diffgrab

Web page change tracking with structured diffs. markgrab + snapgrab integration, MCP native.

from diffgrab import DiffTracker

tracker = DiffTracker()
await tracker.track("https://example.com")
changes = await tracker.check()
for c in changes:
    if c.changed:
        print(c.summary)     # "3 lines added, 1 lines removed in sections: Introduction."
        print(c.unified_diff) # Standard unified diff output
await tracker.close()

Features

• Change detection — track any URL, detect content changes via content hashing
• Structured diffs — unified diff + section-level analysis (which headings changed)
• Human-readable summaries — "5 lines added, 2 removed in sections: Intro, Methods"
• Snapshot history — SQLite storage, browse past versions of any page
• markgrab powered — HTML/YouTube/PDF/DOCX extraction via markgrab
• Visual diff — optional screenshot comparison via snapgrab
• MCP server — 5 tools for Claude Code / MCP clients
• CLI included — diffgrab track, check, diff, history, untrack

Install

pip install diffgrab

Optional extras:

pip install 'diffgrab[cli]'      # CLI with click + rich
pip install 'diffgrab[visual]'   # Visual diff with snapgrab
pip install 'diffgrab[mcp]'      # MCP server with fastmcp
pip install 'diffgrab[all]'      # Everything

Usage

Python API

import asyncio
from diffgrab import DiffTracker

async def main():
    tracker = DiffTracker()

    # Track a URL (takes initial snapshot)
    await tracker.track("https://example.com", interval_hours=12)

    # Check for changes
    changes = await tracker.check()
    for change in changes:
        if change.changed:
            print(change.summary)
            print(change.unified_diff)

    # Get diff between specific snapshots
    result = await tracker.diff("https://example.com", before_id=1, after_id=2)

    # Browse snapshot history
    history = await tracker.history("https://example.com", count=20)

    # Stop tracking
    await tracker.untrack("https://example.com")

    await tracker.close()

asyncio.run(main())

Convenience Functions

from diffgrab import track, check, diff, history, untrack

await track("https://example.com")
changes = await check()
result = await diff("https://example.com")
snaps = await history("https://example.com")
await untrack("https://example.com")

CLI

# Track a URL
diffgrab track https://example.com --interval 12

# Check all tracked URLs for changes
diffgrab check

# Check a specific URL
diffgrab check https://example.com

# Show diff between snapshots
diffgrab diff https://example.com
diffgrab diff https://example.com --before 1 --after 3

# View snapshot history
diffgrab history https://example.com --count 20

# Stop tracking
diffgrab untrack https://example.com

MCP Server

Add to your Claude Code MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "diffgrab": {
      "command": "diffgrab-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

Or with uvx:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "diffgrab": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "diffgrab[mcp]", "diffgrab-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

MCP Tools:

Tool	Description
track_url	Register a URL for change tracking
check_changes	Check tracked URLs for changes
get_diff	Get structured diff between snapshots
get_history	Browse snapshot history
untrack_url	Stop tracking a URL

DiffResult

Every diff operation returns a DiffResult:

@dataclass
class DiffResult:
    url: str                           # The tracked URL
    changed: bool                      # Whether content changed
    added_lines: int                   # Lines added
    removed_lines: int                 # Lines removed
    changed_sections: list[str]        # Markdown headings with changes
    unified_diff: str                  # Standard unified diff
    summary: str                       # Human-readable summary
    before_snapshot_id: int | None     # DB ID of older snapshot
    after_snapshot_id: int | None      # DB ID of newer snapshot
    before_timestamp: str              # When older snapshot was taken
    after_timestamp: str               # When newer snapshot was taken

Storage

Snapshots are stored in SQLite at ~/.local/share/diffgrab/diffgrab.db (auto-created). Custom path:

tracker = DiffTracker(db_path="/path/to/custom.db")

QuartzUnit Ecosystem

Package	Role	PyPI
markgrab	HTML/YouTube/PDF/DOCX to markdown	pip install markgrab
snapgrab	URL to screenshot + metadata	pip install snapgrab
docpick	OCR + LLM document extraction	pip install docpick
feedkit	RSS feed collection	pip install feedkit
diffgrab	Web page change tracking	pip install diffgrab
browsegrab	Browser agent for LLMs	Coming soon

License

MIT