ripdiff

7 releases (breaking)

new 0.6.0	Mar 21, 2026
0.5.0	Mar 19, 2026
0.4.0	Mar 16, 2026
0.3.0	Mar 14, 2026
0.1.3	Mar 14, 2026

#1353 in Development tools

MIT license

95MB
2.5M SLoC

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A terminal UI for watching and reviewing agent progress, designed for a tmux panel workflow where you monitor agent changes on one side while working on the other.

Uses difftastic for structural, syntax-aware diffs with ANSI color output via an in-process Rust dependency.

ripdiff demo

Install

Install from crates.io

cargo install --locked ripdiff

This installs ripdiff into ~/.cargo/bin/.

Install from source (local checkout)

cargo install --path .

Releasing

Maintainer release instructions live in RELEASING.md.

Usage

Run inside any git repo with uncommitted changes:

ripdiff

# or
rd

Or point it at a specific repo:

ripdiff /some/repo

Show only unstaged changes:

ripdiff -u

# or
ripdiff --unstaged-only

Key Bindings

Global

Key	Action
`Tab` / `Shift-Tab`	Toggle focus between panels
`h` / `?`	Open or close help
`t`	Toggle between inline and side-by-side diff
`u`	Toggle between all changes and unstaged-only changes
`r`	Force refresh
`q` / `Esc`	Quit

File List Panel

Key	Action
`j` / `↓`	Move file selection down
`k` / `↑`	Move file selection up
`→`	Switch to diff panel
`gg` / `G`	Jump to top / bottom of file list
`s` / `S`	Toggle selected file staged / toggle all files staged
`Space e`	Hide / show file list sidebar
`Enter`	Toggle diff visibility for selected file

Diff Panel

Key	Action
`j` / `↓`	Scroll down one line
`k` / `↑`	Scroll up one line
`←`	Switch to file list
`Ctrl-d` / `Ctrl-u`	Scroll half page down / up
`gg` / `G`	Jump to top / bottom of diff
`s` / `S`	Toggle selected file staged / toggle all files staged
`]` / `[`	Jump to next / previous hunk
`Space e`	Hide / show file list sidebar
`Enter`	Toggle diff visibility for selected file

Dependencies

~664MB
~19M SLoC