Alternatives

Products that do what GitHub style split diffs in your terminal does

1. 1AS
   A syntax highlighter for Git and diff output, written in Rust▲261

   2020 · github.com

2. 2SH
   Syntax Highlight for your github diffs▲18

   2012 · github.com

3. 3DV
   Delta – view your Git split diffs in the browser▲24

   2015 · delta.octavore.com

4. 4HC
   Hiding code from Git diff▲167

   2017 · twistlock.com

5. 5AS
   A side-by-side git diff viewer for the terminal▲5

   2020 · github.com

6. 6DA
   Diffmatic – A daily GitHub digest for dev teams▲67

   2014 · diffmatic.com

7. 7GS
   GitHub's Fixed Header for better accessibility▲45

   2016 · gist.github.com

8. 8AC
   A Chrome Extension to filter out different files in GitHub's diff▲7

   2014 · chrome.google.com

9. 9AC
   A cleaner alternative to the “Fork Me on GitHub” ribbon▲45

   2015 · github.com

10. 10AG
    A GitHub integration for Python code style▲7

    2017 · pep8speaks.com

11. 11AS
    A semantic diff tool for GitHub codebases▲5

    2013 · nodeknockout.com

12. 12AN
    A new way to diff websites▲46

    2015 · diffd.com

13. 13CE
    Chrome extension to put GitHub's header back to the way it was▲39

    2017 · chrome.google.com

14. 14DA
    Diffnav – a diff pager based on delta but with a file tree, à la GitHub▲7

    2024 · github.com

15. 15GA
    GitAuthors – A GitHub contributors page for the command line▲22

    2018 · github.com

16. 16DT
    Distro.tools - Scripts for lazy Linux users▲14

    2019 · distro.tools

17. 17IM
    I made a CLI that makes it easier to manage multiple Git configs▲14

    2021 · github.com

18. 18LG
    Locust – “Git diff” over abstract syntax trees▲26

    2020 · github.com

19. 19CT
    completeme, 't' in Github for Bash▲23

    2013 · pypi.python.org

20. 20LA
    Line – An easy to use golang package for stylizing terminal output▲7

    2017 · github.com

21. 21DG
    Diffswarm – GitHub-style review and workflow for any unified diff▲8

    Pipe the output of a `diff` command to Diffswarm to get back a persistent URL that contains the diff with workflow, comments, search, etc. Basically some of the helpful features that Github offers on PR diffs, just available for any arbitrary diff. I wrote this tool to use at work for documenting snapshot diff triaging, and also used it to help with the same thing on a couple Ty PRs. Example: https://diffswarm.dev/d-01k2gknwyq82f6x17zqf3apjxc

    Jan 2026 · diffswarm.dev

22. 22CT
    CLI tool to find synonyms in 14 diff languages from the terminal▲9

    2020 · github.com

23. 23TB
    Terminal based Git interactive rebase editor written in Rust▲17

    2018 · github.com

24. 24GT
    GitHub + Tetris = Gitris▲12

    2012 · gitris.com

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