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stolt/difftastic-php
====================

PHP wrapper around the difftastic CLI.

v0.0.1(1y ago)32MITPHPPHP >=8.1CI passing

Since Jan 24Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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Difftastic PHP
==============

[](#difftastic-php)

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This Composer package provides a wrapper around [difftastic](https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic)for usage in PHP based projects; therefor it requires `difftastic` to be [installed](https://difftastic.wilfred.me.uk/installation.html). Which can be done on macOS via a simple `brew install difftastic`.

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

[](#installation)

The difftastic wrapper for PHP can be installed through Composer.

```
composer require stolt/difftastic-php
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Stolt\Difftastic;

$difftastic = new Difftastic();
$diff = $difftastic->diff('[1, 2, 3]', '[3, 2, 1]');
```

With options differing from the default:

```
use Stolt\Difftastic;

$difftastic = new Difftastic(background: 'light', color: 'never');
$diff = $difftastic->diff('[1, 2, 3]', '[3, 2, 1]');
```

### Running tests

[](#running-tests)

```
composer test
```

### License

[](#license)

This PHP package is licensed under the MIT license. Please see [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) for more details.

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) for more details.

### Contributing

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more details.

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance42

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity36

Early-stage or recently created project

 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

479d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/132faf5713fa951f4263fad02858a62e55c5d832ad775b33e49ba0cda2f2a028?d=identicon)[Raphael Stolt](/maintainers/Raphael%20Stolt)

---

Top Contributors

[![raphaelstolt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/48225?v=4)](https://github.com/raphaelstolt "raphaelstolt (2 commits)")

---

Tags

devwrapperdifftastic

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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