Which app is doing that?
Slow PC? Loud fan? Battery gone by lunch? WinPulse sits by the clock on your taskbar and names the app behind it.
Free · About 8 MB of memory · No account, no admin rights · Windows 10 and 11
Every screen, before you install it
Click any tab to look around. The numbers are made up.
Overview. Everything at a glance, and the three apps working your PC hardest right now.
Shrunk to fit your phone. It's much sharper on a PC.
One app, one row
Chrome runs as 14 processes, small pieces of one program. WinPulse adds the pieces up under Chrome, so you see what the whole app costs: its CPU, memory, disk and network in one row. Open a row to see the pieces, or quit the app from the list, and it always asks first.
Also in the box
Three more things WinPulse does quietly.
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It remembers
7 days by the minute and 30 days by the hour, so you can see what happened while you were away.
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It taps you on the shoulder
A note in Heads Up, and a Windows notification if you turn them on, when an app hogs the CPU, keeps growing in memory, or hammers the disk or network. Each alert has its own switch, and you can ignore an app.
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A number by the clock
WinPulse can show your CPU or memory as a live number by the clock, so you can glance without clicking: in its icon on Windows 10, beside it on Windows 11. Light and dark follow Windows.
Lighter than a browser tab
Measured on a quiet PC.
8MB
of memory while it waits by the clock
0.1%
of one CPU core while it waits
18MB
with the mini window open
50ms
to open the mini window, faster than a blink
About 33 MB with the full window open. How we measured
No catch
The small print, in big letters.
Free, no account
No ads, no trial, nothing to buy and nothing to sign up for.
Never asks for admin
It installs just for you, and can't see more than you can.
Your history stays on your PC
In a small file in your user folder. Delete it any time in Settings.
Anonymous reports, your call
A small anonymous report once a day helps fix crashes. It's on to start with, and one switch in Settings turns it off. Read the privacy page
Get WinPulse
For Windows 11, and Windows 10 with its last big update (22H2), on a 64-bit PC.
WinPulse runs on Windows PCs.
If Windows warns you
Your browser may ask to keep the file. Choose Keep.
Windows may say “Windows protected your PC”. Click More info.
Click Run anyway. Windows asks because WinPulse is new and doesn't carry a paid certificate yet.
Then look by your clock. Windows may hide new icons under the ^ arrow next to it, so drag WinPulse onto the taskbar to keep it in sight. From then on it starts with Windows, and you can turn that off in Settings.
Questions
Something else? Write to winpulse@imemyself.dev, or read the privacy page.
Will it slow my PC down?
No. Sitting by the clock it uses about 8 MB of memory and about 0.1% of one CPU core. It's built to stay light, so older laptops are fine too. And you can check: WinPulse lists itself in its own app list.
Is it safe? Why does Windows warn me?
WinPulse is new and doesn't carry a paid certificate yet, so Windows doesn't recognise it and asks first. Click More info, then Run anyway. If your browser holds the download back, choose Keep. It never asks for admin rights. It checks for updates every 6 hours, and each update carries WinPulse's own digital seal: it installs only if the seal matches.
Will it close my apps on its own?
Never. It only asks an app to quit when you click Quit and confirm. Unsaved work in that app is lost, so it always asks first. The one thing it can't quit is a program running as administrator, and it tells you when that happens.
What does it send over the internet?
Three small things: a check for updates every 6 hours; while a WinPulse window is open, a ping to your router and to 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare) every 2 seconds to show how your connection is doing; and once a day an anonymous report that helps fix crashes, which one switch in Settings turns off. Your apps, files and history never leave your PC. Read the privacy page
Does it work on my PC?
If it runs Windows 11, or Windows 10 with its last big update (22H2), on a 64-bit PC, yes, laptop or desktop. Almost every PC from the last ten years is 64-bit. To check, open Settings, then System, then About. The Battery tab only has numbers on a PC with a battery. A few other numbers depend on your drivers, and when Windows won't share one, WinPulse says so instead of guessing.
Does it show temperatures?
Your graphics chip's, when Windows shares it, and your PC's own temperature sensor, usually near the processor. The processor core's own temperature is coming soon. Windows keeps it behind a driver, and WinPulse is finding a way to read it without installing one.
How do I uninstall it?
Windows Settings, then Apps (Installed apps on Windows 11, Apps & features on Windows 10). Find WinPulse and choose Uninstall. Your history stays unless you tick Also delete my history and settings. You can also clear it any time with Delete History in WinPulse's Settings.
How we measured
On the developer's Windows 11 laptop, before every release: private memory, and CPU time counted over a full minute. 0.1% of one core is about 1.3 ms of work each second. Your numbers will be a little different. WinPulse is written in Rust and drawn with Slint, with no web browser tucked inside.