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martynbiz/diff
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Diff helps you generating difference views between two or three text files.

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Since Jul 6Pushed 11y ago2 watchersCompare

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\#Diff#

\##Introduction##

Engine for performing and rendering text diffs. Basically the old PEAR library but I added 5.3+ namespacing and intend to include a patch method.

\##Installation##

```
composer require martynbiz/diff

```

\##Usage##

```
// code to highlight the difference between strings
$a_lines = explode("\n", $a);
$b_lines = explode("\n", $b);

$check_diff = new \MartynBiz\Diff\Diff( 'auto', array($a_lines, $b_lines) );

// set which render to use
// $renderer = new \MartynBiz\Diff\Renderer\Unified();
$renderer = new \MartynBiz\Diff\Renderer\Inline();

$diff = $renderer->render($check_diff);

```

###  Health Score

22

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LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![martynbiz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6215352?v=4)](https://github.com/martynbiz "martynbiz (8 commits)")

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