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wdiff

Display Word Differences Between Text Files

About wdiff

Display Word Differences Between Text Files

This project links 12 native package records across 7 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

These are catalog observations, not a guarantee of installation, compatibility, or upstream support.

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Project pictures and package coverage

Debian 12 (Bookworm): 2 package records; Debian 13 (Trixie): 2 package records; Fedora 43: 1 package records; Fedora 44: 1 package records; openSUSE Leap 15.6: 2 package records; openSUSE Leap 16.0: 2 package records; openSUSE Tumbleweed: 2 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.wdiff: recorded package coverageDebian 12 (Bookworm)2 recordsDebian 13 (Trixie)2 recordsFedora 431 recordsFedora 441 recordsopenSUSE Leap 15.62 recordsopenSUSE Leap 16.02 recordsopenSUSE Tumbleweed2 records
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Project identity

Project
wdiff
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
12
Operating systems
debian-12, debian-13, fedora-43, fedora-44, opensuse-leap-15-6, opensuse-leap-16-0, opensuse-tumbleweed
License expression
GPL-3.0-or-later
Metadata completeness
100/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
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Source repository
Not reported

Source-reported description

The fullest retained description is shown with its source. Distribution packaging descriptions may include downstream details.

The GNU wdiff program is a front end to diff for comparing files on a word per word basis. A word is anything between whitespace. This is useful for comparing two texts in which a few words have been changed and for which paragraphs have been refilled. It works by creating two temporary files, one word per line, and then executes diff on these files. It collects the diff output and uses it to produce a nicer display of word differences between the original files.

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Packages by operating system

Compare recorded versions, then open a package for dependency, file, checksum, and repository evidence. Version strings are distribution-specific, not a ranking of newer software.

Debian 12 (Bookworm)

  1. wdiff

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / text

    1.2.2-5

    Compares two files word by word

    amd64arm64bookworm
  2. wdiff-doc

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / doc / source wdiff

    1.2.2-5

    Documentation for GNU wdiff

    allbookworm

Debian 13 (Trixie)

  1. wdiff

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / text

    1.2.2-9

    Compares two files word by word

    amd64arm64trixie
  2. wdiff-doc

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / doc / source wdiff

    1.2.2-9

    Documentation for GNU wdiff

    alltrixie

Fedora 43

  1. wdiff

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source wdiff

    1.2.2-55.fc43

    Compare files on a word per word basis

    aarch64x86_6443

Fedora 44

  1. wdiff

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source wdiff

    1.2.2-57.fc44

    Compare files on a word per word basis

    aarch64x86_6444

openSUSE Leap 15.6

  1. wdiff

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / Productivity/Text/Utilities / source wdiff

    1.2.2-1.31

    Display Word Differences Between Text Files

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-15.6
  2. wdiff-lang

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / System/Localization / source wdiff

    1.2.2-1.31

    Translations for package wdiff

    noarchleap-15.6

openSUSE Leap 16.0

  1. wdiff

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Productivity/Text/Utilities / source wdiff

    1.2.2-160000.2.2

    Display Word Differences Between Text Files

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  2. wdiff-lang

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Localization / source wdiff

    1.2.2-160000.2.2

    Translations for package wdiff

    noarchleap-16.0

openSUSE Tumbleweed

  1. wdiff

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Productivity/Text/Utilities / source wdiff

    1.2.3-1.1

    Display Word Differences Between Text Files

    x86_64tumbleweed
  2. wdiff-lang

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Localization / source wdiff

    1.2.3-1.1

    Translations for package wdiff

    noarchtumbleweed

Project resources and further reading

Mapping provenance

Only source-backed identity signals create public cross-OS links. A reviewer can later approve or dispute an inferred relationship without rewriting native package history.

No field-level source record is published yet.

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