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Back to feedShow HN: OmniDiff is an open-source Rust diff tool for code and other file types
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EDITOR BRIEF
OmniDiff is an AGPLv3 Git difftool that handles 25 programming languages as well as formats such as images, PDFs, archives, cursors, and fonts. Its developer reports diffing C++ files with tens of thousands of lines in under 100 ms on a 2023 ThinkPad T14s; the tool is still in development at version 0.3.0.
COMMENTARY
The reported speed and broad format support could make OmniDiff useful for teams that regularly review non-code changes, but it is still an early-stage tool. Builders should weigh its coverage against their own file types and workflows; the article provides no independent benchmarks or details on how the different content-specific diffs perform.