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magroski/diff
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A class containing a diff implementation

v1.0.0(7y ago)06MITPHPPHP ^7.1

Since May 17Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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Diff
====

[](#diff)

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This library is a modernized version of the Diff class originally implemented by Stephen Morley

Original disclaimer
-------------------

[](#original-disclaimer)

```
A class containing a diff implementation

Created by Stephen Morley - http://stephenmorley.org/ - and released under the terms of the CC0 1.0 Universal legal code

```

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2556d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![magroski](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2437681?v=4)](https://github.com/magroski "magroski (2 commits)")

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Tags

diff

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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