Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/twpayne/chezmoi/vs/wagoodman/dive
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/twpayne/chezmoi/vs/wagoodman/dive.md
Description: chezmoi and dive share 3 technologies: github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea, github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss, and github.com/muesli/termenv. Both are written in Go.

# chezmoi vs dive

chezmoi and dive share 3 technologies: github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea, github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss, and github.com/muesli/termenv. Both are written in Go.

- [twpayne/chezmoi](https://seerepo.com/r/twpayne/chezmoi): Manage your dotfiles across multiple diverse machines, securely.
- [wagoodman/dive](https://seerepo.com/r/wagoodman/dive): A tool for exploring each layer in a docker image

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea, github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss, github.com/muesli/termenv
- Only in chezmoi: etcd, GitHub, mkdocs-material, soupsieve, github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, golang.org/x/oauth2, pymdown-extensions, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config
- Only in dive: github.com/moby/moby/client

## Side by side

| | chezmoi | dive |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 47,815 lines written, 209 code files | 15,370 lines written, 87 code files |
| Who writes it | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 0% of its commits signed by AI |
| Activity | Last push November 4, 2026, 5,116 commits, 22,169 stars | Last push November 2, 2026, 417 commits, 54,699 stars |
| Tests | 99 test files. 77.5% of its code files have a test that imports them | 38 test files. 49.4% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, chezmoi or dive?

chezmoi, with 47,815 lines written; dive has 15,370.

The proof: [twpayne/chezmoi's code at commit 745ad56](https://github.com/twpayne/chezmoi/tree/745ad561962c3b47742e715f13bd2ff51c06e7dd)

### Which has more GitHub stars, chezmoi or dive?

dive, with 54,699 stars; chezmoi has 22,169.

The proof: [wagoodman/dive on GitHub](https://github.com/wagoodman/dive)

### Which has more tests, chezmoi or dive?

chezmoi, with 99 test files; dive has 38.

The proof: [twpayne/chezmoi's code at commit 745ad56](https://github.com/twpayne/chezmoi/tree/745ad561962c3b47742e715f13bd2ff51c06e7dd)

### Which was updated more recently, chezmoi or dive?

chezmoi: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and dive's on November 2, 2026.

The proof: [twpayne/chezmoi's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/twpayne/chezmoi/commits)

## Sources

- twpayne/chezmoi: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit 745ad56 (https://github.com/twpayne/chezmoi/tree/745ad561962c3b47742e715f13bd2ff51c06e7dd)
- wagoodman/dive: Read on November 5, 2026, at commit e97febb (https://github.com/wagoodman/dive/tree/e97febbeb6956b11f679f6d823762752185e3fef)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.