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VisualJJ – Jujutsu in Visual Studio Code

by demail on 1/28/2026, 6:20:35 PM

https://www.visualjj.com/

Comments

by: Okkef

I worked with JJ for half a year, and it was great. However, I&#x27;ve since decided to go back to GIT because of compatibility with existing workflows and AI tools.<p>Pre-commit hooks are not possible [yet?], which is a minor inconvenience. Worse, workspaces&#x2F;worktrees use a different mechanism. This causes like Claude Desktop (which uses worktrees) to break. Also Claude and other agents are always confused about JJ and fall back to git too often.

2/1/2026, 1:21:14 PM


by: lima

There&#x27;s a different, open source Jujutsu extension as well: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;keanemind&#x2F;jjk" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;keanemind&#x2F;jjk</a>

2/1/2026, 12:26:34 PM


by: viraptor

It does look nice, I&#x27;ll give it a go. Just wanted to say that &quot;Git-out-of-the-way source control&quot; is the best tiny description of JJ I&#x27;ve ever seen, because it&#x27;s both true and the pun works perfectly. It brought me joy.

2/1/2026, 12:05:22 PM


by: olup

I wanted the same extension but more steerable and open source, so I built open jj recently <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;olup&#x2F;open-jj" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;olup&#x2F;open-jj</a>

2/1/2026, 12:59:26 PM


by: hirako2000

Just me or does sit well to monetize _mostly_ off the core benefits of an open source application?<p>Can&#x27;t be easy to build a GUI on top, but I&#x27;m sure a 10% revenue to be redistributed to the hero behind jj would go a long way. Would also pay off.

2/1/2026, 12:35:42 PM