esmuellert/codediff.nvim

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1534 stars · 92 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Neovim plugin that renders VSCode-style diffs with side-by-side or inline layouts and two-tier line/character-level highlighting, powered by the same C diff algorithm VSCode uses. It also provides git revision comparison, merge conflict resolution, and git history browsing.

Use cases

• view side-by-side diffs in neovim like vscode
• review git changes with character-level highlighting
• resolve merge conflicts in neovim
• compare files between git commits branches or tags
• browse git history of a file in neovim
• toggle between unified and side-by-side diff layouts

When to choose

• you want vscode-quality diff rendering inside neovim
• you need fast C-based diff computation with multi-core parallelization
• you want a built-in mergetool and git history viewer for neovim

When to avoid

• you use an editor other than neovim
• you need a standalone CLI diff tool outside an editor
• you cannot download prebuilt binaries or compile C code

Facets

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developer-tools version-control code-review developer-tools version-control text-editors windows cli neovim-plugin diff-viewer git-diff mergetool vscode-style side-by-side-diff lua ffi neovim linux macos

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