Web, IDE, and Desktop
Differences between Jolt on the web, the desktop app, and the IDE extensions
Jolt is one of the few coding tools that is accessible on the web, as a desktop app, or as IDE extensions. Use Jolt's IDE extension or desktop app for a faster, more iterative experience. Use the web app for chatting with non-locally cloned repos, managing your team and Git providers, or to use Jolt without a development environment set up.
Jolt's web app is ideal for code chat, Q&A, brainstorming, documentation, and diagraming. If you are make code changes, we recommend using Jolt's IDE extensions or Desktop App.
For most developers using VSCode or JetBrains IDEs, we recommend using the IDE extension. Jolt will see your local file changes and incorporates them into its responses. This means you don't to push changes to your git remote in order for Jolt to work off of the latest state of your code. To learn about installing the IDE extension, visit here.
Jolt's desktop app brings the power of Jolt to all IDEs, such as XCode, Vim, Neovim, Zed, and all others. Here's how Jolt's web app and IDE extension compare:
| Web App | Desktop App | IDE Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Codebase Chat | |||
| Chat with non-locally cloned repos | |||
| Send chat messages with multi-repo context | |||
| Read chat messages with multi-repo context | |||
| Use local code changes with Jolt | |||
| Apply code changes directly from your IDE | |||
| Apply code changes directly to your file system | |||
| Companion to any local app or editor on Windows, Mac, or Linux | |||
| Manage team members | |||
| Add Git providers |