rcourtman/Pulse v4.3.0

v4.3.0 - Embedded Frontend

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What's Changed

🎉 Major Improvement: Embedded Frontend

Pulse v4.3.0 introduces a significant architectural improvement - the frontend is now embedded directly in the Go binary. This change eliminates an entire class of deployment and path-related issues while simplifying installation and updates.

New Features

• Single-binary deployment - Frontend embedded directly in the executable
• Simplified installation - No separate frontend files to manage
• Smaller downloads - Reduced tarball size despite same functionality

Bug Fixes

• Potential fix for redirect loops in various installation scenarios (#304)
• Fixed Discord webhook icon URLs
• Improved frontend file discovery for compatibility

Improvements

• Eliminated path resolution issues completely
• Cleaner repository structure
• Better documentation organization
• Professional Docker Hub documentation

Technical Changes

• Frontend now embedded using Go's embed package
• Simplified release tarball structure
• Updated build process for embedded assets
• Improved auto-updater for single-binary model

Important Notes

This is an architectural change but migration is completely transparent:

• Auto-updates from v4.2.1 will work seamlessly
• Old frontend-modern/ directories can be safely deleted after update
• No configuration changes needed
• All existing features continue to work

Installation

Quick Install (Recommended)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rcourtman/Pulse/main/install.sh | bash

Docker

docker pull rcourtman/pulse:v4.3.0

Manual Update

If you have Pulse v4.1.0 or later, it will auto-update. For manual update, just replace the binary.

Downloads

Pre-built binaries available below for linux-amd64, linux-arm64, and linux-armv7.