diff --git a/gitoxide-core/src/repository/diff.rs b/gitoxide-core/src/repository/diff.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18ca60f9e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gitoxide-core/src/repository/diff.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+use gix::bstr::{BString, ByteSlice};
+use gix::objs::tree::EntryMode;
+use gix::prelude::ObjectIdExt;
+
+pub fn tree(
+    mut repo: gix::Repository,
+    out: &mut dyn std::io::Write,
+    old_treeish: BString,
+    new_treeish: BString,
+) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    repo.object_cache_size_if_unset(repo.compute_object_cache_size_for_tree_diffs(&**repo.index_or_empty()?));
+
+    let old_tree_id = repo.rev_parse_single(old_treeish.as_bstr())?;
+    let new_tree_id = repo.rev_parse_single(new_treeish.as_bstr())?;
+
+    let old_tree = old_tree_id.object()?.peel_to_tree()?;
+    let new_tree = new_tree_id.object()?.peel_to_tree()?;
+
+    let changes = repo.diff_tree_to_tree(&old_tree, &new_tree, None)?;
+
+    writeln!(
+        out,
+        "Diffing trees `{old_treeish}` ({old_tree_id}) -> `{new_treeish}` ({new_tree_id})\n"
+    )?;
+    write_changes(&repo, out, changes)?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn write_changes(
+    repo: &gix::Repository,
+    mut out: impl std::io::Write,
+    changes: Vec<gix::diff::tree_with_rewrites::Change>,
+) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+    for change in changes {
+        match change {
+            gix::diff::tree_with_rewrites::Change::Addition {
+                location,
+                id,
+                entry_mode,
+                ..
+            } => {
+                writeln!(out, "A: {}", typed_location(location, entry_mode))?;
+                writeln!(out, "  {}", id.attach(repo).shorten_or_id())?;
+                writeln!(out, "  -> {:o}", entry_mode.0)?;
+            }
+            gix::diff::tree_with_rewrites::Change::Deletion {
+                location,
+                id,
+                entry_mode,
+                ..
+            } => {
+                writeln!(out, "D: {}", typed_location(location, entry_mode))?;
+                writeln!(out, "  {}", id.attach(repo).shorten_or_id())?;
+                writeln!(out, "  {:o} ->", entry_mode.0)?;
+            }
+            gix::diff::tree_with_rewrites::Change::Modification {
+                location,
+                previous_id,
+                id,
+                previous_entry_mode,
+                entry_mode,
+            } => {
+                writeln!(out, "M: {}", typed_location(location, entry_mode))?;
+                writeln!(
+                    out,
+                    "  {previous_id} -> {id}",
+                    previous_id = previous_id.attach(repo).shorten_or_id(),
+                    id = id.attach(repo).shorten_or_id()
+                )?;
+                if previous_entry_mode != entry_mode {
+                    writeln!(out, "  {:o} -> {:o}", previous_entry_mode.0, entry_mode.0)?;
+                }
+            }
+            gix::diff::tree_with_rewrites::Change::Rewrite {
+                source_location,
+                source_id,
+                id,
+                location,
+                source_entry_mode,
+                entry_mode,
+                ..
+            } => {
+                writeln!(
+                    out,
+                    "R: {source} -> {dest}",
+                    source = typed_location(source_location, source_entry_mode),
+                    dest = typed_location(location, entry_mode)
+                )?;
+                writeln!(
+                    out,
+                    "  {source_id} -> {id}",
+                    source_id = source_id.attach(repo).shorten_or_id(),
+                    id = id.attach(repo).shorten_or_id()
+                )?;
+                if source_entry_mode != entry_mode {
+                    writeln!(out, "  {:o} -> {:o}", source_entry_mode.0, entry_mode.0)?;
+                }
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn typed_location(mut location: BString, mode: EntryMode) -> BString {
+    if mode.is_tree() {
+        location.push(b'/');
+    }
+    location
+}
diff --git a/gitoxide-core/src/repository/mod.rs b/gitoxide-core/src/repository/mod.rs
index ba8c35ef08..489d5c32e6 100644
--- a/gitoxide-core/src/repository/mod.rs
+++ b/gitoxide-core/src/repository/mod.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ pub use credential::function as credential;
 pub mod attributes;
 #[cfg(feature = "clean")]
 pub mod clean;
+pub mod diff;
 pub mod dirty;
 #[cfg(feature = "clean")]
 pub use clean::function::clean;
diff --git a/src/plumbing/main.rs b/src/plumbing/main.rs
index 983faea77d..59df7c431e 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/main.rs
+++ b/src/plumbing/main.rs
@@ -189,6 +189,22 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 core::repository::merge_base(repository(Mode::Lenient)?, first, others, out, format)
             },
         ),
+        Subcommands::Diff(crate::plumbing::options::diff::Platform { cmd }) => match cmd {
+            crate::plumbing::options::diff::SubCommands::Tree {
+                old_treeish,
+                new_treeish,
+            } => prepare_and_run(
+                "diff-tree",
+                trace,
+                verbose,
+                progress,
+                progress_keep_open,
+                None,
+                move |_progress, out, _err| {
+                    core::repository::diff::tree(repository(Mode::Lenient)?, out, old_treeish, new_treeish)
+                },
+            ),
+        },
         Subcommands::Worktree(crate::plumbing::options::worktree::Platform { cmd }) => match cmd {
             crate::plumbing::options::worktree::SubCommands::List => prepare_and_run(
                 "worktree-list",
diff --git a/src/plumbing/options/mod.rs b/src/plumbing/options/mod.rs
index c1813336b6..b6b1b005f1 100644
--- a/src/plumbing/options/mod.rs
+++ b/src/plumbing/options/mod.rs
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ pub enum Subcommands {
     Corpus(corpus::Platform),
     MergeBase(merge_base::Command),
     Merge(merge::Platform),
+    Diff(diff::Platform),
     Worktree(worktree::Platform),
     /// Subcommands that need no git repository to run.
     #[clap(subcommand)]
@@ -371,19 +372,43 @@ pub mod merge {
             #[clap(long, short = 'c')]
             resolve_with: Option<ResolveWith>,
 
-            /// A path or revspec to our file
+            /// A path or revspec to our file.
             #[clap(value_name = "OURS", value_parser = crate::shared::AsBString)]
             ours: BString,
-            /// A path or revspec to the base for both ours and theirs
+            /// A path or revspec to the base for both ours and theirs.
             #[clap(value_name = "BASE", value_parser = crate::shared::AsBString)]
             base: BString,
-            /// A path or revspec to their file
+            /// A path or revspec to their file.
             #[clap(value_name = "OURS", value_parser = crate::shared::AsBString)]
             theirs: BString,
         },
     }
 }
 
+pub mod diff {
+    use gix::bstr::BString;
+
+    /// Print all changes between two objects
+    #[derive(Debug, clap::Parser)]
+    pub struct Platform {
+        #[clap(subcommand)]
+        pub cmd: SubCommands,
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Debug, clap::Subcommand)]
+    pub enum SubCommands {
+        /// Diff two trees.
+        Tree {
+            /// A rev-spec representing the 'before' or old tree.
+            #[clap(value_parser = crate::shared::AsBString)]
+            old_treeish: BString,
+            /// A rev-spec representing the 'after' or new tree.
+            #[clap(value_parser = crate::shared::AsBString)]
+            new_treeish: BString,
+        },
+    }
+}
+
 pub mod config {
     use gix::bstr::BString;