Getting started
Get EditVolt installed and make your first AI-assisted edit in under five minutes.
Installation
Download the installer for your platform from the download page, or install from the command line:
# macOS
brew install --cask editvolt
# Windows
winget install EditVolt.EditVolt
# Linux
curl -fsSL https://editvolt.com/install.sh | sh
No account or sign-up is required — the IDE works fully without one.
Open your first project
Open any folder with File → Open, or from the terminal:
editvolt ~/projects/my-app
On first open, EditVolt builds a local semantic index of your codebase. Indexing runs entirely on your machine with a bundled embedding model — nothing is uploaded. See Codebase intelligence.
Connect a model (or don't)
Inline completions work out of the box with the bundled local engine — no key needed. For chat and agent features, open Settings → Models and either:
- add an API key for Claude, Gemini, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint,
- bridge your existing Claude Code CLI sign-in with one click, or
- point EditVolt at a local Ollama daemon for 100% local AI.
See Models & providers for details.
The three shortcuts that matter
| Action | macOS | Windows / Linux |
|---|---|---|
| Inline AI edit / refine | ⌘I | Ctrl I |
| Terminal command generation | ⌘K | Ctrl K |
| Accept completion | Tab | Tab |
Coming from VS Code?
EditVolt is built on Code-OSS, so your keybindings, themes, and settings carry over. Extensions install from the Open VSX marketplace. You can also import your existing Cursor, Claude, or Copilot customizations — see Customization.