@thi.ng/diff
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Customizable diff implementations for arrays (sequential) & objects (associative), with or without linear edit logs
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Customizable diff implementations for arrays (sequential) & objects (associative), with or without linear edit logs.
STABLE - used in production
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yarn add @thi.ng/diff
ESM import:
import * as diff from "@thi.ng/diff";
Browser ESM import:
<script type="module" src="https://esm.run/@thi.ng/diff"></script>
For Node.js REPL:
const diff = await import("@thi.ng/diff");
Package sizes (brotli'd, pre-treeshake): ESM: 1.05 KB
Note: @thi.ng/api is in most cases a type-only import (not used at runtime)
import { diffArray } from "@thi.ng/diff";
// diff w/ default diff mode
diffArray([1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 4], "full");
// {
// distance: 2,
// adds: { 2: 4 },
// dels: { 2: 3 },
// const: { 0: 1, 1: 2 },
// linear: [0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 2, -1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 4]
// }
If this project contributes to an academic publication, please cite it as:
@misc{thing-diff,
title = "@thi.ng/diff",
author = "Karsten Schmidt",
note = "https://thi.ng/diff",
year = 2016
}
© 2016 - 2025 Karsten Schmidt // Apache License 2.0
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Customizable diff implementations for arrays (sequential) & objects (associative), with or without linear edit logs
The npm package @thi.ng/diff receives a total of 85 weekly downloads. As such, @thi.ng/diff popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that @thi.ng/diff demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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