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15 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Diff Tools

File comparison compares the contents of computer files, finding their common contents and their differences. The result is known as a diff.

csvdiff is a fast diff tool for comparing CSV files. It finds out the additions and modifications.

csv-diff is a tool for viewing the difference between two CSV, TSV, or JSON files.

dirdiff efficiently computes the differences between two directories. It’s written in Rust.

diff2html generates pretty HTML diffs from unified and git diff output in your terminal.

dyff is a diff tool for YAML files, and sometimes JSON.

dwdiff is a diff program that operates at the word level instead of the line level.

wdiff is a front end to diff for comparing files on a word per word basis. A word is anything between whitespace.

ydiff is a view colored, incremental diff in a workspace or from stdin, with side by side and auto pager support.

diffr processes diffs and outputs them (in the console) with additional diff information on top of the unified diff format.

colordiff is a wrapper for diff and produces the same output as diff but with coloured syntax highlighting at the command line.

diffoscope is a utility that offers in-depth comparison of files, archives, and directories.

icdiff can show you the differences between similar files without getting in the way.

Delta is a viewer for git and diff output. The program allows you to make extensive changes to the layout and styling of diffs.

diff-so-fancy strives to make your diffs human readable instead of machine readable. diff-so-fancy is free and open source software.