CLI Pulse Mac — Developer ID DMG releases

This repository hosts Developer ID notarized .dmg releases of the CLI Pulse Mac menubar app — the Beta channel that runs parallel to the Mac App Store distribution.

What's the Beta channel?

CLI Pulse ships through two channels:

Channel	Vehicle	Update cadence	Audience
App Store	Mac App Store	Apple review (1–5 days)	All users
Beta (this repo)	Direct-download .dmg	Same-day from commit	Power users / dev community

The Beta channel is **signed with Developer ID Application + notarized

• stapled** so macOS Gatekeeper accepts it without warning. The app itself is the same source tree as the App Store version, but with extra capabilities the App Store can't ship:

• An unsandboxed LaunchAgent helper, so machine health, process control and shell integration work without the App Store sandbox
• Faster fix iteration (no App Store review wait)
• Premium unlocked for beta testers — this build resolves to the Pro tier without a purchase. Cloud-dependent premium features can still degrade, because the backend validates Mac App Store receipts and does not yet allow-list the beta channel.

Install

1. Download the latest CLI-Pulse-<version>-arm64.dmg from Releases.
2. Open the .dmg, drag CLI Pulse.app into /Applications.
3. Launch from Launchpad or Spotlight.

If you already have the App Store version installed, the Beta will replace it. To switch back to the App Store version, reinstall from the App Store.

Important — disable App Store automatic updates for CLI Pulse if you want to stay on the Beta channel. Otherwise macOS will silently re-install the App Store version on the next scheduled update. System Settings → App Store → uncheck "Automatic Updates" or set "App Updates" to manual.

Update mechanism

Once installed, the app polls this repo's manifest at releases/download/latest/latest.json once per 24h and on the user- clicked "Check for Updates" button in Settings → App Updates.

When a new version is available, the app downloads the .dmg, verifies its SHA-256 against the manifest, mounts it in Finder, and quits itself so you can drag-replace the app in /Applications. The new version relaunches when you next open it.

Releases

Two parallel tag conventions:

Tag	Type	Carries	Purpose
app-v1.X.Y	Versioned	.dmg + .dmg.sha256	Immutable archive
latest	Pre-release	latest.json only	Manifest endpoint AppUpdater fetches

The latest tag is deleted + recreated on every release so its only asset is always the freshest manifest.

Source code

This repo is artifact-only. The source lives at cli-pulse/cli-pulse-private — which, despite its name, is public. It is closed-source by licence, not by visibility: you can read it, you may not redistribute it. See LICENSE.md.

Issues + feature requests: file an issue on the source repo.

Sibling repo

• cli-pulse-helper-releases — Companion CLI Helper .pkg releases (the unsandboxed background service that drives managed Codex / Gemini / Claude sessions).