v3.0.0-rc.0 is LIVE on npm — feedback wanted

[YamadaBlog]

Hey everyone,

After a focused 21-tag audit-driven alpha cycle, Pulse v3.0.0-rc.0 just went LIVE on npm.

Install

npm install @pulse-music/react @pulse-music/core
# or
npm install @pulse-music/svelte @pulse-music/core
# or
npm install @pulse-music/web-component

Six packages published

• @pulse-music/types 3.0.0-rc.0
• @pulse-music/core 3.0.0-rc.0
• @pulse-music/tokens 3.0.0-rc.0
• @pulse-music/web-component 3.0.0-rc.1
• @pulse-music/react 3.0.0-rc.0
• @pulse-music/svelte 3.0.0-rc.0

Bonus shipped in alpha.22: @pulse-music/react-native renderer ships in code (waiting on next OTP-prompted publish for rc.1 on npm).

Live demo: https://yamadablog.github.io/pulse-player/
YouTube walkthrough: https://youtu.be/q_FJ1GWaCc8

What I'd love feedback on before v3.0.0 stable

1. API stability — are the prop names + event payloads sensible? Anything you'd rename?
2. The dual-track pulse-player v2.3.4 vs @pulse-music/vue v3.0.0-rc.0 naming — confusing? Right call? Should the Vue lib also adopt the @Pulse-Music scope at v3.0.0 stable?
3. The 9-theme palette — too many? Wrong colours? Variants you'd love that we don't have?
4. Performance on lower-end devices — backdrop-filter is expensive; crash reports / FPS issues welcome.
5. Integration friction — anything that should be more obvious in the docs?

The full per-alpha narrative is in docs/universal/ALPHA_HISTORY.md. The brutal honest comparison vs Plyr / Howler / Vidstack / WaveSurfer / react-player is in COMPARISON.md (it includes when NOT to use Pulse).

Thanks for any time you spend on this. Even a one-liner '"I installed it and clicked play"' is gold for the v3.0.0 stable cut.

— YamadaBlog

[YamadaBlog]

Update — @pulse-music/react-native@3.0.0-rc.1 just published to npm.

The 7th and final core package is now LIVE. Same install as the others:

npm install @pulse-music/react-native @pulse-music/core
# then from your Expo app:
npx expo install expo-av react-native-reanimated react-native-gesture-handler react-native-svg @react-native-async-storage/async-storage

Quick API:

import { SafeAreaView } from 'react-native'
import { PulsePlayerRN, PulseFabRN } from '@pulse-music/react-native'

export default function App() {
  return (
    <SafeAreaView style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: '#05050A' }}>
      <PulsePlayerRN variant="midnight" ambientEq />
      <PulseFabRN variant="vinyl" pulso />
    </SafeAreaView>
  )
}

Known limitations in rc.1 (deferred to subsequent patches):

• FFT bars use a pseudo-synth (real FFT lands when react-native-audio-api reaches stable iOS support)
• Backdrop blur not yet ported (expo-blur next patch)
• FAB drag-to-reposition deferred (PanGestureHandler next patch)
• prefers-reduced-motion wiring deferred

Intentionally absent (platform constraints): drag-to-resize, fullscreen API, guided demo tour.

Demo: apps/demo-react-native/ in the monorepo, Android-tested. iOS deferred until macOS access.

Feedback on the RN renderer especially welcome from anyone using Expo SDK 56+.