diff --git a/scripts/pkg_versions.py b/scripts/pkg_versions.py
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+++ b/scripts/pkg_versions.py
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+import sys
+import subprocess
+import json
+
+from multiprocessing.dummy import Pool
+
+
+def shell(command):
+    _ps = subprocess.Popen(
+        command.split(),
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE
+    ).communicate()[0].decode()
+
+    return _ps
+
+
+def get_versions(pkg):
+    # get the info for the package
+    _pkg_info = shell('apt-cache policy ' + pkg)
+
+    _installed = 'none'
+    _candidate = 'none'
+
+    # extract the installed and candidate
+    for line in _pkg_info.splitlines():
+        if line.find("Installed") > 0:
+            _installed = line.split(':', 1)[1].strip()
+        elif line.find("Candidate") > 0:
+            _candidate = line.split(':', 1)[1].strip()
+    return [pkg, _installed, _candidate, _pkg_info]
+
+
+# get list of packages
+_list = shell("apt list --installed")
+pkg_list = _list.splitlines()
+pkg_list = [_pkg.split('/')[0] for _pkg in pkg_list[1:]]
+
+# threading pool
+pool = Pool(10)
+
+result = pool.map(get_versions, pkg_list)
+
+# init pkg storage
+pkgs = {}
+for res in result:
+    _pkg = res[0]
+    if _pkg not in pkgs:
+        pkgs[_pkg] = {}
+    pkgs[_pkg]['installed'] = res[1]
+    pkgs[_pkg]['candidate'] = res[2]
+    pkgs[_pkg]['raw'] = res[3]
+
+buff = json.dumps(pkgs)
+sys.stdout.write(buff)