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    Install Pulse

    One runtime. Choose how you build.

    One runtime.

    Two ways to build.

    Desktop and CLI are two interfaces on top of the same Pulse runtime.

    Pulse Runtime🖥 Pulse Desktop💻 Pulse CLI

    I want to…

    Build visuallyPulse Desktop
    Build with codePulse CLI
    Deploy locallyDocker
    Deploy to productionHelm / Kubernetes

    Develop

    Two ways to build on the Pulse runtime. Pick the one that fits your workflow — switch anytime.

    Pulse Desktop

    Visual drag-and-drop builder

    Best for rapid prototyping, analysts, mixed teams.

    Download

    Pulse CLI

    Code-first development

    Best for developers, automation, CI/CD pipelines.

    Install

    Build visually. Deploy from CI.

    Build in code. Inspect visually.

    Same runtime. Same application.

    Your first deployment

    Three commands to get from install to a running flow.

    bash
    pulse doctor
pulse server start --dev
pulse deploy .
    See Quick Start

    Pulse Desktop — signed installers · auto-updates

    x86_64

    .deb / .AppImage. On Debian/Ubuntu: sudo dpkg -i pulse-*.deb.

    Streamflow.Pulse_2.7.9_amd64.deb· 337.1 MB· v2.7.9
    Download for LinuxAll releases

    Existing installs update themselves on the next check.

    Pulse CLI — one-line install

    Official install

    Downloads the latest signed release and links pulse onto your PATH.

    bash
    1# macOS · Linux
2curl -fsSL https://get.pulse.dev | sh
3
4pulse --version

    Build from source

    Idempotent — safe to re-run. For contributors or air-gapped setups.

    bash
    1git clone https://github.com/olsisoft/streamflow && cd streamflow
2
3./bin/install-pulse.sh          # Windows: powershell -f bin/install-pulse.ps1
4
5pulse --version

    Deploy

    Run Pulse in production

    Where your Pulse applications run. Docker, Kubernetes and Helm — all target the same Pulse runtime.

    Docker

    Recommended for evaluation and team environments.

    A ready-to-run cluster (3 engine nodes + Pulse), or pull the published images directly.

    bash
    1# Cluster (docker-compose.yaml)
2git clone https://github.com/olsisoft/streamflow && cd streamflow
3docker compose up -d
4
5# Or pull images
6docker pull ghcr.io/olsisoft/streamflow          # engine
7docker pull ghcr.io/olsisoft/streamflow-pulse    # Pulse

    Kubernetes

    Recommended for production clusters.

    Namespace, ConfigMap, StatefulSet and HPA manifests under deploy/kubernetes/.

    bash
    kubectl apply -f deploy/kubernetes/

    Helm

    Recommended for GitOps workflows.

    Two charts: Pulse (the AI Agent Platform) and StreamFlow (the event-mesh engine).

    bash
    helm install pulse ./deploy/helm/pulse
helm install streamflow ./deploy/helm/streamflow