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Install the WhatPulse client on Linux

AppImage

You can download the AppImage file from https://whatpulse.org/downloads and run the AppImage directly. For information on how to run AppImage files, see this post on itsfoss.com.

Keyboard and Mouse (Input) Permissions

You may need to download and run the setup-input-permissions.sh script in order for WhatPulse to access your keyboard and mouse input devices. Use the below command sequence to download and run the permissions script.

wget https://files.whatpulse.org/linux/setup-input-permissions.sh
sudo sh setup-input-permissions.sh

The UI will also warning you when the input permissions are not set up correctly.

Known Limitations

All client features are available, except for a few that are limited by the confinement of the Snap and/or AppImage environment.

  • Unpulsed and application traffic is not counted.
  • Applications and their stats are not sent to the website.