diff-so-fancy

5 tools replace diff-so-fancy

delta Full replacement

A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, grep, rg --json, and blame output

Syntax highlighting, side-by-side view and line numbers.

Language: Rust
Licence: MIT
Stars: 33k
Latest: 0.20.1
Last push: 2026-11-12

Difftastic Partial

a structural diff that understands syntax 🟥🟩

Compares files by syntax tree rather than by line, run as git's external diff instead of a pager.

Language: Rust
Licence: MIT
Stars: 26k
Latest: 0.72.0
Last push: 2026-11-11

improved colored diff

Side-by-side coloured diff, used through git difftool or git icdiff rather than as a pager.

Language: Python
Licence: Other
Stars: 4.4k
Latest: release-2.0.10
Last push: 2026-02-08

git-split-diffs Partial

Syntax highlighted side-by-side diffs in your terminal

Side-by-side diffs with syntax highlighting, styled like GitHub's.

Language: TypeScript
Licence: MIT
Stars: 2.7k
Latest: v2.3.0
Last push: 2026-10-11

A syntax highter for diffs, clarifying which parts of lines have changed

Highlights the changed parts of each line, as a pager for git and diff.

Language: Rust
Licence: MIT
Stars: 532
Latest: 3.7.0
Last push: 2026-11-07

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