nbdime を Homebrew でインストール

プロジェクトリンク

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コマンドとエイリアス

• git-nbdiffdriver
• git-nbdifftool
• git-nbmergedriver
• git-nbmergetool
• hg-nbdiff
• hg-nbdiffweb
• hg-nbmerge
• hg-nbmergeweb
• nbdiff
• nbdiff-web
• nbdime
• nbmerge
• nbmerge-web
• nbshow

プロジェクトの歴史

The jupyter/nbdime repository was created on 2015-11-16. The problem it addresses is old and specific: .ipynb files are JSON documents, so line-based diff and merge tools are noisy and often misleading for code cells, markdown cells, metadata, execution counts, rich outputs, and embedded images.

The project became part of the Jupyter ecosystem discussion early. Jupyter Enhancement Proposal 8, 'Diffing and merging notebooks', says preliminary work resided in nbdime and frames the core use cases as version-control merge commands, diff commands, notebook change inspection, and automated regression testing.

採用の歴史

The package reached PyPI as 0.1.0 on 2016-12-16 and 1.0.0 on 2018-05-15. GitHub API data retrieved on 2026-07-01 showed 2,836 stars and 192 forks. PyPI Stats reported 317,876 downloads for the recent last-month window, and Homebrew Formulae reported 758 installs over the prior 365 days.

Its adoption comes from being the practical local answer to notebook version control. Jupyter users can keep notebooks in Git, but nbdime makes diffs human-readable and merges less hazardous by understanding notebook structure.

使われ方

Users run nbdiff for terminal-friendly notebook comparisons, nbdiff-web for rendered browser diffs, nbmerge for three-way notebook merges, nbmerge-web for browser-assisted conflict resolution, and nbshow for terminal presentation of a notebook.

The Git integration is the package-nerd move: configure nbdime as the diff and merge driver so normal git diff and git merge behavior can route .ipynb files through notebook-aware tooling while leaving ordinary files alone.

パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

nbdime matters because it turns notebooks from opaque JSON blobs back into reviewable development artifacts. It does not replace Git or Jupyter; it patches the exact place where their defaults are weakest together.

タイムライン

• 2015-11-16: jupyter/nbdime repository created.
• 2016-07-15: 'Diffing and Merging Jupyter Notebooks with nbdime' presented at SciPy 2016.
• 2016-12-16: nbdime 0.1.0 uploaded to PyPI.
• 2018-05-15: nbdime 1.0.0 uploaded to PyPI.
• 2026-02-10: nbdime 4.0.4 published.

Related projects

• Project Jupyter
• Jupyter Enhancement Proposal 8
• Git diff and merge drivers for notebook files

ソース

• https://api.github.com/repos/jupyter/nbdime
• https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/nbdime.json
• https://github.com/jupyter/nbdime
• https://jupyter.org/enhancement-proposals/08-notebook-diff/notebook-diff.html
• https://nbdime.readthedocs.io/
• https://pypi.org/pypi/nbdime/json
• https://pypistats.org/api/packages/nbdime/recent
• https://pyvideo.org/scipy-2016/diffing-and-merging-jupyter-notebooks-with-nbdime-scipy-2016-min-ragan-kelley.html
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jupyter/nbdime/master/README.md