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latexdiff vs diffoscope: catalog facts
latexdiff	diffoscope
Free Free software under the GNU General Public License version 3.	Free Free software licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later.
Command line	Web, Command line
Marks changes in LaTeX output Includes a script for accepting or rejecting revisions	Recursively unpacks many archive types for comparison Supports a broad range of binary and document formats
Works with LaTeX syntax rather than generic TeX files Requires Perl 5.8 or higher	Meaningful results for some formats may require additional tools or Python modules
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026

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