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Top 18 Rust Diff Projects
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Project mention: Ask HN: Python developers at big companies what is your setup? | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-22
* Git + https://github.com/dandavison/delta for change management
When I need a debugger or a Git GUI, VScode, but Zed is becoming more and more interesting. These support LLM interaction, but things like Claude Code fit better with the above list.
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difftastic Description: a structural diff that understands syntax What we like: simple and strightforward, integrates with git What we don't like: Currently has zero-point versions, allowing breaking changes between versions
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Project mention: Diffsitter – A Tree-sitter based AST difftool to get meaningful semantic diffs | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-10
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Project mention: Delta: A syntax-highlighting pager for Git, diff, grep, and blame output | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-11-08
you might like diffr (https://github.com/mookid/diffr) (disclaimer: my project)
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cargo-public-api
List and diff the public API of Rust library crates between releases and commits. Detect breaking API changes and semver violations via CI or a CLI.
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windiff
Web-based tool that allows comparing symbol, type and syscall information of Microsoft Windows binaries across different versions of the OS.
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keepass-diff
A CLI-tool to diff Keepass (.kdbx) files. Useful, if syncing with Dropbox or NextCloud and getting multiple files due to conflicts.
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resym
Cross-platform tool that allows browsing and extracting C and C++ type declarations from PDB files.
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textdistance.rs
🦀📏 Rust library to compare strings (or any sequences). 25+ algorithms, pure Rust, common interface, Unicode support.
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kubectl-watch
A kubectl plugin to provide a pretty delta change view of being watched kubernetes resources
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
Rust Diff discussion
Rust Diff related posts
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Ask HN: Python developers at big companies what is your setup?
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Unraveling Code Changes: A Deep Dive into FOSS Diff Tools
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Difftastic: A structural diff that understands syntax
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Difftastic: A structural diff that understands syntax
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Diffsitter – A Tree-sitter based AST difftool to get meaningful semantic diffs
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Show HN: An open-source browser extension that integrates difftastic into GitHub
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DiffX – Next-Generation Extensible Diff Format
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Diff projects in Rust? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | delta | 27,371 |
| 2 | difftastic | 22,852 |
| 3 | diffsitter | 2,242 |
| 4 | sad | 1,944 |
| 5 | similar | 1,136 |
| 6 | diffr | 601 |
| 7 | cargo-public-api | 496 |
| 8 | riff | 452 |
| 9 | windiff | 346 |
| 10 | keepass-diff | 335 |
| 11 | resym | 333 |
| 12 | textdistance.rs | 296 |
| 13 | dipa | 269 |
| 14 | kubediff | 181 |
| 15 | treediff-rs | 89 |
| 16 | rust-pgdatadiff | 76 |
| 17 | kubectl-watch | 62 |
| 18 | tblcompare | 6 |
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