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Git History Diff installs statistics

By Hui Zhou · VS Code Marketplace · Other

View git history. View diff of committed files. View git blame info. View stash details.

View on VS Code Marketplace Fresh · Oct 20, 2026

Git History Diff has 965,590 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace, ranking #549 of 2,501 tracked listings.

Installs
965,590
Official API · Oct 20, 2026
7-day growth
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Insufficient history
30-day growth
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Insufficient history
90-day growth
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Insufficient history
Rank
#549
Among tracked VS Code Marketplace listings

Rating: 4.74 / 5 from 61 ratings

About Git History Diff

Git History Diff

View git history. View commit details. View diff of committed files. View git blame info. View stash details.

GitHD aims to bring the most useful git history inside with the simplest and the most convenient way.

What's new in 2.5

  • Add stats chart. It reflects the commit stats of the history view. Image of stats chart

Features

  • View branch history.
  • View file history.
  • View folder history.
  • View line history.
  • View history by author.
  • Select a commit from the history view to see diff of committed files.
  • View git stashes and related files' diffs.
  • View git blame which displays the latest commit info at the end of each line. Hover on it to see details.
  • Input a commit sha1 to see diff of the committed files.
  • View all the diffs between current branch and the selected one or between the two selected ones.
  • View the diff of a file or folder between current branch and the selected one or between the two selected ones.
  • View file diff between un-committed local and specified commit.
  • Go back or forward on History view.
  • Go back or forward on Explorer view.
  • Check the previous (older) or next (newer) commit.
  • Go to github PR links from blame view and commit info.
  • View commit stats chart. It reflects the commit stats of the history view.

Commands

Press F1 and type or select below commands to run.

  • GitHD: View History
  • GitHD: View Branch History
  • GitHD: View File History
  • GitHD: View Line History
  • GitHD: View Entire History
  • GitHD: View Stashes
  • GitHD: View Branch Diff
  • GitHD: View Un-committed File Diff
  • GitHD: Input Ref

Usage

View Branch History and the Committed Changes

Note, when you select different branch to see it's history, the repo will not checkout to that branch.

Image of branch history

View File or Folder History

Image of file history

Image of folder history

View line history and diff

Image of line history

Image of line diff

Diff Branch
  • Select a branch or ref to compare with current branch
  • Select two branches or refs to compare with current branch. You are able to select a local branch to compare with another local or remote branch.
  • Input a SHA to compare with current branch (F1 -> GitHD: View Branch Diff -> Enter Commit SHA -> SHA)
  • Input two SHAs to see their diffs (F1 -> GitHD: View Branch Diff -> Enter Commit SHA -> SHA1 .. SHA2)

Image of diff branch

Git Blame

You are able to see the latest commit info of each line. Hover on it to see the details and click the SHA to see committed files and their changes. You could disable it in the settings.

Image of blame

Image of blame

Display of the Committed Files

Image of display files

Express Mode

When the express mode is enabled, the History View will be loaded significantly faster especially when there are too many commits. But the stat info for each commit will not be displayed. You could toggle it in the settings.

Settings

Press F1 and type or select Preferences: Open Workspace Settings or Preferences: Open User Settings. Search githd and set the configurations.

Image of the configurations

Changes

Change Log

License

MIT

Thanks

Big thanks to all the contributors and users!

Unofficial Author's Words

This is the tool I wanted but could not find so wrote myself.

我会说中文。

Enjoy it!

Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.

  • diff
  • git
  • git diff
  • git history
  • git history diff
  • git log
  • githd

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Charts

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Adoption over time

Git History Diff installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 965,590 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.Git History DiffInstalls on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days965,590installs965.2K965.3K965.4K965.5K965.6KJul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20installsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Git History Diff installs on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 965,590 installs as of Oct 20, 2026.

7/30/90-day growth

Git History Diff installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.Git History DiffInstalls growth on VS Code Marketplace965,590installs now7-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history30-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient history90-day growthinsufficient historyInsufficient historyGrowth vs. nearest observation to each baseline date · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Git History Diff installs growth on VS Code Marketplace: 7-day growth unavailable, 30-day growth unavailable, 90-day growth unavailable.

Ranking history

Git History Diff VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #549 (by installs).Git History DiffVS Code Marketplace ranking · by installs · Last 90 days#549current rank#546#547#548#549#550#551Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20rankOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct 20, 2026pluginstats.com
Git History Diff VS Code Marketplace ranking history: currently #549 (by installs).

Ratings over time

Git History Diff ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 61 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.Git History DiffRatings on VS Code Marketplace · Last 90 days61ratings5456586062646668Jul 22Aug 6Aug 21Sep 5Sep 20Oct 5Oct 20ratingsobservedarchived (Internet Archive)no observationsOct 16, 2026 – Oct 20, 2026 · 5 observations · Updated Oct…pluginstats.com
Git History Diff ratings on VS Code Marketplace, last 90 days: 61 ratings as of Oct 20, 2026.

Listing placement

All VS Code Marketplace2,501 listings · 126 pages · 1,251 shown · page 28, #9 (overall #549)
All VS Code Marketplace: every listing in installs order

Listing placement

Other761 listings · 39 pages · page 8, #1 (overall #141)
Other: every listing in installs order

Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.

Each band is one page of 20. Installs on a linear scale. Placement is projected from installs, so it can differ from the marketplace's own sort order. Hover a dot to see the listing.

Recent observations

Full history (5)
Recent installs observations for Git History Diff
Date (UTC)InstallsChange vs. previous
965,590+195
965,395+55
965,340+46
965,294+80
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Data source

Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.

Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=huizhou.githd. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 20, 2026. See the methodology.