macOS
Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install latexdifflocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPorts已验证 · 94%
sudo port install latexdiffMacPorts ports tree · tex/latexdiff/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com
安装
其他安装命令
Linux
Debian apt已验证 · 92%
sudo apt install latexdiffDebian stable package indexes · latexdiff · 来源: deb.debian.org
概览
软件包摘要
Compare and mark up LaTeX file differences
历史
项目历史与用法
latexdiff is a Perl tool for comparing two LaTeX files and producing a marked-up LaTeX file that shows significant textual changes. It fills the same social role for LaTeX authors that track changes fills in word processors.
项目历史
CTAN identifies latexdiff as a package for determining and marking up significant differences between LaTeX files, with Frederik J. Tilmann as maintainer and copyright beginning in 2004. The main script header likewise names F J Tilmann and points to CTAN and the GitHub repository.
The project expanded beyond the core `latexdiff` script to include `latexrevise`, which can accept or reject changes, and `latexdiff-vc`, a wrapper for version-control systems. The `latexdiff-vc` script records support for systems such as CVS, RCS, SVN, Git, and Mercurial, with Git support appearing in its 1.0.1 history.
The GitHub repository was created on 2014-06-17. CTAN lists the package in TeX Live and MiKTeX and records the 2026-01-02 package version date.
采用历史
latexdiff became a standard utility in academic and technical writing because journals, supervisors, and collaborators often request visible revisions, while LaTeX source files do not map naturally to word-processor track changes. CTAN, TeX Live, MiKTeX, Homebrew, Debian, MacPorts, and Ubuntu packaging made it easy to add to authoring workflows.
The ecosystem around it includes wrapper scripts and front ends such as git-latexdiff, latexdiffr, latexdiffcite, and browser/WebAssembly interfaces, reflecting the same need across Git, R Markdown, BibTeX, and web-based workflows.
使用方式
The typical command compares an old and a new `.tex` file and emits a new LaTeX file with inserted and deleted text marked using standard LaTeX packages. Users then compile the generated file to inspect revisions, or use `latexrevise` and `latexdiff-vc` for accepting changes or comparing version-control revisions.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
latexdiff is package-nerd significant because it is small, scriptable, and solves a workflow problem that version-control diffs do not solve for human reviewers: a compiled PDF showing semantic document changes.
It is also a classic example of a package that glues together language tooling, version control, and publishing conventions without needing a GUI.
时间线
- 2004: Copyright range begins for the main latexdiff script.
- 2005: latexdiff-vc copyright range begins.
- 2014-06-17: GitHub repository created.
- 2018-10-07: latexdiff-vc 1.3.0 records an `--only-changes` option.
- 2026-01-02: CTAN package version date for latexdiff 1.4.0.
Related projects
- Related projects include latexrevise, latexdiff-vc, git-latexdiff, latexdiffr, latexdiffcite, latexchanges, TeX Live, MiKTeX, Git, Subversion, Mercurial, and Algorithm::Diff.
来源
- https://api.github.com/repos/ftilmann/latexdiff
- https://api.github.com/repos/ftilmann/latexdiff/tags?per_page=20
- https://ctan.org/pkg/latexdiff?lang=en
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ftilmann/latexdiff/master/README.md
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ftilmann/latexdiff/master/latexdiff
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ftilmann/latexdiff/master/latexdiff-vc
安全态势
风险级别：绿色
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
风险分类器
绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance
原因
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
信号
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
安装行为
- 未记录 Homebrew bottle 元数据。
建议审查
在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。
可执行文件
已安装的可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
latexdiff | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
latexdiff-fast | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
latexdiff-so | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
latexdiff-vc | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
latexrevise | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
新鲜度
版本和新鲜度
这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。
页面生成时间2026-08-03
管理器版本1.4.0
管理器更新时间
本地数据未知
上游不可用
检测到的最新版本未检测到
- OK没有生成新鲜度警告。
安装元数据
软件包元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:latexdiff |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 1.4.0 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 主页 | https://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexdiff |
| 仓库 | https://github.com/ftilmann/latexdiff |
| Bottle | 未记录 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
源数据库匹配
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Debian apt95%
latexdiff 1.3.2-1
utility to mark up significant differences between LaTeX files
https://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexdiff
sudo apt install latexdiff- Section: tex
- Architecture: all
- 1 依赖
- 9 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Latexdiff
Ubuntu apt95%
latexdiff 1.3.2-1
utility to mark up significant differences between LaTeX files
https://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexdiff
sudo apt install latexdiff- Section: universe/tex
- Architecture: all
- 1 依赖
- 9 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Latexdiff
MacPorts95%
latexdiff
sudo port install latexdiff- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Latexdiff
来源线索
由仓库数据生成
此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
使用的来源
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation