# 使用 Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper 安装 colordiff
查看 colordiff 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。
## 安装
```sh
sudo av install brew:colordiff
```
其他安装命令:
### macOS
- Homebrew (100%):
```sh
brew install colordiff
```
证据: local Homebrew formula metadata
- MacPorts (94%):
```sh
sudo port install colordiff
```
证据: MacPorts ports tree: textproc/colordiff/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
### Linux
- apk (92%):
```sh
sudo apk add colordiff
```
证据: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: colordiff from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
- Debian apt (92%):
```sh
sudo apt install colordiff
```
证据: Debian stable package indexes: colordiff from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
- dnf (92%):
```sh
sudo dnf install colordiff
```
证据: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: colordiff from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst
- Nix (92%):
```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#colordiff
```
证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/colordiff/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- pacman (92%):
```sh
sudo pacman -S colordiff
```
证据: Arch Linux sync databases: colordiff from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
- zypper (92%):
```sh
sudo zypper install colordiff
```
证据: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: colordiff from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst
## 软件包事实
- **软件包键:** brew:colordiff
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 1.0.22
- **来源摘要:** Color-highlighted diff(1) output
- **主页:**
- **最后更新:** 2026-07-24T10:43:25Z
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00
## 可执行文件
- cdiff (别名)
- colordiff (别名)
## 安装行为
- Bottle: 不可用
## 版本和新鲜度
- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 1.0.22
## 项目历史与用法
colordiff is Dave Ewart's Perl wrapper for `diff`, adding ANSI color to traditional diff output while preserving the familiar diff command-line workflow.
### 项目历史
The program dates to 2002 and has remained intentionally small: it wraps or filters diff-family output, recognizes several diff formats, and applies configurable color schemes. Its changelog shows a long maintenance history of portability fixes, support for more diff styles, and terminal behavior improvements rather than a shift in scope.
### 采用历史
The upstream site tells Debian and Ubuntu users to install it from their distributions and notes that colordiff is packaged for other Linux, Unix, and BSD systems. The supplied package-manager metadata backs that up with entries across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, and openSUSE.
### 使用方式
Package users commonly run `colordiff file1 file2`, pipe existing `diff -u` output through `colordiff`, or alias `diff=colordiff`. The companion `cdiff` helper exists for compressed or URL-based diffs.
### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心
colordiff is the archetypal tiny terminal-enhancement package: stable, scriptable, dependency-light, and useful before Git's color defaults became universal. Its value to package managers is broad portability and a predictable configuration surface rather than novelty.
### 时间线
- 2002: colordiff copyright history begins.
- 2000s: Support expanded for context, Subversion, side-by-side, wdiff, p4, and debdiff output.
- 2013: Upstream signing key changed for release tarballs.
- 2026: Version 1.0.22 released.
### Related projects
- colordiff sits beside `diff`, `wdiff`, `debdiff`, CVS/Subversion diff output, and Git diff workflows, serving as a colorizing layer rather than a replacement diff algorithm.
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## 安全说明
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
## 其他软件包管理器记录
- Debian apt - colordiff - 1.0.21-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: colordiff from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | tool to colorize 'diff' output | http://www.colordiff.org/
- Nix - colordiff: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/co/colordiff/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - colordiff - 1.0.20-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: colordiff from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | tool to colorize 'diff' output | http://www.colordiff.org/
- apk - colordiff - 1.0.22-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: colordiff from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Color terminal highlighter for diff files | https://www.colordiff.org
- apk - colordiff-doc - 1.0.22-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: colordiff-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Color terminal highlighter for diff files (documentation) | https://www.colordiff.org
- dnf - colordiff - 1.0.22-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: colordiff from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Color terminal highlighter for diff files | http://www.colordiff.org/
- pacman - colordiff - 1.0.22-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: colordiff from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A Perl script wrapper for 'diff' that produces the same output but with pretty 'syntax' highlighting | https://www.colordiff.org/
- zypper - colordiff - 1.0.22-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: colordiff from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Colour-highlighted 'diff' output | https://www.colordiff.org
- MacPorts - colordiff: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: textproc/colordiff/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - python3-cdiff - 1.0-1.1: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-cdiff from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Colored, incremental diff with side by side and auto pager support (Python 3)
## Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/colordiff.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/colordiff.yml)
## 来源
- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph