diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0765eb856..ac5e1417b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ Pulse is built by a solo developer in evenings and weekends. Your support helps:
   - Security headers (CSP, X-Frame-Options, etc.)
   - Comprehensive audit logging
 - Live monitoring of VMs, containers, nodes, storage
-- Alerts with email and webhooks (Discord, Slack, Telegram, Teams, ntfy.sh, Gotify)
+- **Smart Alerts**: Email and webhooks (Discord, Slack, Telegram, Teams, ntfy.sh, Gotify)
+  - Example: "🔴 VM 'webserver' is down on node 'pve1'"
+  - Example: "⚠️ Storage 'local-lvm' at 85% capacity"
+  - Example: "✅ VM 'database' is back online"
 - Unified view of PBS backups, PVE backups, and snapshots
 - Config export/import with encryption and authentication
 - Dark/light themes, responsive design
@@ -45,6 +48,17 @@ Pulse is built by a solo developer in evenings and weekends. Your support helps:
 
 [Screenshots →](docs/SCREENSHOTS.md)
 
+## Privacy
+
+**Pulse respects your privacy:**
+- ✅ No telemetry or analytics collection
+- ✅ No phone-home functionality
+- ✅ No external API calls (except for configured webhooks)
+- ✅ All data stays on your server
+- ✅ Open source - verify it yourself
+
+Your infrastructure data is yours alone.
+
 ## Quick Start
 
 ### Install
diff --git a/cmd/pulse/main.go b/cmd/pulse/main.go
index 497dd0cea..47fc0064f 100644
--- a/cmd/pulse/main.go
+++ b/cmd/pulse/main.go
@@ -21,10 +21,18 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+// Version information (set at build time with -ldflags)
+var (
+	Version   = "dev"
+	BuildTime = "unknown"
+	GitCommit = "unknown"
+)
+
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "pulse",
 	Short: "Pulse - Proxmox VE and PBS monitoring system",
 	Long:  `Pulse is a real-time monitoring system for Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) and Proxmox Backup Server (PBS)`,
+	Version: Version,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		runServer()
 	},
@@ -33,6 +41,22 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func init() {
 	// Add config command
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(configCmd)
+	// Add version command
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)
+}
+
+var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "version",
+	Short: "Print version information",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		fmt.Printf("Pulse %s\n", Version)
+		if BuildTime != "unknown" {
+			fmt.Printf("Built: %s\n", BuildTime)
+		}
+		if GitCommit != "unknown" {
+			fmt.Printf("Commit: %s\n", GitCommit)
+		}
+	},
 }
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/scripts/build-release.sh b/scripts/build-release.sh
index 0482f0556..a213caf49 100755
--- a/scripts/build-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-release.sh
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ for build_name in "${!builds[@]}"; do
     # Get build environment
     build_env="${builds[$build_name]}"
     
-    # Build binary
+    # Build binary with version info
     env $build_env go build \
-        -ldflags="-s -w" \
+        -ldflags="-s -w -X main.Version=v${VERSION} -X main.BuildTime=$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S') -X main.GitCommit=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo 'unknown')" \
         -trimpath \
         -o "$BUILD_DIR/pulse-$build_name" \
         ./cmd/pulse