pulse 😮‍💨

a simple command-line tool for checking website accessibility and monitoring uptime. made with v.

features

• 🔍 check website accessibility and response codes
• 🔄 live monitoring with custom refresh intervals
• 🌐 auto url formatting (adds https and www)
• 🎨 colored console output for better reading
• 🌍 works on windows, linux, macos
• 🚀 auto curl install (linux and macos)

installation

windows

1. download pulse.exe from releases page
2. move pulse.exe to %USERPROFILE%\pulse
3. type setx PATH "%PATH%;%USERPROFILE%\pulse" in cmd
4. done! try pulse to test

linux/macos

1. download git from https://git-scm.com/downloads
2. open terminal and type git clone https://github.com/runexv/pulse && cd pulse
3. install v from https://vlang.io/
4. open terminal in downloads dir and type curl -fss -o v_linux.zip https://github.com/vlang/v/releases/download/weekly.2025.09/v_linux.zip
5. type sudo unzip v_linux.zip -d /v
6. type export PATH=$PATH:/v
7. go back to directory with pulse and type v src/main.v -o pulse.exe
8. type pulse to test

requirements

• curl (comes with Windows 10+, Linux, and macOS)

usage

pulse <link> [options]

options

• -v, --version - show pulse's version number and exit
• -l, --live - monitor website for changes in availability
• --t <seconds> - set refresh interval for live monitoring (default: 15s)

examples

# check website status
pulse example.com

# monitor website with refresh rate of 30s
pulse example.com -l --t 30