Hunk – Review-first terminal diff viewer for agentic coders

Hunk, a new terminal diff viewer designed for agentic coders, has been released, offering a review-first interface that displays entire changesets in a single stream with side-by-side and stacked layouts, keyboard navigation, and support for agent annotations. The tool can be installed via npm (`npm i -g hunkdiff`), Homebrew (`brew install hunk`), or Nix (`nix run github:modem-dev/hunk`), and requires Node.js 18 or newer for npm installs.

One stream, every file. The whole changeset reads top to bottom in sidebar order — no flipping between single-file views. File counts at a glance, hunk jumps with and , and the sidebar takes you straight to any file. How reviews work → /docs/workflows/working-trees-and-commits/ Hunk is a review-first diff viewer that plays nice with agents. It's fast, it looks good, and it works everywhere. from the community what you get The whole changeset reads top to bottom in sidebar order — no flipping between single-file views. File counts at a glance, hunk jumps with and , and the sidebar takes you straight to any file. Agents leave notes in a sidecar; hunk renders each one inside the diff, right above the hunk it annotates — summary, rationale, and author. Step through hunks with and and the notes follow. Click a file in the sidebar to jump, wheel-scroll the stream, hover a row to leave a note — or never leave the keyboard. Pipe patches straight in and hunk is your pager, too. Side-by-side when your terminal is wide, stacked when it's narrow. Auto picks for you; press 1, 2, or 0 to override at any time, with wrapping and line numbers toggled live. Understand structure, not just added and removed lines. Ships with its own looks plus the classics — Catppuccin, Dracula, Gruvbox, GitHub, and more — or roll your own in config. install npm i -g hunkdiff brew install hunk nix run github:modem-dev/hunk Then hunk diff to review your working tree, or hunk show to review a commit. npm installs require Node.js 18 or newer.