Questions, terse answers.
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01 Why GPUI and not Electron / Tauri?
Electron ships a browser engine and asks the GC to keep up with a million-row scroll. Tauri trades memory for a system WebView — still a DOM bottleneck. GPUI renders directly to Metal, DirectX 12, or Vulkan; the result grid is a GPU surface, not a DOM table. In our Apple M2 / Postgres 16 benchmark, Zolt cold-started in 412 ms and held 60 fps on a 1M-row result set.
02 Does Zolt see my queries or schemas?
No. Queries run from your machine to your DB. Desktop telemetry is off, there is no analytics endpoint in the app, and no crash reporter ships query text. License validation checks license status only — it carries no query, schema, or connection data.
03 Does Zolt include AI tokens or AI credits?
No. AI is BYOK on every tier — Zolt does not charge for AI and does not proxy AI calls through Zolt servers. You bring an API key (Anthropic, OpenAI), an Ollama instance, the claude CLI, or any MCP server. Your provider bills you directly.
04 How does paid licensing work?
Paid licenses are sold through Polar. The One-time License is $59: buy once, keep eligible builds, and get one year of updates. After that, the app still works; newer builds need the optional $49/year Updates Renewal. License keys are delivered by Polar and pasted once into Settings -> License.
05 What happens when my included update year ends?
Nothing is deleted. Saved queries, history, and connections stay on disk. The app keeps working, and you can keep using builds released inside your update window. Renew only if you want newer builds after that window.
06 Can I move my license to a new laptop?
Yes — deactivate from the old device under Settings -> License, or manage the license through Polar. Individual paid licenses cover 2 devices, Team covers 1 device per seat.
07 Can I use Zolt on a plane or behind a strict VPN?
Yes — 30-day offline grace after the last successful revalidate. Revalidation is a single signed-token check, not a full handshake; it survives hostile DPI and runs once a week.
08 Where do I report bugs or request features?
Zolt issue tracking is public on GitHub. Open a bug report, feature request, or product question there so other users can follow the same thread. Open ZoltDB Issues