Command-line tool

colordiff

brew/colordiff

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Color-highlighted diff(1) output

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install colordiff

Compare files

colordiff file1 file2

Output in two columns

colordiff -y file1 file2

Ignore case differences in file contents

colordiff -i file1 file2

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