HDiffPatch VS xdelta

Compare HDiffPatch vs xdelta and see what are their differences.

HDiffPatch

a C\C++ library and command-line tools for Diff & Patch between binary files or directories(folder); cross-platform; runs fast; create small delta/differential; support large files and limit memory requires when diff & patch. (by sisong)

xdelta

open-source binary diff, delta/differential compression tools, VCDIFF/RFC 3284 delta compression (by jmacd)
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HDiffPatch xdelta
5 4
1,355 1,036
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8.3 10.0
about 2 months ago almost 4 years ago
C++ C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later -
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HDiffPatch

Posts with mentions or reviews of HDiffPatch. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-11.

xdelta

Posts with mentions or reviews of xdelta. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-07-19.
  • N64 ROM hacking noob, in need of some assistance
    5 projects | /r/romhacking | 19 Jul 2022
    I've tried to find an answer already for this, but can't seem to find one. In forums where people seem to mention this issue or one similar to it, they seem to get directed to xdelta on github but I don't enough about github to be able to use the xdelta patcher there. I apologize if I sound really ignorant on this, but if someone could point me in the right direction or help me fix it or just teach me what I need to do to get past it that would be appreciated.
    5 projects | /r/romhacking | 19 Jul 2022
    Nevermind, I finally figured it out. I read on here that if I remove the quotes I have to add underscores in all the spaces. Probably really simple for everyone else, I didn't know. Thanks so much for all your help, I was finally able to apply the patch!
    5 projects | /r/romhacking | 19 Jul 2022
    This should work: https://github.com/jmacd/xdelta-gpl/releases/tag/v3.1.0. Just download the executable and run it through the command line. Instructions can be found here.
  • Attempting to re-create / replicate an archive made years ago with an unknown application, which is no longer complete on a file-sharing network
    4 projects | /r/compression | 11 Nov 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing HDiffPatch and xdelta you can also consider the following projects:

shc - Shell script compiler

jsondiffpatch - Diff & patch JavaScript objects

open-vcdiff - An encoder/decoder for the VCDIFF (RFC3284) format

diablo2oo2-s-Universal-Patcher-dUP-Windows - diablo2oo2's Universal Patcher - [dUP]

NXPatcher - Low level patcher for Maplestory

minibsdiff - A miniature, portable version of bsdiff.

fwupd - A system daemon to allow session software to update firmware

pgBackRest - Reliable PostgreSQL Backup & Restore

precomp-cpp - Precomp, C++ version - further compress already compressed files

dwm-ipc - A DWM patch that allows IPC communication through a UNIX socket

patcher9x - Patch for Windows 9x to fix CPU issues

xdelta-gpl - GPL branch of https://github.com/jmacd/xdelta