macOS
Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install wdifflocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPorts已验证 · 94%
sudo port install wdiffMacPorts ports tree · textproc/wdiff/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com
安装
其他安装命令
Linux
Fedora dnf已验证 · 92%
sudo dnf install wdiffFedora Rawhide package metadata · wdiff · 来源: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#wdiffnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/wd/wdiff/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacman已验证 · 92%
sudo pacman -S wdiffArch Linux sync databases · wdiff · 来源: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypper已验证 · 92%
sudo zypper install wdiffopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · wdiff · 来源: download.opensuse.org
概览
软件包摘要
Display word differences between text files
项目链接
命令和别名
- mdiff
- unify
- wdiff
- wdiff2
历史
项目历史与用法
GNU wdiff is a word-oriented front end to diff. Instead of showing line-level changes, it tokenizes text into words, compares the temporary word-per-line forms with diff, and then reconstructs output that highlights word additions and deletions in the original text.
Its niche is prose and documentation review: it is useful when paragraphs have been reflowed or wrapped differently and a normal line diff would make a small wording change look like a large block replacement.
项目历史
The GNU wdiff NEWS file records the first public release, version 0.00, in August 1992 by Francois Pinard. Pinard continued the early series through version 0.5 in November 1994, adding behavior such as case-insensitive comparison and standard-input handling.
In June 2007, Denver Gingerich released 0.5.4 and integrated changes from Pinard's 0.5g work from November 1998, including internationalized program messages and short manual pages for related tools. Martin von Gagern then revived the package with version 0.6.0 in March 2010, described by GNU as the first official release in a long time, and moved development from CVS to Bazaar.
The package reached version 1.0.0 in September 2011, with the version bump explicitly marking maturity. Later releases improved translations, Unicode and pager behavior, gnulib integration, and build-system maintenance. GNU lists version 1.2.2 from April 2014 as a release by Martin von Gagern and names him as the current maintainer on the project page.
使用方式
The basic command compares an old file and a new file and prints an annotated copy of the new file. The default markers can be replaced with custom strings, terminal highlighting, less-compatible highlighting, LaTeX or troff markup, or ANSI color sequences.
wdiff can also consume a unified diff with the -d option, which makes it a post-processor for version-control output. Its companion tools include mdiff for multi-difference or cluster-oriented comparison, unify for converting context diffs and unified diffs, and wdiff2 as an experimental successor using mdiff as its backend.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
wdiff is one of the small GNU text-processing tools that fills a gap left by line-based diff. It is not a version-control system feature or a rich review UI; it is a composable filter that can be piped into pagers, formatters, sed scripts, or documentation workflows.
For package-history purposes, it is also a neat example of GNU maintenance continuity: an early-1990s utility by Francois Pinard, revived and modernized in the 2010s with gnulib, gettext, autotools, translation updates, and Bazaar-hosted development.
时间线
- 1992-08: wdiff 0.00 is released by Francois Pinard.
- 1994-11: wdiff 0.5 is released, still in the Pinard-led early series.
- 2007-06: wdiff 0.5.4 integrates older 0.5g-era work and adds packaging/documentation improvements.
- 2010-03: wdiff 0.6.0 becomes the first official release in a long time and switches source control from CVS to Bazaar.
- 2011-09: wdiff 1.0.0 is released to reflect package maturity.
- 2014-04: wdiff 1.2.2 updates translations, gnulib, and autotools.
Related projects
- wdiff builds on GNU diffutils diff and is distributed in the GNU ecosystem alongside tools such as gettext, gnulib, and other command-line text processors. Its own manual also documents mdiff, unify, and wdiff2.
来源
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
mdiff | 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。 |
unify | 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。 |
wdiff | 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。 |
wdiff2 | 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1.2.2
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:wdiff |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 1.2.2 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 主页 | https://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff/ |
| Bottle | 未记录 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
源数据库匹配
其他软件包管理器记录
匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。
Debian apt95%
wdiff 1.2.2-9
Compares two files word by word
https://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff/
sudo apt install wdiff- Section: text
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 依赖
- 1 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Wdiff
Debian apt95%
wdiff-doc 1.2.2-9
Documentation for GNU wdiff
https://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff/
sudo apt install wdiff-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: wdiff
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Wdiff
Nix95%
wdiff
nix profile install nixpkgs#wdiff- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Wdiff
Ubuntu apt95%
wdiff 1.2.2-6build1
Compares two files word by word
https://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff/
sudo apt install wdiff- Section: text
- Architecture: amd64
- 2 依赖
- 1 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Wdiff
Ubuntu apt95%
wdiff-doc 1.2.2-6build1
Documentation for GNU wdiff
https://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff/
sudo apt install wdiff-doc- Section: doc
- Architecture: all
- Source Package: wdiff
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Wdiff
dnf95%
wdiff 1.2.2-59.fc45
Compare files on a word per word basis
https://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff/
sudo dnf install wdiff- License: GPL-3.0-or-later AND Latex2e
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: wdiff
- 3 依赖
- 2 提供
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Wdiff
pacman95%
wdiff 1.2.2-5
A wordwise implementation of GNU diff
https://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff/
sudo pacman -S wdiff- License: GPL3
- Architecture: x86_64
- 1 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Wdiff
zypper95%
wdiff 1.2.2-9.7
Display Word Differences Between Text Files
https://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff/
sudo zypper install wdiff- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: Productivity/Text/Utilities
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: wdiff
- 3 依赖
- 1 提供
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Wdiff
zypper95%
wdiff-lang 1.2.2-9.7
Translations for package wdiff
https://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff/
sudo zypper install wdiff-lang- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Category: System/Localization
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: wdiff
- 1 依赖
- 3 提供
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Wdiff
MacPorts95%
wdiff
sudo port install wdiff- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Wdiff
Nix92%
unify
nix profile install nixpkgs#unify- installed executable or alias match
- 匹配方式：Unify
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