httpdiff ☆

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Description:
Compare two HTTP(S) responses

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: http testing developer-tools cli web

Install: brew install httpdiff

About:
Httpdiff is a command-line utility designed to compare the HTTP(S) responses from two different URLs. It highlights differences in headers, cookies, and body content, making it easy to spot changes between versions or environments. This tool is invaluable for developers and QA engineers performing regression testing or verifying API responses.

Key Features:

Compares headers, cookies, and body content
Highlights differences with color-coded output
Supports HTTPS and handles redirects
Simple command-line interface

Use Cases:

Comparing staging and production API responses
Verifying changes after a code deployment
Debugging differences between two server configurations

Alternatives:

diff – Standard Unix tool for file comparison, not web-aware.
curl – General-purpose tool for transferring data, requires manual parsing for comparisons.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 14, 2024 8:48pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	37f69d58