dlvhdr/diffnav

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dlvhdr/diffnav.json

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  "createdAt": "2024-09-18T14:41:16Z",
  "defaultBranch": "main",
  "description": "A git diff pager based on delta but with a file tree, à la GitHub.",
  "fullName": "dlvhdr/diffnav",
  "homepage": "",
  "language": "Go",
  "name": "diffnav",
  "pushedAt": "2025-09-22T10:14:16Z",
  "stargazersCount": 418,
  "topics": [
    "cli",
    "delta",
    "diff",
    "git",
    "github",
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    "tui"
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  "updatedAt": "2025-11-25T09:51:47Z",
  "url": "https://github.com/dlvhdr/diffnav"
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diffnav

A git diff pager based on delta but with a file tree, à la GitHub.

[!CAUTION] This is early in development, bugs are to be expected.

Feel free to open issues.

Demo

Installation

Homebrew:

brew install dlvhdr/formulae/diffnav

Go:

go install github.com/dlvhdr/diffnav@latest

[!NOTE] To get the icons to render properly you should download and install a Nerd font from https://www.nerdfonts.com/. Then, select that font as your font for the terminal.

You can install these with brew as well: brew install --cask font-<FONT NAME>-nerd-font

Usage

Pipe into diffnav

• git diff | diffnav
• gh pr diff https://github.com/dlvhdr/gh-dash/pull/447 | diffnav

Set up as global git diff pager

git config --global pager.diff diffnav

Configuration

• Currently you can configure diffnav only through delta so check out their docs.
• If you want the exact configuration I’m using - it can be found here.

Keys

Key	Description
j	Next file
k	Previous file
Ctrl-d	Scroll the diff down
Ctrl-u	Scroll the diff up
e	Toggle the file tree
t	Search/go-to file
y	Copy file path
q	Quit

Under the hood

diffnav uses:

• Bubble Tea for the TUI
• delta for viewing the diffed file

Screenshots use:

• kitty for the terminal
• tokyonight for the color scheme
• CommitMono for the font