Pulse 0.4.0

Pulse 0.4.0

What's new:

• Cryptocurrency search, quotes, and charts now use Binance Spot public market-data endpoints, with one-second WebSocket ticker updates while the menu-bar popover is open. No Binance account or API key is required.
• Crypto symbols now use structured base/quote pairs and are displayed consistently as BTC/USDT. Existing Yahoo-style symbols such as BTC-USD are migrated automatically.
• Binance is now the single cryptocurrency source, avoiding mismatched instruments and inconsistent names between Yahoo and Binance. The current Binance Spot symbol directory is cached locally and refreshed automatically.
• Binance and Longbridge live streams can run together, so crypto and securities continue receiving updates from their appropriate providers.
• Data-source settings now use consistent status labels and concise market summaries, with connection details and complete capabilities available inside each source.
• Pulse now includes a small set of anonymous product-usage events through TelemetryDeck. Analytics are enabled by default and can be disabled at any time in Settings. Pulse never attaches symbols, watchlists, positions, search text, credentials, or other user-provided content to these events; the full collection scope is documented publicly in the README.
• Repeated local Debug builds now reuse the developer's own Apple Development identity when available, reducing unnecessary Keychain authorization prompts without affecting release signing.

For first-time installation, download Pulse-0.4.0.dmg and drag Pulse to Applications. The zip asset is used by Sparkle automatic updates.

Pulse 0.3.0

Pulse 0.3.0

What's new:

• Share a symbol directly from its detail page. The clipboard-ready image includes the public quote, intraday trend, and market statistics while keeping portfolio holdings private.
• The watchlist share action now has its own top-level button, so sharing no longer requires opening the overflow menu.
• Watchlist rows, detail pages, and shared images now use the same current-session one-minute trend data, trading-time axis, previous-close baseline, lunch-break handling, and gap detection.
• Trend data is shared between the watchlist and detail cache, keeping the three surfaces on the same market snapshot whenever possible.
• Live feed status no longer flashes back to “Feed normal” while opening or closing the popover; the streaming state remains stable across the popover lifecycle.
• Share actions now use the system share icon, and share-card footer spacing has been increased for a more balanced export.

For first-time installation, download Pulse-0.3.0.dmg and drag Pulse to Applications. The zip asset is used by Sparkle automatic updates.

Pulse 0.2.0

Pulse 0.2.0

What's new:

• Real-time quotes via Longbridge: connect your own Longbridge account from Settings — through browser authorization or manually entered OpenAPI keys — to upgrade Hong Kong, US, and China A-share quotes to official real-time data. Credentials never leave the local Keychain.
• Live push streaming: with Longbridge connected, watchlist and detail prices tick in real time over a persistent connection instead of waiting for the next poll — including the US overnight session, which now shows its own "Overnight" state and price.
• Per-source refresh cadence: each data source polls at its own configurable interval (defaults: Tencent 15s, Yahoo 60s, Longbridge 60s), and only while its markets are open. The global refresh setting is retired.
• Redesigned data source pages: every source now opens a detail page with an enable switch and a fact card spelling out its capabilities, refresh mode, and exact per-market freshness — realtime or the concrete delay in minutes. The enable switch stays locked until an account is connected, and turning a source off truly stops its data.
• The watchlist footer now reports feed health — "Streaming live" while pushes are flowing — instead of a refresh timestamp.
• Sort menu: "Custom order" is a persistent state you can return to any time, with reordering split into its own "Adjust order" action.
• Smoother popover: submenus no longer flicker while live prices update, and data source pages match the settings page height.

For first-time installation, download Pulse-0.2.0.dmg and drag Pulse to Applications. The zip asset is used by Sparkle automatic updates.

Pulse 0.1.6

Pulse 0.1.6

What's new:

• Show amplitude (the day's high–low range as a percentage of previous close) in the detail stats, replacing turnover.
• Localize data source names and descriptions in Settings.
• Animate price updates across the watchlist and detail view: digits roll up or down with the direction of the change.
• Slide between list, detail, position, and settings pages, with the popover height following smoothly.
• Add press feedback to buttons, crossfade chart period switches, and stop the loading spinner from flashing on fast loads.
• Give the empty watchlist a gentle first-run entrance and ease the search transition.
• Respect the system Reduce Motion setting across all animations.
• Fix detail header truncation and let the period picker wrap for longer localizations.

For first-time installation, download Pulse-0.1.6.dmg and drag Pulse to Applications. The zip asset is used by Sparkle automatic updates.

Pulse 0.1.5

Pulse 0.1.5

What’s new:

• Copy a branded, mobile-friendly watchlist share image directly to the clipboard.
• Share images follow the selected watchlist metric and adapt to list length.
• Align title, trend, and metric columns across the watchlist and exported image.
• Use realtime Tencent intraday data for China A-shares, with Yahoo fallback and historical candles.
• Show copy confirmation beside the share action while preserving the market status footer.
• Remove the single-currency portfolio summary until multi-currency presentation is defined.

For first-time installation, download Pulse-0.1.5.dmg and drag Pulse to Applications. The zip asset is used by Sparkle automatic updates.

Pulse 0.1.4

Highlights

• Added English and Simplified Chinese localization, including system-language detection and manual language switching.
• Added cryptocurrency search/support through Yahoo Finance, including crypto symbol mapping, market labels, and UTC-based crypto intraday charting.
• Added provider caching and request pacing for search, quotes, and candles to reduce duplicate requests and rate-limit pressure.
• Improved search UX: debounced searches, stable text-field focus, no premature empty-state message while a query is in flight, and hidden footer text while search results are displayed.
• Refined quote detail metadata so realtime/delayed status, data source, and market time are shown as separate localized lines.
• Updated README documentation for localization, crypto coverage, caching, and market timestamp behavior.

Installation

For first-time installation, download Pulse-0.1.4.dmg and drag Pulse to Applications. The zip asset is used by Sparkle automatic updates.

Pulse 0.1.3

Highlights

• Added the Pulse macOS app icon asset catalog.
• Configured the macOS target to use the new AppIcon set for release builds.

Installation

For first-time installation, download Pulse-0.1.3.dmg and drag Pulse to Applications. The zip asset is used by Sparkle automatic updates.

Pulse 0.1.2

Highlights

• Added DMG packaging for first-time macOS installation.
• Fixed Sparkle support for sandboxed builds by adding the required update-service configuration.
• Updated app entitlements and Info.plist configuration for Sparkle's sandboxed updater services.
• Extended the release script to produce both the Sparkle zip asset and the first-install DMG.

Installation

For first-time installation, download Pulse-0.1.2.dmg and drag Pulse to Applications. The zip asset is used by Sparkle automatic updates.

Pulse 0.1.1

Highlights

• Separated development builds from the release app with a dedicated dev bundle/product name.
• Trimmed internal planning/provider research docs from the public package.
• Added the README screenshot for the menu bar watchlist.
• Refined the watchlist screenshot state used for public documentation.

Installation

For first-time installation, download Pulse-0.1.1.dmg and drag Pulse to Applications. The zip asset is used by Sparkle automatic updates.

Pulse 0.1.0

Highlights

• Initial public macOS menu bar market watcher.
• Added a configurable watchlist for US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, China A-shares, indices, and ETFs.
• Added menu bar ticker modes, including discreet icon-only mode and quote display modes.
• Added Tencent and Yahoo Finance provider routing with failover and recorded parser tests.
• Added position tracking, position editing, portfolio summary, and P&L display.
• Added quote detail views with price, change, OHLC, volume, turnover, source, timestamp, and delay metadata.
• Added intraday and candlestick charts with crosshair-style inspection.
• Added trading-session-aware refresh, local watchlist persistence, settings, and the initial Sparkle/GitHub release pipeline.

Installation

Download the latest Pulse-*.dmg from GitHub Releases for first-time installation. The Pulse-*.zip asset is used by Sparkle automatic updates when available.