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fidilly/gendiff
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This library calculates and shows the difference between json or yaml file formats.

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gendiff
=======

[](#gendiff)

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Gendiff is a library for comparing json or yaml file formats. This library calculates and shows the difference between files.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Gendiff can be installed globally with ***Composer*** or included in a project or library.

#### Global installation:

[](#global-installation)

```
composer global require fidilly/gendiff

```

**example:**

[![asciicast](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/402b660503094652973be72db09493a06c1849c007f2f09ad2310f44a8d73f1e/68747470733a2f2f61736369696e656d612e6f72672f612f3235333530372e737667)](https://asciinema.org/a/253507)

#### Include:

[](#include)

```
composer require fidilly/gendiff

```

```
use function Differ\Gendiff\gendiff;

gendiff($pathToFile1, $pathToFile2, $format);

```

Usage via terminal
------------------

[](#usage-via-terminal)

**Help call examples:**

```
gendiff -h

```

```
gendiff --help

```

Gendiff supports multiple output formats.

**examples:**

```
gendiff   ###default 'pretty' format
gendiff --format pretty
gendiff --format plain
gendiff --format json

```

Usage examples
--------------

[](#usage-examples)

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###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~3 days

Total

17

Last Release

2458d ago

Major Versions

0.2.0 → 1.0.02019-06-29

1.2.3 → 2.0.02019-07-28

2.1.1 → 3.0.02019-08-12

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![fidilly](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/36198217?v=4)](https://github.com/fidilly "fidilly (124 commits)")

---

Tags

jsonyamlymldifference

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

### Embed Badge

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