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The intelligent Launcher for your Mac.

Not just another launcher. Jolt understands what you mean, then finds your files, controls your Mac, and runs the commands of the app you are in.

Built on Jev by TypeSafe

See Jolt in action

Less searching. More doing.

Real tasks, on a real Mac. Pick a demo and see what a few words can do.

01 / Find your files

Find the file you mean

Remember what it is, but not what you called it? Search by name, type, date, or meaning. Find a resume, a movie, or your latest download, then preview or open it.

02 / Find your files

You choose where Jolt looks

Add the folders you want Jolt to search, including their subfolders. Remove them whenever you want in Settings → Privacy. Jolt never asks for Full Disk Access.

Jolt Privacy settings with an Add Folder button and removable Downloads, Documents, Desktop, and Development folders.
03 / Find your files

Find it. Drop it where you need it.

Find a file in Jolt and drag it straight into another app. Attach a resume to a chat, copy a file, or copy its path without opening Finder.

04 / Tell your apps what to do

Stay in the code

Build your project, split the editor, or open Xcode settings from Jolt. Describe what you need, even if you do not know the command’s name.

05 / Tell your apps what to do

Make that PDF look right

Rotate a page or change how it looks in Preview. Type what you want in Jolt, choose the command, and get back to the document.

06 / Tell your apps what to do

A few words for your terminal

Open Ghostty’s inspector, close it again, or switch to full screen. Jolt finds the app’s commands while you stay in your terminal.

07 / Control your Mac

The small jobs, taken care of

Launch an app, keep your Mac awake, or change a system setting. Search in the Mac tab and run the action from the same panel.

08 / Control your Mac

The next track, without the detour

Control Spotify and Apple Music from Jolt. Skip a track, resume playback, or change shuffle and repeat without opening the music app.

09 / Control your Mac

Light or dark. Say the word.

Switch your Mac between light and dark mode from the launcher. Jolt changes its own appearance with the rest of your Mac.

10 / Control your Mac

Start your search here

Search Wikipedia, Reddit, or YouTube from Jolt. Say what you want and where to look. The results open in your default browser. Search shortcuts like !w work too.

11 / Make it yours

Three places to look. One panel.

Press Tab to move between commands for the app in front, actions for your Mac, and file search. The selected tab always shows where Jolt is looking.

12 / Make it yours

A Space away from your files

With an empty search, press Space to jump into Files. Press Backspace while the search is empty to return to the tab you came from.

13 / Make it yours

Start where you want

Choose what Jolt shows when you open it: the app in front, Mac actions, or the tab you last used. Set your own shortcut to open Jolt here, too.

Jolt General settings with Scope on open set to Last used, beside Front app and Mac, and a custom Open Jolt keyboard shortcut.
14 / Make it yours

A little color from the app you’re in

Move from Finder to your browser, terminal, or Slack. Jolt takes its tint from the app’s icon and shows its name, so you can see which app you are controlling.

Works with every app

No plugins. No setup for each app.

Jolt reads what your Mac already has: the menus of the app in front, the actions your apps publish, and the panes of System Settings. A new app brings its own commands.

Knows which app you’re in

Jolt knows which app is in front and can run any command in its menus. Say what you want in your own words.

Clean Build FolderProduct

Reads the value in your words

Say how long, how loud, or how soon. Jolt reads the value on your Mac and puts it in the command.

Keep AwakeFor 35 minutes · until 4:13 PM

Shows you where a setting is

Ask Xcode to “change the line spacing”. Jolt opens its settings, selects Themes, and puts a ring on Line Spacing.

Why Jolt

Most commands have no keyboard shortcut.

Simulator has 99 without one. Safari has 114. Xcode has 66. Stop hunting through menus—describe what you want and let Jolt find it.

Name matching
26 µsMatches your typing against 219 commands.
Plain-language understanding
350 msMedian response from Jev. Most of that time is the network.
Tested accuracy
31 of 31Short queries found the correct deep command across 8 apps.

Privacy

Clear about what leaves your Mac.

  • Jolt reads the names of menu items in the app in front.macOS asks you to allow this under Accessibility.
  • Your query and those menu names go to Jev through the Jolt backend.Jev is a model from TypeSafe. It gets the query and a list of names. It gets no file contents, no values, and no state of your apps.
  • You choose the folders Jolt can search. Jolt never asks for Full Disk Access.Add and remove folders under Settings → Privacy. Jev sees filenames and folder names only, and only when you turn on “Find files with Jev”.
  • The private names in your menus stay on your Mac.Recent documents, browser tabs, bookmarks, history, and open windows are found by name on your Mac. They are not sent to Jev. The switch is under Settings → Privacy.
  • Jev chooses a command. Ordinary code runs it.No agent runs on your Mac. Jolt does not read your screen or write your queries to disk.

Your Mac already knows how. Just ask.

Download Jolt and use all of it, free during the beta. No account.

macOS 14 or later. Apple Silicon.