Command-line tool

pkgdiff

brew/pkgdiff

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

Tool for analyzing changes in software packages (e.g. RPM, DEB, TAR.GZ)

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install pkgdiff

Compare two packages and display differences

pkgdiff path/to/package1.txz path/to/package2.txz

Compare two packages with colorized output

pkgdiff -c path/to/package1.txz path/to/package2.txz

Compare two packages and output a simple unified diff

pkgdiff -a path/to/package1.txz path/to/package2.txz

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