Alternatives to viddy
Rerun a command and compare its output over time. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
viddy
Rerun a command and compare its output over time.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as viddy.
hwatch
An alternative to the watch command that keeps a history of output and shows differences.
hwatch also keeps a history of output with a diff view, and adds JSON lines logging and change hooks, but it is listed for Linux only rather than Windows and macOS.
Also worth comparing
These listings name viddy as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
entr
Runs a command whenever the files you pipe into it change.
viddy reruns a command on a timer and keeps a searchable output history, rather than triggering on file changes as entr does.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
watchexec
Watches a folder and reruns a command whenever a file changes, for test loops, linting and rebuilds.
hyperfine
A benchmarking tool for shell commands that does the statistics properly: warmup runs, multiple samples and outlier detection.
sig
Search streaming text interactively in your terminal.
lnav
A terminal log file viewer that merges, tails, searches, filters and queries log files with SQL.
Pueue
A command-line task manager that queues shell commands and runs them in the background.
