# sachaos/viddy

👀 A modern watch command. Time machine and pager etc.

Repository: https://github.com/sachaos/viddy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/viddy
Language: Rust
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: watch, cli, terminal, tui, golang
Last push: 2026-08-16T05:53:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 88, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1845, "days_push": 17, "days_rel": 80, "gap_med": 9, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5404, forks 95 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:17.572613+00:00)

## What it is
Viddy is a modern replacement for the Unix watch command that periodically executes a command and displays its output in a terminal UI. It adds features like diff highlighting, a time machine mode to rewind past outputs, history, pager view, and customizable keymaps.

## Use cases
- run a command repeatedly and watch its output
- replace the classic watch command with a better one
- see diffs between command executions in real time
- rewind and replay previous command outputs
- monitor log or status output in the terminal with search and pager

## When to choose
- you want watch with diff highlighting and color
- you need to scroll back through previous command output runs
- you want vim-style keybindings and search while watching command output

## When to avoid
- you only need the simplest periodic command execution and stock watch suffices
- you need a GUI or web-based monitoring dashboard

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, terminal-ui, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: watch-command, tui, rust, time-machine, diff-highlight, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- sachaos/viddy (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:17.572613+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:57:47.962576+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sachaos/viddy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:17.572613+00:00, sha a2c6313250db)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.