Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install difftastic

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install difftastic

MacPorts ports tree · devel/difftastic/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add difftastic

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · difftastic · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%

sudo dnf install difftastic

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · difftastic · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#difftastic

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/di/difftastic/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S difftastic

Arch Linux sync databases · difftastic · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install difftastic

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · difftastic · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverifiziert · 92%

scoop install main/difftastic

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/difftastic.json · Quelle: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverifiziert · 92%

winget install --id Wilfred.difftastic -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Wilfred.difftastic · Quelle: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Diff that understands syntax

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

difft

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Difftastic is a structural diff tool that compares files using syntax rather than only lines, producing human-oriented output for code review and version-control workflows.

Projektgeschichte

The project README defines Difftastic as a syntax-aware diff tool and explicitly contrasts it with line-oriented diffing. Its changelog shows rapid development from the 0.1 series in 2021 through regular parser, display, Git-integration, and performance improvements.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The official installation documentation covers multiple package-manager routes, and the README highlights compatibility with Git and other version-control systems. The manual provides specific Git aliases, `diff.external`, and `difftool` configuration, which made the tool easy to adopt incrementally.

Wie es verwendet wird

Difftastic is commonly invoked as `difft` directly or wired into Git so `git diff`, `git show`, or `git log -p` can display syntax-aware differences. When files are unrecognized or parsing fails, the README documents fallback behavior to line-oriented diffing.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Difftastic is interesting to package nerds because it packages tree-sitter-backed structural comparison as a normal CLI. It lets maintainers review source changes in languages where reformatting, delimiters, and nested syntax can obscure the real change in a traditional unified diff.

Zeitleiste

2021: 0.1 series began, followed by frequent early releases.
2022: Changelog shows continued language, parser, and display expansion through the 0.30 series.
2025: 0.63 taught directory diffs to ignore `.git` directories.
2026: 0.69 released with punctuation-aware syntactic comparison improvements.

Related projects

Difftastic is related to traditional `diff`, Git external diff drivers, Git difftool integration, and tree-sitter parsers; its README also points users interested in AST merging to mergiraf.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 5 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.gitconfig

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`difft`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-11-04

Manager-Version0.72.0

Manager aktualisiert2026-10-29

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Version0.72.0

https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic

OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:difftastic
Version	0.72.0
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/difftastic
Homepage	https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/
Repository	https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/
Lizenz	MIT
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic/archive/refs/tags/0.72.0.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-10-29T23:27:34Z
Pulse	updated
Build-Abhängigkeiten	rust
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_golden_gate, arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_tahoe, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	difftastic
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

difftastic

nix profile install nixpkgs#difftastic

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Difftastic

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/di/difftastic/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

apk95%

difftastic 0.70.0-r0

Diff tool that understands syntax

https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/

sudo apk add difftastic

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: difftastic
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Difftastic

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: difftastic from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

difftastic-doc 0.70.0-r0

Diff tool that understands syntax (documentation)

https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/

sudo apk add difftastic-doc

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: difftastic
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Difftastic

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: difftastic-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

difftastic 0.69.0-2.fc45

Structural diff that understands syntax

https://crates.io/crates/difftastic

sudo dnf install difftastic

License: MIT AND (Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND BSD-3-Clause AND Unicode-DFS-2016 AND Apache-2.0 AND (Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND CECILL-C AND
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: rust-difftastic
4 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Difftastic

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: difftastic from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/652278618dec9c023176a80c435a32a2c8154869fb0eb662c267a54df28d77d9-primary.xml.zst

pacman95%

difftastic 0.70.0-2

An experimental diff tool that compares files based on their syntax

https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk

sudo pacman -S difftastic

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
4 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Difftastic

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: difftastic from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

zypper95%

difftastic 0.70.0-1.1

A structural diff that understands syntax

https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/

sudo zypper install difftastic

License: Apache-2.0 AND MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: difftastic
3 Abhängigkeiten
2 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Difftastic

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: difftastic from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/d310d5a96106e1e8872a385adf98aaa23be9db5d80937a6717314e7e7f37715065c6c748ab7ccee6475d620b46979c0fe64235fc0c46988e17edf659578fcf31-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

difftastic-doc 0.70.0-1.1

Documentation for difftastic

https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/

sudo zypper install difftastic-doc

License: Apache-2.0 AND MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: noarch
Source Package: difftastic
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Difftastic

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: difftastic-doc from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/d310d5a96106e1e8872a385adf98aaa23be9db5d80937a6717314e7e7f37715065c6c748ab7ccee6475d620b46979c0fe64235fc0c46988e17edf659578fcf31-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

difftastic

sudo port install difftastic

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Difftastic

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: devel/difftastic/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop95%

main/difftastic

scoop install main/difftastic

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Difftastic

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/difftastic.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

Wilfred.difftastic

winget install --id Wilfred.difftastic -e

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Difftastic

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: Wilfred.difftastic from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/difftastic.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

difftastic mit Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget installieren

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Linux

Windows

Paketzusammenfassung

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Projektgeschichte

Adoptionsgeschichte

Wie es verwendet wird

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Zeitleiste

Related projects

Quellen

Risikostufe: grün

Risikoklassifikator

Warum

Signale

Installationsverhalten

Empfohlene Prüfung

Configuration and credential file locations

Configuration files

Installierte Executables

Version und Aktualität

Paketmetadaten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Interne Paketlinks

Themen-Hubs

Verwandte Tools

Gleicher Workflow

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Combined YAML source

Verwendete Quellen