Bolt 2026.08.31
Bolt 2026.08.31 was released on .
Summary
New features Make visual edits directly in the preview You can now change how your project looks directly in the preview. Using the Select tool in the chatbox, you can edit text, change colors, and...
Release Context
- This was the 10th Bolt release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 7 days after Bolt 2026.08.24 (August 24, 2026).
Shipped around the same time
Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:
- OpenCode v1.18.27 (September 2, 2026)
- Claude Code v2.1.259 (September 2, 2026)
- Zed v1.18.0 (September 2, 2026)
- GitHub Copilot in VS Code v1.136 (September 2, 2026)
- Cline v4.1.17 (September 2, 2026)
Compare Bolt
- Bolt vs Claude Code
- Bolt vs OpenAI Codex CLI
- Bolt vs Cursor
- Bolt vs Gemini CLI
- Bolt vs Kiro CLI
- Bolt vs GitHub Copilot CLI
- Bolt vs Devin Desktop
- Bolt vs Antigravity CLI
- Bolt vs Grok Build
- Bolt vs Cline
- Bolt vs OpenCode
- Bolt vs Zed
- Bolt vs Factory Droid
- Bolt vs Devin
- Bolt vs Lovable
- Bolt vs Amp
- Bolt vs GitHub Copilot in VS Code
- Bolt vs Replit Agent
- Bolt vs v0
Release Notes
New features Make visual edits directly in the preview You can now change how your project looks directly in the preview. Using the Select tool in the chatbox, you can edit text, change colors, and adjust styles like font size, formatting, and alignment. Each change shows in the preview right away, so you can see how it looks before you commit to it. Your edits collect in a batch above the chatbox. When you've made all the edits you want, click Save changes, and Bolt updates your project code to match. Making visual edits in the preview is free. Bolt uses tokens only when you save your changes. Visual edits are available on all plans. Learn more about making visual edits.
Other Recent Bolt Releases
- 2026.10.12 (October 12, 2026)
- 2026.10.05 (October 5, 2026)
- 2026.09.21 (September 21, 2026)
- 2026.09.14 (September 14, 2026)
- 2026.08.10 (August 10, 2026)
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