# Installer biodiff avec Homebrew, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de biodiff pour les workflows d'agents IA. ## installation ```sh sudo av install brew:biodiff ``` Commandes d'installation supplémentaires: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install biodiff ``` Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#biodiff ``` Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bi/biodiff/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S biodiff ``` Preuve: Arch Linux sync databases: biodiff from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install biodiff ``` Preuve: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: biodiff from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/biodiff ``` Preuve: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/biodiff.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id 8051Enthusiast.biodiff -e ``` Preuve: Windows Package Manager source index: 8051Enthusiast.biodiff from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Faits du paquet - **Clé du paquet:** brew:biodiff - **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew - **Page du gestionnaire de paquets:** - **Version:** 1.2.1 - **Résumé source:** Hex diff viewer using alignment algorithms from biology - **Page d'accueil:** - **Dépôt:** - **Docs amont:** - **Licence:** MIT - **Archive source:** - **Généré:** 2026-07-10T07:20:53+00:00 ## exécutables - biodiff (cli) - git-biodiff (cli) - biodiff (alias) - git-biodiff (alias) ## Dépendances de compilation - cmake - rust ## Bibliothèques fournies par macOS - llvm ## Comportement d'installation - hook post-installation: non défini - Bouteille: disponible sur arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Version et fraîcheur - page générée: 2026-07-10 - version du gestionnaire: 1.2.1 - données locales: OK - dépôt amont: https://github.com/8051Enthusiast/biodiff - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available. ## Historique du projet et usages biodiff is an interactive binary diff viewer that borrows biological sequence-alignment algorithms to line up similar regions of two binary files. ### Historique du projet 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. ### Historique d'adoption 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. ### Modes d'utilisation 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. ### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent biodiff is interesting because it smuggles a bioinformatics idea into reverse-engineering tooling. The package name is literal: binary diffing improved by sequence alignment. ### Chronologie - 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. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Notes de sécurité narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Risque Geiger:** vert / faible - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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 - 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 ## Détails de la base source - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** biodiff - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets - Nix - biodiff: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bi/biodiff/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - biodiff - 1.2.1-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: biodiff from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Hex diff viewer using alignment algorithms from biology | https://github.com/8051Enthusiast/biodiff - zypper - biodiff - 1.2.1-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: biodiff from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | A tool for binary diffing | https://github.com/8051Enthusiast/ - Scoop - main/biodiff: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/biodiff.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - 8051Enthusiast.biodiff: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: 8051Enthusiast.biodiff from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Liens liés - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Scientific computing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/scientific-computing-tools/) - Matched scientific computing metadata. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [abpoa](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/abpoa/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, science. - [abricate](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/abricate/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, science. - [abyss](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/abyss/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, science. - [adapterremoval](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/adapterremoval/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, science. - [alevin-fry](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/alevin-fry/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, science. - [any2fasta](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/any2fasta/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, science. - [augustus](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/augustus/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, science. - [autocycler](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/autocycler/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: bioinformatics, cli, science. - [mummer](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/mummer/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: alignment, bioinformatics, cli, diff, science. - [bwa](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/bwa/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: alignment, bioinformatics, cli, science. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/biodiff.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/biodiff.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph