GlobalPulse

Real-time global intelligence dashboard — AI-powered news aggregation, geopolitical monitoring, and infrastructure tracking in a unified situational awareness interface.

Features

• 🌍 35+ Data Layers — Conflicts, military bases, nuclear facilities, undersea cables, protests, earthquakes, fires
• 📰 150+ RSS News Feeds — BBC, CNN, Reuters, Al Jazeera, Guardian, NPR, and more
• 📺 Live TV Streams — Bloomberg, Sky News, Euronews, DW, France24, Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera
• 🗺️ Interactive 3D Globe — deck.gl + MapLibre with WebGL rendering
• 📊 Market Data — Stocks, crypto, forex, commodities via Yahoo Finance and CoinGecko
• 🤖 AI Analysis — Groq/OpenRouter powered summarization and risk scoring
• 🌐 13 Languages — EN, FR, ES, DE, IT, PL, PT, NL, SV, RU, AR, ZH, JA, TR
• 📱 PWA — Installable progressive web app with offline map caching
• 🔒 Self-Hosted — Docker deployment on your own infrastructure

Tech Stack

• Frontend: Vue 3 + TypeScript + Vite
• Map: deck.gl + MapLibre GL
• AI: Groq / OpenRouter (optional)
• Deployment: Docker + nginx + Express.js
• Data: 60+ API integrations (RSS, REST, WebSocket)

Self-Hosted Deployment

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/ntamero/globalpulse.git
cd globalpulse

# Configure environment (all keys optional)
cp .env.example .env

# Build and start
docker compose build
docker compose up -d

The dashboard will be available at http://your-server:80

Environment Variables

All API keys are optional — the dashboard works without them, but corresponding features will be disabled.

Key	Service	Free Tier
GROQ_API_KEY	AI Summarization	14,400 req/day
FINNHUB_API_KEY	Stock Quotes	Yes
EIA_API_KEY	Oil/Energy Data	Yes
FRED_API_KEY	Economic Data	Yes
ACLED_ACCESS_TOKEN	Conflict Data	Researcher access
CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN	Internet Outages	Yes
NASA_FIRMS_API_KEY	Satellite Fires	Yes

See .env.example for the full list.

Architecture

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                   nginx :80                  │
│              (reverse proxy + gzip)          │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│              Express.js :3000                │
│   ┌─────────────┬──────────────────────┐    │
│   │  Static SPA │   API Proxy Layer    │    │
│   │  (Vite build)│  48 RSS + 47 APIs   │    │
│   └─────────────┴──────────────────────┘    │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│         External Data Sources                │
│  Yahoo Finance · CoinGecko · USGS · GDELT   │
│  BBC · Reuters · CNN · Al Jazeera · ...     │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Credits

Based on World Monitor by Elie Habib (AGPL-3.0). Customized and self-hosted by the GlobalPulse team.

License

AGPL-3.0 — See LICENSE for details.