diff-pdf ☆

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Description:
Visually compare two PDF files

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 0.5.2@2 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: pdf comparison diff visual gui

Install: brew install diff-pdf

About:
diff-pdf is a tool for visually comparing two PDF files. It highlights any differences between them in color, making it easy to spot changes in layout, text, or images. It provides a simple graphical interface to navigate through pages and differences, and can also output the comparison result as a new PDF.

Key Features:

Visual side-by-side or overlay comparison of PDFs
Highlights differences in red color for easy identification
Simple GUI for navigating pages and differences
Can export comparison results to a new PDF file

Use Cases:

Verifying document revisions before publishing
Quality assurance for automated PDF generation pipelines
Comparing scanned documents or invoices

Alternatives:

pdf-diff – Command-line tool that outputs text differences, lacking visual highlighting.
Adobe Acrobat Pro – Commercial software with advanced comparison features but requires a paid license.

License: GPL-2.0-only

Dependencies: cairo, glib, poppler, wxwidgets@3.2

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 15, 2025 2:09pm		2	VERSION_BUMP	85820058
Sep 12, 2024 2:50pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	7b53d512