diff --git a/src/modules/functions.updaters/default.nix b/src/modules/functions.updaters/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0a7730f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/functions.updaters/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./implementation.nix
+    ./interface.nix
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/src/updaters/default.nix b/src/modules/functions.updaters/implementation.nix
similarity index 68%
rename from src/updaters/default.nix
rename to src/modules/functions.updaters/implementation.nix
index 2323bfba..3a8fc8e9 100644
--- a/src/updaters/default.nix
+++ b/src/modules/functions.updaters/implementation.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,8 @@
-{
-  curl,
-  gnugrep,
-  jq,
-  lib,
-  python3,
-  writeText,
-  # dream2nix inputs
-  callPackageDream,
-  framework,
-  ...
-}: let
-  inherit (framework) utils fetchers;
+{config, ...}: let
+  inherit (config) utils fetchers updaters;
 
   lockUtils = utils.dream-lock;
 
-  updaters = callPackageDream ./updaters.nix {};
-
   getUpdaterName = {dreamLock}: let
     lock = (utils.dream-lock.readDreamLock {inherit dreamLock;}).lock;
     source = lockUtils.getMainPackageSource lock;
@@ -34,5 +21,7 @@
   in
     updater' source;
 in {
-  inherit getUpdaterName makeUpdateScript updaters;
+  config.functions.updaters = {
+    inherit getUpdaterName makeUpdateScript;
+  };
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/functions.updaters/interface.nix b/src/modules/functions.updaters/interface.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9d903eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/functions.updaters/interface.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{config, ...}: let
+  inherit (config.dlib) mkFunction;
+  l = config.lib // builtins;
+  t = l.types;
+in {
+  options.functions.updaters = {
+    getUpdaterName = mkFunction {
+      type = t.either t.str t.null;
+    };
+    makeUpdateScript = mkFunction {
+      type = t.path;
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/top-level.nix b/src/modules/top-level.nix
index de6e8dce..5d502173 100644
--- a/src/modules/top-level.nix
+++ b/src/modules/top-level.nix
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ in {
     ./functions.default-fetcher
     ./functions.combined-fetcher
     ./functions.translators
+    ./functions.updaters
     ./apps
     ./builders
     ./discoverers
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ in {
     ./dlib.parsing
     ./dlib.construct
     ./dlib.simpleTranslate2
+    ./updaters
     ./externals
     ./dream2nix-interface
   ];
diff --git a/src/modules/updaters/default.nix b/src/modules/updaters/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0a7730f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/updaters/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./implementation.nix
+    ./interface.nix
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/updaters/implementation.nix b/src/modules/updaters/implementation.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa41429a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/updaters/implementation.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{config, ...}: let
+  l = config.lib // builtins;
+  updatersDir = ../../updaters;
+  updaterNames = l.attrNames (
+    l.filterAttrs
+    (_: type: type == "directory")
+    (l.readDir updatersDir)
+  );
+  updaterModules =
+    l.genAttrs
+    updaterNames
+    (name: import "${updatersDir}/${name}" config);
+in {
+  config = {
+    updaters = updaterModules;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/updaters/interface.nix b/src/modules/updaters/interface.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4d87d7dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/updaters/interface.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{config, ...}: let
+  l = config.lib // builtins;
+  t = l.types;
+in {
+  options = {
+    updaters = l.mkOption {
+      type = t.lazyAttrsOf (t.functionTo t.path);
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/updaters/githubNewestReleaseTag/default.nix b/src/updaters/githubNewestReleaseTag/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67299ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/updaters/githubNewestReleaseTag/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  pkgs,
+  utils,
+  ...
+}: {
+  owner,
+  repo,
+  ...
+}:
+utils.writePureShellScript (with pkgs; [curl jq]) ''
+  curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${repo}/releases?per_page=1" | jq -r '.[0].tag_name'
+''
diff --git a/src/updaters/npmNewestReleaseVersion/default.nix b/src/updaters/npmNewestReleaseVersion/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5edf83ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/updaters/npmNewestReleaseVersion/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  pkgs,
+  utils,
+  ...
+}: {pname, ...}:
+# api docs: https://github.com/npm/registry/blob/master/docs/REGISTRY-API.md#get
+utils.writePureShellScript (with pkgs; [curl jq]) ''
+  curl -s https://registry.npmjs.com/${pname} | jq -r '."dist-tags".latest'
+''
diff --git a/src/updaters/pypiNewestReleaseTag/default.nix b/src/updaters/pypiNewestReleaseTag/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb1bf9fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/updaters/pypiNewestReleaseTag/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  pkgs,
+  utils,
+  ...
+}: {pname, ...}:
+utils.writePureShellScript (with pkgs; [curl jq]) ''
+  curl -s https://pypi.org/pypi/${pname}/json | jq -r '.info.version'
+''
diff --git a/src/updaters/updaters.nix b/src/updaters/updaters.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index bf446230..00000000
--- a/src/updaters/updaters.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-{
-  curl,
-  gnugrep,
-  jq,
-  lib,
-  python3,
-  writeText,
-  # dream2nix inputs
-  utils,
-  ...
-}: {
-  githubNewestReleaseTag = {
-    owner,
-    repo,
-    ...
-  }:
-    utils.writePureShellScript [curl jq] ''
-      curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${repo}/releases?per_page=1" | jq -r '.[0].tag_name'
-    '';
-
-  pypiNewestReleaseVersion = {pname, ...}:
-    utils.writePureShellScript [curl jq] ''
-      curl -s https://pypi.org/pypi/${pname}/json | jq -r '.info.version'
-    '';
-
-  npmNewestReleaseVersion = {pname, ...}:
-  # api docs: https://github.com/npm/registry/blob/master/docs/REGISTRY-API.md#get
-    utils.writePureShellScript [curl jq] ''
-      curl -s https://registry.npmjs.com/${pname} | jq -r '."dist-tags".latest'
-    '';
-
-  urlRegexPython =
-    # Don't forget to use double quoted strings
-    #   or double escape ('\\' instead of '\').
-    # Expects named group 'rev' to be defined.
-    # Example regex:
-    #   ''[Pp]ython-(?P<ver>[\d\.]+)\.tgz''
-    {
-      url,
-      regex,
-      ...
-    }: let
-      reFile = writeText "regex" regex;
-    in
-      utils.writePureShellScript [curl gnugrep python3] ''
-        curl -s ${url} \
-        | python3 -c \
-          'import re, sys; print(re.search(open("${reFile}").read(), sys.stdin.read()).group("ver"), end="")'
-      '';
-}
diff --git a/src/updaters/urlRegexPython/default.nix b/src/updaters/urlRegexPython/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a0822fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/updaters/urlRegexPython/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  pkgs,
+  utils,
+  ...
+}:
+# Don't forget to use double quoted strings
+#   or double escape ('\\' instead of '\').
+# Expects named group 'rev' to be defined.
+# Example regex:
+#   ''[Pp]ython-(?P<ver>[\d\.]+)\.tgz''
+{
+  url,
+  regex,
+  ...
+}: let
+  reFile = pkgs.writeText "regex" regex;
+in
+  utils.writePureShellScript (with pkgs; [curl gnugrep python3]) ''
+    curl -s ${url} \
+    | python3 -c \
+      'import re, sys; print(re.search(open("${reFile}").read(), sys.stdin.read()).group("ver"), end="")'
+  ''