Pulsar Downloads

"Rolling" and "Regular" Releases

We have "Rolling" and "Regular" releases to choose from. These differ only in the frequency of updates they receive.

Note: There are no automatic updates at this time, regardless of which type of download you choose.

Rolling Release

These releases are built on each push to our master branch and automatically built by Cirrus CI. These releases come with the latest fixes, updates and improvements so this is a great choice if you want to get the latest features as soon as possible.

While we do our best to review and test each PR thoroughly before merging there is a chance that something falls through the cracks in which case be prepared to upgrade or switch to our Regular Releases until it is fixed.

See below for links to the latest binaries for each OS. If you want to download manually or pick a binary from another branch or PR, then follow the manual instructions.

Linux

x86_64 - For most desktops and laptops with Intel or AMD processors

Package	Distribution
deb	Debian/Ubuntu etc.
rpm	Fedora/RHEL etc.
Appimage[1][2]	All distributions
tar.gz	All distributions

ARM_64 - For ARM based devices - Raspberry Pi, Pinebook etc.

Package	Distribution
deb	Debian/Ubuntu etc.
rpm	Fedora/RHEL etc.
Appimage[1][2]	All distributions
tar.gz	All distributions

[1] Appimage may require --no-sandbox as an argument to run correctly on some systems.
[2] Some distributions no longer ship with libfuse2 which Appimage requires to run. You may need to install this manually, e.g on Ubuntu >=22.04 apt install libfuse2.

macOS

Silicon - For Apple Silicon (M1/M2) macs

Package	Type
dmg	DMG installer
zip	Zip archive

Intel - For Intel macs

Package	Type
dmg	DMG installer
zip	Zip archive

Windows

Info

Current binaries are not signed so will produce an error with Windows Smartscreen "Windows protected your PC"... You can bypass this by clicking "More info" then "Run anyway".

Package	Type
Setup	Installer
Portable	Portable (no install)

Regular Releases

These releases are put out regularly according to milestones defined by the Pulsar team (currently roughly monthly).

Compared to our Rolling Release these offer a more understood state by the team in terms of support. However these will sometimes feature issues that have already been resolved in our Rolling Release so if a particular fix or feature is important to you it may be worth swapping to one of those instead.

Linux

x86_64 - For most desktops and laptops with Intel or AMD processors

Package	Distribution
deb	Debian/Ubuntu etc.
rpm	Fedora/RHEL etc.
AppImage[1][2]	All distributions
tar.gz	All distributions

ARM_64 - For ARM based devices - Raspberry Pi, Pinebook etc.

Package	Distribution
deb	Debian/Ubuntu etc.
rpm	Fedora/RHEL etc.
AppImage[1][2]	All distributions
tar.gz	All distributions

[1] Appimage may require --no-sandbox as an argument to run correctly on some systems.
[2] Some distributions no longer ship with libfuse2 which Appimage requires to run. You may need to install this manually, e.g on Ubuntu >=22.04 apt install libfuse2.

macOS

Silicon - For Apple Silicon (M1/M2) macs

Package	Type
dmg	DMG installer
zip	Zip archive

Intel - For Intel macs

Package	Type
dmg	DMG installer
zip	Zip archive

Windows

Info

Current binaries are not signed so will produce an error with Windows Smartscreen "Windows protected your PC"... You can bypass this by clicking "More info" then "Run anyway".

Package	Type
Setup	Installer
Portable	Portable (no install)

Manual download

Binaries are built from a number of different branches and PRs but you should stick to the master branch releases for the most stable ones unless you know exactly what you are looking for.

To download a binary from Cirrus CI please follow the below steps:

• Go to the master branch Pulsar Cirrus CI page.
• Select the latest successful build (check for a finished green check mark ✅ on the right side of the page - make sure you do not select a failed one).
• Select your system from the list of options:
  • linux - x86 Linux systems
  • arm-linux - ARM based Linux systems (Raspberry Pi etc.)
  • silicon_mac - M1 and M2 chip Apple Macs
  • intel_mac - Intel chip Apple Macs
  • windows - Microsoft Windows systems
• Select binary > binaries from the Artifacts pane
• Download the binary you require for your system: