Install

Install from VS Code Marketplace

  1. Open VS Code (or Cursor)
  2. Go to Extensions (Cmd+Shift+X / Ctrl+Shift+X)
  3. Search for "visualjj"
  4. Click Install

No other tools needed. For manual installation or specific versions, download the VSIX from visualjj.com/download.

First run

  1. Open a folder containing a Git repository
  2. Click the VisualJJ icon in the Activity Bar
  3. You'll see your change tree

VisualJJ may ask you to confirm name and email to set as author of changes.

Requirements

  • VS Code 1.80+ (or Cursor, or other VS Code-based editors)
  • A Git repository

Supported environments

  • VS Code on macOS, Windows, Linux
  • Cursor and other VS Code-based editors
  • WSL, SSH remotes, Dev Containers

GitHub authentication

VisualJJ uses your Git credentials for pushing. For creating and shipping requests, VS Code prompts you to sign in to GitHub.

If requests aren't working, see Troubleshooting.