--- title: Difftastic, a structural diff | daily.dev description: Difftastic is a structural diff tool that compares files based on their syntax, not line-by-line. It can accurately show differences in code formatting and the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/difftastic-a-structural-diff-yvn6mppav twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Difftastic, a structural diff | daily.dev og:description: Difftastic is a structural diff tool that compares files based on their syntax, not line-by-line. It can accurately show differences in code formatting and the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/difftastic-a-structural-diff-yvn6mppav og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yvn6mpPav.png og:image:alt: Difftastic, a structural diff og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Difftastic, a structural diff **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 71 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Difftastic is a structural diff tool that compares files based on their syntax, not line-by-line. It can accurately show differences in code formatting and the addition of wrappers, and also provides actual line numbers from files before and after changes. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@mykytanikitenko42** · 3 upvotes > Oh, this is a really cool tool **@alsageek** · 0 upvotes > Using it for a month, it has changed my daily work, and in a good way --- Tags: [#cli](https://daily.dev/tags/cli) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/difftastic-a-structural-diff-yvn6mppav) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Difftastic, a structural diff","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/difftastic-a-structural-diff-yvn6mppav","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/difftastic-a-structural-diff-yvn6mppav"},"datePublished":"2024-03-22T00:34:21.652Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z","description":"Difftastic is a structural diff tool that compares files based on their syntax, not line-by-line. 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