Free open beta · Windows

Download Pulse

The free beta, straight to your PC. It's early and not code-signed yet — so take 20 seconds to read how to open it, then you're set.

Download for Windows
v0.9.10 beta · 69 MB · Windows 10/11 (64-bit) · .zip

How to run it

Because it's a brand-new app that isn't code-signed yet, Windows will show a warning the first time. That's expected — here's the path through it.

Unzip the folder anywhere, then double-click Pulse.exe.
Windows says "Windows protected your PC — Unknown publisher." That's the normal warning for new apps. Click More info → Run anyway.
Say Yes to the admin prompt. Pulse needs it only to read your FPS — Windows allows that for admin apps only.
A quick welcome window shows you where Pulse lives. Read it — it's 10 seconds.

⚠️ If there's no "Run anyway" button at all

Then it isn't the normal warning — it's Smart App Control, a hard block on unsigned apps that's on for some clean Windows 11 installs.

Please don't turn it off to run Pulse. It's a one-way switch — once off, it can't be turned back on without reinstalling Windows, and no overlay is worth that. Instead, email me one line saying it happened — that single message is genuinely the most useful thing you can send, it tells me whether I need to buy a certificate.

Where Pulse lives

Pulse has no window — it sits in your system tray by the clock. Windows usually hides new tray icons, so click the "^" arrow to find it and drag it out to keep it visible. These two hotkeys work even if you never find the icon:

Alt + PShow / hide the overlay
Ctrl + Alt + POpen settings

Overlay not showing in your game?

Set the game to Borderless (or Windowed Fullscreen). On Exclusive Fullscreen the game owns the whole screen and no overlay can draw on it — and Pulse never injects into games, so it stays anti-cheat safe.

No CPU temperature?

Windows "Memory Integrity" blocks CPU temperature for every app of this kind (HWiNFO and Afterburner included). GPU temp always works — nothing is broken.

What you need

OS
Windows 10 or 11 · 64-bit
Install
None — just unzip & run
.NET
Built in — nothing to install
WebView2
On Win 11 already; Pulse links it if missing

It's safe

Pulse never touches game memory and never injects into games. FPS is read with a built-in Windows feature (ETW) via Intel's PresentMon. VAC does not block it.

Found a bug?

This is a beta and bug reports are gold. Email pulsesupport1@gmail.com with your GPU and Windows version, and paste in this file (it tells me what Pulse actually did):

%AppData%\Pulse\pulse.log

I especially want to hear if Smart App Control blocked it, you couldn't find the tray icon, or you're on an AMD/Intel GPU or Windows 10 — those aren't tested much yet.