GitLive

Extend Git with real-time collaborative superpowers

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Extend your IDE with the real-time features remote development teams need to work together effectively. See what your teammates are working on and get notified of merge conflicts before you commit. Make video calls and code together live, VS Code to JetBrains
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lito
This is just sick! How does it compare to VS share live?
Nicholas Bransby-Williams
Maker
@litocoen LiveShare for VS Code and CodeWithMe for JetBrains are great tools for pair programming and there is some crossover here with our codeshare feature. The major difference is that GitLive's codeshare works JetBrains <--> VS Code whilst LiveShare is VS Code <--> VS Code only and CodeWithMe JetBrains <--> JetBrains only. Also because these tools were created by the IDE vendors themselves they do offer a superior pair programming experience (as long as both participants are using the same IDE). That's why we decided to integrate them into GitLive! Once on a call with a teammate, starting GitLive's codeshare will offer you the choice of using standard codeshare, LiveShare or CodeWithMe depending on which IDE you and your teammate are using (and if you have LiveShare or CodeWithMe installed).
lito
@nbransby thanks nic! makes total sense
Andrew Keats
@nbransby @litocoen how cool is that IDE interoperability?!
Agnieszka Stec
Maker
@andrew_keats Very cool :D
Nicholas Bransby-Williams
Maker
Hello Product Hunters! 👋 Nick here, founder of GitLive. In our new remote-first world, GitLive is on a mission to boost teamwork between developers which has suffered now many of us are no longer physically co-located. We are big believers in remote working being a remote-first team ourselves, and working remotely can actually help us devs by minimizing distractions and creating focus time. But great teams also thrive on good communication and teamwork is as much about making yourself available to those that may need your expertise as our own individual performance. So we have been busy creating VS Code and JetBrains plugins that extend your IDE with real‑time collaborative superpowers! 💪 Once installed, indicators in the gutter of your editor will update in real-time showing the differences in a file compared to the changes made by your fellow developers on their respective branches. The indicators provide a great way to discover what others are working on, if there are any possible synergies with the changes you are making and even get an early warning of potential merge conflicts. Once intrigued by a teammate's change you can open the GitLive tab in your IDE to find out more. Here you can see if they are online, what branch and issue from your issue tracker they are working on, and view the full set of changes they have made, again, all updated in real-time. Finally, if you feel the two of you could benefit from working together you can call your teammate straight from the IDE and use our codeshare feature to see each other’s cursors and edit together simultaneously. We are really only just getting started when it comes to building the best tool for developer collaboration and I really hope you can join us on this journey and help shape the future of GitLive. Looking forward to your feedback, so please do share any questions or comments. Cheers, Nick PS Shout out to @chrismessina for introducing us to the community 👏
Michael Soussan
Looks cool, I like the idea of not leaving my IDE, does it work between JetBrains IDEs and VS Code though? I am the only person in my team using WebStorm while most people us VS Code...
Friedrich Coen
Maker
@michaeldsoussan GitLive is interoperable between all JetBrains IDEs and VsCode, our own team has a diverse usage of IDEs.
Andrew Keats
@michaeldsoussan Not having too all use the same IDE to use GitLive is such a good feature!