pulsar
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Install

Prebuilt assets are published for every desktop target listed above.

Linux / macOS:

curl -fsSL https://get.pulsarjs.org | sh
pulsar install          # downloads the native toolchain (host + bridge + Qt)

Windows:

iwr https://get.pulsarjs.org/install.ps1 -UseBasicParsing | iex
pulsar install

The bootstrap installs the CLI to ~/.local/share/pulsar (or %LOCALAPPDATA%\pulsar on Windows) and a pulsar shim on your PATH. pulsar install then fetches the platform toolchain:

  • default: fat — bundles Qt, zero configuration. The host loads it from the bundle (via RPATH on Linux/macOS, from DLLs next to the executable on Windows), so a system Qt is never used;
  • --slim — no Qt, uses the system one.

The toolchain is fetched from GitHub Releases together with the CLI; Qt is not downloaded separately. Only building the framework from source or using --slim requires a system Qt 6.8+.

From source 

git clone https://github.com/riclud/pulsar
cd pulsar
bun install
cmake -S . -B build && cmake --build build   # builds qml-host, bridge and launcher into build/bin/
bun cli/index.ts doctor   # verify

Requires CMake, a C++20 compiler and a Qt 6 development installation (qmake/pkg-config). See "Building from source" below.

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