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Git Clients

diffnav – Git diff pager with file tree navigation

January 18, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Programming

diffnav is a Git diff pager with a file tree, syntax-highlighted delta output, side-by-side comparisons, search and watch mode.

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Diff Tools

Oyo – terminal code review tool

January 5, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

Oyo is a terminal code review tool with diff views, persistent review comments, Git and Jujutsu targets, forge sync, search and previews.

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Diff Tools

objdiff – object file diffing for decompilation projects

September 20, 2025 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Utilities

objdiff compares object files for decompilation projects with automatic rebuilds, architecture support, symbol analysis and progress views.

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Best Free GUI Diff Tools

jdDiff is a graphical cross platform diff viewer

June 4, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

jdDiff shows the difference between two files or two directories.

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mamediff – terminal editor for staged and unstaged diffs

March 22, 2025 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

mamediff provides a terminal interface for reviewing, staging, unstaging, and discarding Git changes in a focused diff workflow.

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Best Free GUI Diff Tools

Text Compare – simple GNOME text comparison app

March 13, 2025 Steve Emms GUI, Utilities

Text Compare is a simple GNOME app for comparing old and new text, selecting the comparison token, and using light, dark or system themes.

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Diff Tools

sesdiff – generates a shortest edit script

February 6, 2025 Steve Emms Software

sesdiff is a shortest edit script diff that’s written in the Rust programming language.

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csvdiff – fast diff tool for comparing CSV files

December 14, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

csvdiff is a fast diff tool for comparing CSV files. It finds out the additions and modifications.

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Diff Tools

csv-diff – diffing CSV and JSON files

December 13, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

csv-diff is a tool for viewing the difference between two CSV, TSV, or JSON files.

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Diff Tools

dirdiff – compute the differences between two directories

December 12, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dirdiff efficiently computes the differences between two directories. It’s written in Rust.

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Diff Tools

diff2html-cli – generate HTML diffs

December 11, 2024 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

diff2html generates pretty HTML diffs from unified and git diff output in your terminal.

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Diff Tools

dyff – diff tool for YAML files

December 7, 2024 Steve Emms CLI

dyff is a diff tool for YAML files, and sometimes JSON.

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Diff Tools

dwdiff – diff program that operates at the word level

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

dwdiff is a diff program that operates at the word level instead of the line level.

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Diff Tools

Wdiff – wordwise implementation of diff

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms Software

wdiff is a front end to diff for comparing files on a word per word basis. A word is anything between whitespace.

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Diff Tools

ydiff – coloured incremental side-by-side diff viewer

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

ydiff is a coloured incremental diff viewer with side-by-side display, automatic paging, custom themes and Git, Mercurial and Jujutsu.

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Diff Tools

diffr – word-level highlighting for unified diffs

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

diffr adds precise word-level change highlighting to unified diffs, with configurable terminal styles and integration with Git pagers.

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Diff Tools

colordiff – colourise diff output

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

colordiff is a configurable wrapper for diff that adds ANSI colour highlighting to unified, context, side-by-side and other diff formats.

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Diff Tools

diffoscope – in-depth comparison of files, archives and directories

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

diffoscope recursively compares files, archives and directories, transforming many binary formats into human-readable text or HTML reports.

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Diff Tools

icdiff – side-by-side coloured diff

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

icdiff is a side-by-side terminal diff tool with coloured word-level changes, recursive directory comparison, line numbers and Git support.

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Diff Tools

delta – syntax-highlighting pager for Git and diff output

October 19, 2023 Steve Emms CLI, Utilities

delta is a syntax-highlighting Git diff pager with side-by-side views, within-line changes, navigation, and extensive styling controls.

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