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martines/differences-generator
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Utility for comparing two config files and determining their differences

v0.6.0(5y ago)03MITPHP

Since Sep 24Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Differences generator
=====================

[](#differences-generator)

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About
-----

[](#about)

Differences generator - is the CLI utility for comparing two configuration files and determining their differences.

Utility features:

- supported input formats: JSON, YML/YAML;
- report generation/output in JSON, plain (human readable) and stylish (structured) format.

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
$ composer global require martines/differences-generator
```

How it works:
-------------

[](#how-it-works)

[Package installation and example of compare of two flat JSON files](https://asciinema.org/a/RsnN7zB0jfCgGlOyCriVHYDiF)

[Example of compare of two flat YAML files](https://asciinema.org/a/lnJMVzU4RKHEWtvSsluPXGJiR)

[Examples of compare of two JSON files with nested structure](https://asciinema.org/a/buhTeUvwmsg5ejOSzonLRlZlG)

[Example of output the result in plain format](https://asciinema.org/a/Sytf8fIe1SRCIKbyZa1MERgTj)

[Example of output the result in JSON format](https://asciinema.org/a/y4YE1eSRoxLWpd5WjPFCjFhxk)

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

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

Every ~3 days

Total

6

Last Release

2044d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/dd57e5eea88ccbe8f5c71aa4bea0ac686099fe21eb8371ad8ae285bac10cdf38?d=identicon)[Martines](/maintainers/Martines)

---

Top Contributors

[![yarncat](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/62855800?v=4)](https://github.com/yarncat "yarncat (34 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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