Pulse: Open-Source Self-Hosted Real-Time Polling Application
By
Kartikey Bhardwaj
Day-old at best. Try it dunked in something stronger.
Summary
Pulse is an open-source, self-hosted polling application that offers real-time voting updates via WebSocket. It prioritizes privacy with anonymous creators and voters, can be deployed to AWS with a single command, operates cost-effectively on Lambda and DynamoDB, and features a lightweight frontend under 50KB without frameworks.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledPulse is a standalone, open-source polling app that does one thing well.
Real-time - votes update live across all viewers via WebSocket
Privacy-first - anonymous creators and voters, enforced server-side
Self-hosted - deploy to your own AWS account with one CDK command
Under 50KB frontend - no bloat, no frameworks, just fast
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