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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. pear/text\_diff AbandonedArchivedLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) pear/text\_diff =============== Engine for performing and rendering text diffs v1.2.3(2y ago)2070.9k—8.3%121LGPL-3.0PHP Since Mar 8Pushed 2y ago9 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/pear/Text_Diff)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pear/text_diff)[ Docs](http://pear.php.net/package/Text_Diff)[ RSS](/packages/pear-text-diff/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (4)DependenciesVersions (3)Used By (1) Text\_Diff ========== [](#text_diff) Engine for performing and rendering text diffs This package provides a text-based diff engine and renderers for multiple diff output formats. Note This package has been deprecated and is superseded by `Horde_Text_Diff` at Links ----- [](#links) Homepage[http://pear.php.net/package/Text\_Diff](http://pear.php.net/package/Text_Diff)Bug tracker[http://pear.php.net/bugs/search.php?cmd=display&package\_name\[\]=Text\_Diff](http://pear.php.net/bugs/search.php?cmd=display&package_name[]=Text_Diff)Unit test status[https://travis-ci.org/pear/Text\_Diff](https://travis-ci.org/pear/Text_Diff) [![https://travis-ci.org/pear/Text_Diff.svg?branch=stable](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2df7ddc28b7d80bc8e035feef9fbf83e7137db4744c48243acc0c3118ab2168b/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f706561722f546578745f446966662e7376673f6272616e63683d737461626c65)](https://travis-ci.org/pear/Text_Diff) ### Health Score 41 — FairBetter than 89% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity42 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community25 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity64 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. 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