# Installer diff-so-fancy avec Homebrew, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de diff-so-fancy pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:diff-so-fancy
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install diff-so-fancy
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install diff-so-fancy
```

  Preuve: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/diff-so-fancy/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install diff-so-fancy
```

  Preuve: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: diff-so-fancy from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#diff-so-fancy
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S diff-so-fancy
```

  Preuve: Arch Linux sync databases: diff-so-fancy from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install diff-so-fancy
```

  Preuve: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: diff-so-fancy from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/diff-so-fancy
```

  Preuve: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/diff-so-fancy.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:diff-so-fancy
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.4.12
- **Résumé source:** Good-lookin' diffs with diff-highlight and more
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://github.com/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy>
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-07-15T20:53:38Z
- **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## exécutables

- diff-so-fancy (alias)

## Comportement d'installation

- Bouteille: non disponible

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-08-03
- version du gestionnaire: 1.4.12
## Historique du projet et usages

diff-so-fancy is a terminal filter that reformats unified diffs into a more human-readable display. It is commonly wired into Git as a pager or interactive diff filter.

### Historique du projet

The official history document says diff-so-fancy began as a commit in Paul Irish's dotfiles, grew into a standalone script, and was later moved into the so-fancy repository by Steve Mao. The GitHub repository was created in 2016.

The README presents the project as a tool for making diffs human readable to improve code quality and defect spotting. Its options are mostly Git configuration keys that control hunk headers, leading symbols, rulers, empty lines, and display width.

### Historique d'adoption

diff-so-fancy spread through developer tooling because it required little ceremony: place the script on PATH and point Git's pager or interactive.diffFilter at it. The README lists official project-noted availability through GitHub releases, npm, Homebrew, Fedora, Arch, and Debian/Ubuntu packaging.

### Modes d'utilisation

The normal Git setup is core.pager set to pipe through diff-so-fancy and less, plus interactive.diffFilter for patch mode. It can also consume ordinary unified diff output from diff -u or recursive diff.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

For package nerds, diff-so-fancy is a classic single-purpose developer package: a small script, broad editor-terminal appeal, and visible overlap between dotfiles culture, Git ergonomics, and distro packaging.

### Chronologie

- 2016: The so-fancy/diff-so-fancy GitHub repository is created.
- 2021: Version 1.4.0 is published.
- 2026: Version 1.4.10 is published.

### Related projects

- Git, diff-highlight, delta, Lazygit, and difftastic are the main neighboring tools named by upstream.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy/master/README.md>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy/master/docs/history.md>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy/releases>


## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Risque Geiger:** vert / faible
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Nix - diff-so-fancy: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/di/diff-so-fancy/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- dnf - diff-so-fancy - 1.4.4-10.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: diff-so-fancy from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Good-lookin' diffs | https://github.com/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy
- pacman - diff-so-fancy - 1.4.12-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: diff-so-fancy from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Good-looking diffs with diff-highlight and more | https://github.com/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy
- zypper - diff-so-fancy - 1.4.10-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: diff-so-fancy from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Strives to make your diffs human readable | https://github.com/so-fancy/diff-so-fancy
- MacPorts - diff-so-fancy: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/diff-so-fancy/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/diff-so-fancy: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/diff-so-fancy.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/diff-so-fancy.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/diff-so-fancy.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph