diff --git a/cmd/stupgrades/main.go b/cmd/stupgrades/main.go
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+// Copyright (C) 2019 The Syncthing Authors.
+//
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
+// You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"flag"
+	"os"
+	"sort"
+
+	"github.com/syncthing/syncthing/lib/upgrade"
+)
+
+const defaultURL = "https://api.github.com/repos/syncthing/syncthing/releases?per_page=25"
+
+func main() {
+	url := flag.String("u", defaultURL, "GitHub releases url")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	rels := upgrade.FetchLatestReleases(*url, "")
+	if rels == nil {
+		// An error was already logged
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	sort.Sort(upgrade.SortByRelease(rels))
+	rels = filterForLatest(rels)
+
+	if err := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout).Encode(rels); err != nil {
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+// filterForLatest returns the latest stable and prerelease only. If the
+// stable version is newer (comes first in the list) there is no need to go
+// looking for a prerelease at all.
+func filterForLatest(rels []upgrade.Release) []upgrade.Release {
+	var filtered []upgrade.Release
+	var havePre bool
+	for _, rel := range rels {
+		if !rel.Prerelease {
+			// We found a stable version, we're good now.
+			filtered = append(filtered, rel)
+			break
+		}
+		if rel.Prerelease && !havePre {
+			// We remember the first prerelease we find.
+			filtered = append(filtered, rel)
+			havePre = true
+		}
+	}
+	return filtered
+}