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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.