Command-line tool

diff-so-fancy

brew/diff-so-fancy

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Good-lookin' diffs with diff-highlight and more

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install diff-so-fancy

macOS

brew install diff-so-fancy

Colorize `diff`

diff -u path/to/file1 path/to/file2 | diff-so-fancy

Set `diff-so-fancy` to colorize the output during Git's interactive staging

git config --global interactive.diffFilter "diff-so-fancy --patch"

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