbangdev/jbang-action/releases\n".formatted(version));
+            }
+            System.out.print("jbangdev/scoop-bucket...");
+            if(checkScoopBucketTag(version)) {
+                System.out.printf("%s tag available\n".formatted(version));
+            } else {
+                System.out.printf("%s tag missing\n".formatted(version));
+            }
+            System.out.print("Chocolatey...");
+            if(checkChocolateyPackage(version)) {
+                System.out.printf("%s package available\n".formatted(version));
+            } else {
+                System.out.printf("%s package missing\n".formatted(version));
+            }
+            System.out.print("SDKMan...");
+            if(checkSDKMan(version)) {
+                System.out.printf("%s release available\n".formatted(version));
+            } else {
+                System.out.printf("%s release missing\n".formatted(version));
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean checkJbangActionRelease(String version) throws IOException {
+        String tag = "v" + version;
+        GHOrganization organization = github.getOrganization("jbangdev");
+        GHRepository repository = organization.getRepository("jbang-action");
+        var actionRelease = repository.getReleaseByTagName(tag);
+
+        return actionRelease != null;
+    }
+
+    private boolean checkScoopBucketTag(String version) throws IOException {
+        String tag = "v" + version;
+        GHOrganization organization = github.getOrganization("jbangdev");
+        GHRepository scoopBucketRepository = organization.getRepository("scoop-bucket");
+        GHRef scoopBucketTag = null;
+
+        try {
+            scoopBucketTag = scoopBucketRepository.getRef("tags/" + tag);
+        } catch (GHFileNotFoundException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return scoopBucketTag != null;
+    }
+
+    private boolean checkChocolateyPackage(String version) {
+        try {
+            java.net.HttpURLConnection connection = (java.net.HttpURLConnection) new java.net.URL("https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/jbang/" + version).openConnection();
+            connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
+            int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
+            if (responseCode == 404) {
+                return false;
+            } else {
+                return true;
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            System.err.println("Error checking Chocolatey: " + e.getMessage());
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean checkSDKMan(String version) {
+        try {
+            java.net.HttpURLConnection connection = (java.net.HttpURLConnection) new java.net.URL("https://api.sdkman.io/2/candidates/jbang/64/versions/list?current=" + version).openConnection();
+            connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
+            int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
+            if (responseCode == 404) {
+                return false;
+            } else {
+                String content = new String(connection.getInputStream().readAllBytes());
+                return content.matches("(?s).*>\\s+" + version + ".*");
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            System.err.println("Error checking SDKMan: " + e.getMessage());
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}