⚡ HivePulse: Officially LIVE on Chrome Web Store! 🚀
The wait is officially over! After a long week of anticipation during the manual review process, we are thrilled to announce that HivePulse is now LIVE and available for everyone!
📥 Get it now:
📖 The Backstory: Why HivePulse?
How many Hive tabs do you have open right now? Be honest. Five? Ten? Too many to count?
We started this journey with a simple annoyance: We were reading a post on one frontend but wanted to curate it on another. That frustration birthed the Hive Frontend Switcher. It was simple, effective, and it did its job.
But as we used it, we realized something... We needed more.
We didn't just want to switch context; we wanted to monitor our account health. We didn't just want to read; we wanted to communicate. We wanted a dashboard that lived in our browser, ready at a moment's notice.
So, we went into the lab, poured some coffee, wrote some code, and evolved. The "Switcher" has undergone a complete metamorphosis.
Hiveans, say hello to 👋 HivePulse.
🧬 The Metamorphosis: From Tool to Dashboard
HivePulse isn't just a utility anymore; it's the heartbeat of your Hive experience. Here is what's under the hood of version 1.2.2:
1. 🌐 The Nexus (Frontend Switcher)
This is our roots. Viewing a post on PeakD but want to drop a comment via Ecency? Reading on InLeo but want to check your wallet on Hive.blog? Managing multiple accounts and logged in via several interfaces?
- Context Aware: We detect exactly where you are (author, permlink, or feed).
- One Click: We transport you to the exact same spot on your target interface.
- Supported: PeakD, Ecency, Hive.blog, InLeo, Actifit, Waivio, Liketu, and HiveScan.
2. 💓 The Pulse (Stats Tracker)
Stop guessing if you have enough mana to comment.
- Real-Time Vitals: Monitor your Voting Power (VP) and Resource Credits (RC) instantly.
- Visual Cues: The extension icon actually changes color and displays your current health!
- 🟢 Green: You are fully charged.
- 🟣 Purple: Monitoring Resource Credits (RC).
- 🔴 Red: Battery low!
3. 💬 The Signal (Ecency Chat Integration)
As the Ecency team recently announced the launch of their new chat and 
- Stay Connected: DM your friends or chat in communities without keeping a specific tab open.
- Bells and Whistles: Add, edit, delete, react, emojis. All the cool stuff supported!
- Background Monitoring: Close the popup? No problem. HivePulse watches for messages in the background and alerts you instantly.
4. 📑 Side Panel Mode
Pin your chat to the side of your browser while you surf the web, without the extension closing on you.
5. ⚙️ The Control Room (Settings)
HivePulse is fully customizable via the settings menu.
- Auto-Redirect: Do you prefer Ecency but keep getting sent PeakD links? maybe vice versa? Enable Auto-Redirect and set your "Preferred Frontend." HivePulse will detect when you open a Hive link and automatically redirect it to your favorite interface instantly.
- Smart Monitoring: Toggle the extension badge to track either Voting Power (VP) or Resource Credits (RC) depending on your needs.
- Notification Control: Fine-tune how often the extension checks for new messages (from every 1 minute to 15 minutes) or silence them completely.
- Navigation Style: Choose whether switched links open in a New Tab or replace your Current Tab.
🛠️ The Future: Version 1.3.0 is already in the Oven!
We aren't stopping at the launch. In fact, Version 1.3.0 has already been submitted to the Chrome Web Store for review! We've learned from the first submission and hope this update clears much faster.
What’s coming in 1.3.0?
- Enhanced Chat Experience: Smoother message loading and better real-time sync.
- Advanced Notifications: More granular control over what alerts you receive.
- Smarter Badges: Optimized visual indicators to give you even more data at a glance.
- UI Polish: Further refinements to the interface for a more "native" dashboard feel.
🔒 Privacy First
Your keys are your business. HivePulse uses Hive Keychain for all authentication. We never see, store, or touch your private keys. Everything is client-side.
🚀 Join the Community!
HivePulse is free, Open Source, and built for the community. We believe in transparency and collaboration.
- 👉 Download: Chrome Web Store
- 👉 Connect: Join our Discord Server
- 👉 Contribute: Check out the code on GitHub
Drop a comment below with your wishlist! 👇
❤️ Support the Development
Building and maintaining tools like this takes time and caffeine. If you believe in better tooling for the Hive ecosystem, please consider supporting us:
🗳️ 1. Vote for our DHF Proposal (#360)
This helps fund our development work on Hive, HAF and tools like HivePulse.
- Vote on PeakD: https://peakd.com/proposals/360
- Vote on Ecency: https://ecency.com/proposals/360
- Vote on Hive.blog: https://wallet.hive.blog/proposals
🗳️ 2. Vote for Witness 
Stay connected. Stay charged. Keep your finger on the Pulse. ⚡