Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install biodiff

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#biodiff

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/bi/biodiff/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S biodiff

Arch Linux sync databases · biodiff · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install biodiff

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · biodiff · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Scoopverifiziert · 92%

scoop install main/biodiff

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/biodiff.json · Quelle: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverifiziert · 92%

winget install --id 8051Enthusiast.biodiff -e

Windows Package Manager source index · 8051Enthusiast.biodiff · Quelle: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Hex diff viewer using alignment algorithms from biology

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

biodiff
git-biodiff

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

biodiff is an interactive binary diff viewer that borrows biological sequence-alignment algorithms to line up similar regions of two binary files.

Projektgeschichte

The 8051Enthusiast/biodiff repository was created in May 2021. The README describes the tool as a binary diff viewer that displays two files side by side, pads missing bytes, and uses alignment algorithms from WFA2 or rust-bio, libraries normally associated with DNA sequence alignment.

Adoptionsgeschichte

biodiff reached a 1.0.0 release in February 2022 and a 1.2.x series in April 2024. The input package metadata lists Homebrew, Nix, Arch/pacman, Scoop, Winget, and openSUSE/zypper, showing adoption across Unix, Windows package-manager, and Rust-adjacent channels.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users run `biodiff file_a file_b` for a terminal hex view, then switch between unaligned and aligned views, align regions near the cursor, do global or semiglobal alignment for smaller inputs, and optionally print diffs directly with `biodiff --print`.

The README notes that global alignment has quadratic time and space costs and is not a good fit for large files, which is a useful package-level expectation for people comparing firmware chunks or binary formats.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

biodiff is interesting because it smuggles a bioinformatics idea into reverse-engineering tooling. The package name is literal: binary diffing improved by sequence alignment.

Zeitleiste

2021: Repository created and first v0.1.2 release published.
2022: v1.0.0 released.
2023: v1.1.0 released.
2024: v1.2.1 released.

Related projects

biodiff is related to WFA2-lib, rust-bio, cursive, hex viewers, binary diff tools, and `git difftool` workflows through its `git-biodiff` executable.

Quellen

https://github.com/8051Enthusiast/biodiff
https://github.com/8051Enthusiast/biodiff/releases
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/8051Enthusiast/biodiff/main/README.md
source_facts.package-manager

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 10 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Build-Metadaten listen 2 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Linux: $BIODIFF_CONFIG_DIR/config.json$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/biodiff/config.json~/.config/biodiff/config.json
macOS: $BIODIFF_CONFIG_DIR/config.json~/Library/Application Support/biodiff/config.json
Windows: %BIODIFF_CONFIG_DIR%\config.json%APPDATA%\biodiff\config.json

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`biodiff`	cli	globales Executable
`git-biodiff`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-10

Manager-Version1.2.1

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://github.com/8051Enthusiast/biodiff

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
InfoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/8051Enthusiast/biodiffnone Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:biodiff
Version	1.2.1
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/biodiff
Homepage	https://github.com/8051Enthusiast/biodiff
Repository	https://github.com/8051Enthusiast/biodiff
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://github.com/8051Enthusiast/biodiff#readme
Lizenz	MIT
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/8051Enthusiast/biodiff.git
Build-Abhängigkeiten	cmake, rust
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken	llvm
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	biodiff
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

biodiff

nix profile install nixpkgs#biodiff

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Biodiff

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bi/biodiff/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

pacman95%

biodiff 1.2.1-2

Hex diff viewer using alignment algorithms from biology

https://github.com/8051Enthusiast/biodiff

sudo pacman -S biodiff

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
2 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Biodiff

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: biodiff from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

zypper95%

biodiff 1.2.1-1.3

A tool for binary diffing

https://github.com/8051Enthusiast/

sudo zypper install biodiff

License: MIT
Category: Development/Tools/Other
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: biodiff
4 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Biodiff

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: biodiff from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

Scoop95%

main/biodiff

scoop install main/biodiff

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Biodiff

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/biodiff.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

winget95%

8051Enthusiast.biodiff

winget install --id 8051Enthusiast.biodiff -e

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Biodiff

Windows Package Manager source index · cdn.winget.microsoft.com · Windows Package Manager source index: 8051Enthusiast.biodiff from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/biodiff.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

biodiff mit Homebrew, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget installieren