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プロジェクトの歴史

The first tagged public release, v0.1.0, was published on August 17, 2021, after an initial Go implementation that already included search, diff viewing, and the early time-machine concept. The project was framed from the start as a richer `watch`, not as a general terminal multiplexer or log viewer.

In 2024, maintainer Takumasa Sakao released Viddy 1.0.0 after reimplementing the project in Rust. In his migration write-up, he described the Go version as a proof-of-concept that had become harder to fix and extend, while also noting that Rust had been the original target language. A later community fork, `viddy-go`, explicitly preserves the last Go implementation for users who prefer the Go toolchain or particular Go-era behavior.

使われ方

Viddy is used where a user would normally run `watch`, but wants better interaction: color-preserving command output, diff highlighting, output search, scrollback-like paging, and the ability to rewind through previous command results. The history and time-machine features make it useful for observing changing state such as service health, queues, deployments, or command output that briefly shows important differences.

パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

For package curators, Viddy is a neat example of the wave of Rust-era rewrites of small Unix command-line utilities: it keeps the Unix tool shape while adding TUI ergonomics, persisted history, and cross-platform binary releases. Its package footprint across Homebrew, MacPorts, Scoop, Alpine, Nix, and other ecosystems reflects a tool aimed at people who live in terminals rather than at a single platform community.

タイムライン

• 2021-08-17: Viddy v0.1.0 is published, with release notes showing the initial implementation, diff support, search, key binding work, and time-machine naming.
• 2024-08-22: The maintainer publishes a Viddy 1.0.0 migration article describing the Rust reimplementation from the earlier Go codebase.
• 2026-06-14: Viddy v1.3.1 is published, showing the Rust line still under active release.

ソース

• https://dev.to/sachaos/release-of-viddy-v100-migration-from-go-to-rust-2g41
• https://github.com/dbohdan/viddy-go
• https://github.com/sachaos/viddy
• https://github.com/sachaos/viddy/releases/tag/v0.1.0
• https://github.com/sachaos/viddy/releases/tag/v1.3.1