ydiff

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A terminal-based tool for viewing colored, incremental diffs either from stdin or by comparing two files, supporting side-by-side and unified modes with auto-paging. Current version 1.5, requires Python >=3.3. Releases are infrequent.

pip install ydiff

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ydiff

pythonv1.5

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Install & Compatibility

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Verified usage

ydiff is not designed as an importable Python module; it is meant to be run from the command line. Use subprocess to invoke it from Python.

import subprocess import sys # ydiff is a command-line tool, not typically imported as a library. # To use it from Python, call it as a subprocess. result = subprocess.run(['ydiff', '--version'], capture_output=True, text=True) print(result.stdout.strip())

ydiff --version

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Known issues

gotchaydiff is primarily a CLI tool and not intended to be imported as a Python module. Importing 'ydiff' directly may not work or may have unexpected behavior.

fix

Use subprocess to run ydiff as an external command.

affects: all

deprecatedThe old command-line flags from earlier versions (e.g., 'ydiff -s' for side-by-side) may be deprecated. Always check the current help with 'ydiff --help'.

fix

Use the modern flags: 'ydiff -m' or 'ydiff --side-by-side'.

affects: <1.0

Errors

Common errors & fixes

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ydiff'

Attempting to import ydiff as a Python module instead of using it as a CLI tool.

fix

Use subprocess to run ydiff: subprocess.run(['ydiff', ...])

ydiff: error: unrecognized arguments: -s

Using deprecated or incorrect command-line flag.

fix

Run 'ydiff --help' to see current valid options.

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Version history

1.5latest on PyPI · released Dec 6, 2025

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/ymattw/ydiff ↗

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/ydiff/ ↗