ClassPulse

What it does

AI drafting

Optional AI-assisted question drafting uses an AI provider configured by the operator and can be left switched off.checked 11 Oct 2026

Audience access

Participants join by QR code or session link from a phone or laptop without an account or app install.checked 11 Oct 2026

Audience proposals

In cohort mode, participants can anonymously propose questions and upvote proposals; keyword-flagged proposals wait for presenter approval.checked 11 Oct 2026

Cohort mode

Audience members can anonymously propose and upvote questions; flagged proposals wait for presenter approval.checked 11 Oct 2026

Email integrations

For verification and password-reset email, the deployment guide lists Resend, SMTP, and Gmail providers.checked 11 Oct 2026

Email setup

Email verification and password reset require an email provider; without one, codes are written to the server log.checked 11 Oct 2026

Export and archive

Presenters can export raw responses to CSV and archive sessions without losing their data.checked 11 Oct 2026

Image handling

Uploaded images are re-encoded and resized server-side before participants see them.checked 11 Oct 2026

Intended users

The maker describes the tool for presenters running classroom checks for understanding, workshop feedback, and interactive quizzes.checked 11 Oct 2026

Joining

Participants can join from a phone or laptop using a session QR code or link, without an account or app installation.checked 11 Oct 2026

Known limit

Audience identity is unauthenticated, and participants can clear their respondent cookie to submit again, so response counts are not trustworthy for graded tallies.checked 11 Oct 2026

License

The project repository says ClassPulse is licensed under the MIT License.checked 11 Oct 2026

Live responses

Responses appear in real time over WebSockets as participants submit them.checked 11 Oct 2026

Live results

Responses stream over WebSockets and appear in live charts, word clouds, rating breakdowns, ranking order, and image tallies.checked 11 Oct 2026

Purpose

ClassPulse is a real-time audience response tool for lectures, workshops, and interactive quizzes.checked 11 Oct 2026

Question types

It offers nine question types: multiple choice, select-all, ranking, numeric, rating, short answer, word cloud, image choice, and poll-with-other.checked 11 Oct 2026

Response limit

Each participant can submit one response per question, and a later submission replaces their previous answer.checked 11 Oct 2026

Results and export

Live results include charts, word clouds, rating breakdowns, rankings, and image tallies; raw responses can be exported to CSV.checked 11 Oct 2026

Security controls

The security policy describes required secret-key configuration, CSRF tokens, rate limits, password hashing, and upload validation and re-encoding.checked 11 Oct 2026

Security scope

The security policy describes ClassPulse as intended for formative classroom use, not high-stakes assessment.checked 11 Oct 2026

Self-hosting

The user guide describes ClassPulse as open source and deployable anywhere Docker runs.checked 11 Oct 2026

Sessions

Presenters can reuse questions in sessions and archive sessions without losing their data.checked 11 Oct 2026