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# Installation
Difftastic [provides GitHub
releases](https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic/releases) with
prebuilt binaries for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Diffstatic can be installed as pre-built binaries or using various package managers.
If you're a Homebrew user, you can install
## Pre-Built Binaries
Diffstatic releases are published as [GitHub releases](https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic/releases) with pre-built binaries for Windows, macOS and Linux.
The [latest release page](https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic/releases/latest) should have what you are looking for.
## Package Manager
### macOS
If you're a **Homebrew** user, you can install
[difftastic](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/difftastic) with `brew`.
```
$ brew install difftastic
```
If you're an Arch Linux user, you can install
### Linux and Unix
If you're an **Arch Linux** user, you can install
[difftastic](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/difftastic/)
with `pacman`.
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$ sudo pacman -S difftastic
```
If you're a Nix user, you can install
If you're a **Nix** user, you can install
[difftastic](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/tools/text/difftastic/default.nix)
with `nix-env`.
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$ nix-env --install difftastic
```
If you're a Fedora user, you can install [difftastic](https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/rust-difftastic/difftastic/) with `dnf`.
If you're a **Fedora** user, you can install [difftastic](https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/rust-difftastic/difftastic/) with `dnf`.
```
$ sudo dnf install difftastic
```
If you're a FreeBSD user, you can install
If you're a **FreeBSD** user, you can install
[difftastic](https://www.freshports.org/textproc/difftastic/)
with `pkg`.
```
$ sudo pkg install difftastic
```
If you're a Windows user, you can install
### Windows
If you're a Windows user using **Scoop**, you can install
[difftastic](https://scoop.sh/#/apps?q=difftastic)
with `scoop`.
```
$ scoop install difftastic
```
If you're a Windows user, you can install
If you're a Windows user using **Chocolatey**, you can install
[difftastic](https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/difftastic)
with `choco`.
```
$ choco install difftastic
```