delta VS dust

Compare delta vs dust and see what are their differences.

delta

A syntax-highlighting pager for git, diff, and grep output (by dandavison)

dust

A more intuitive version of du in rust (by bootandy)
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delta dust
88 48
20,364 7,636
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8.4 7.4
7 days ago 3 days ago
Rust Rust
MIT License Apache License 2.0
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delta

Posts with mentions or reviews of delta. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-21.

dust

Posts with mentions or reviews of dust. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-08.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing delta and dust you can also consider the following projects:

diff-so-fancy - Good-lookin' diffs. Actually… nah… The best-lookin' diffs. :tada:

difftastic - a structural diff that understands syntax 🟥🟩

vim-fugitive - fugitive.vim: A Git wrapper so awesome, it should be illegal

lazygit - simple terminal UI for git commands

vim-gitgutter - A Vim plugin which shows git diff markers in the sign column and stages/previews/undoes hunks and partial hunks.

gitui - Blazing 💥 fast terminal-ui for git written in rust 🦀

git-split-diffs - Syntax highlighted side-by-side diffs in your terminal

mako - A lightweight Wayland notification daemon

dutree - a tool to analyze file system usage written in Rust

ripgrep - ripgrep recursively searches directories for a regex pattern while respecting your gitignore

bat - A cat(1) clone with wings.

dua-cli - View disk space usage and delete unwanted data, fast.