Command-line tool

diff-pdf

brew/diff-pdf

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Visually compare two PDF files pdf

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id vslavik.diff-pdf -e
scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/diff-pdf
scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/diffpdf

macOS

brew install diff-pdf

Linux

brew install diff-pdf

Compare PDFs, indicating changes using return codes (`0` = no difference, `1` = PDFs differ)

diff-pdf path/to/a.pdf path/to/b.pdf

Compare PDFs, outputting a PDF with visually highlighted differences

diff-pdf --output-diff=path/to/diff.pdf path/to/a.pdf path/to/b.pdf

Compare PDFs, viewing differences in a simple GUI

diff-pdf --view path/to/a.pdf path/to/b.pdf

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