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<h1>Dify</h1>
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<b>A fast pixel-by-pixel image comparison tool in Rust</b>
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## Features
| `.png`, `.jpg`, `.jpeg`, or `.bmp` format supported | ✅ |
| Compares different format, `.png` vs `.jpg` for example | ✅ |
| Compares different dimensions | ✅ |
| Anti-aliasing support | ✅ |
| Blockout areas support | ✅ |
| Supports macOS, Linux and Windows | ✅ |
## Demo
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> The expected and actual image are coming from [mapbox/pixelmatch](https://github.com/mapbox/pixelmatch/tree/master/test/fixtures)
## Getting Started
### Installation
#### From binaries
Download the binaries for your platform from [release](https://github.com/jihchi/dify/releases) page.
#### Node.js ecosystem
Please refer to [`dify-bin`](https://github.com/jihchi/dify-bin) npm package, it is a node.js wrapper for dify executable file:
```sh
npm install -g dify-bin # or `yarn global add dify-bin`
dify --help
```
## Usage
```sh
dify left.jpg right.jpg
```
Checkout `diff.png` if `a.jpg` and `b.jpg` are different.
For more details, see `dify --help`.
### Docker
```sh
docker run -v $(pwd):/mnt/dify ghcr.io/jihchi/dify left.jpg right.jpg
```
## Benchmarks
> Test data is coming from [mtrKovalenko/odiff](https://github.com/dmtrKovalenko/odiff/tree/main/images)
```sh
hyperfine \
--warmup 1 \
--ignore-failure \
--export-markdown bench-dify.md \
'dify tiger.jpg tiger-2.jpg -o tiger-diff.png' \
'dify water-4k.png water-4k-2.png -o water-diff.png' \
'dify www.cypress.io.png www.cypress.io-2.png -o www.cypress.io-diff.png'
```
| `dify tiger.jpg tiger-2.jpg -o tiger-diff.png` | 40.2 ± 0.4 | 39.6 | 42.3 | 1.00 |
| `dify water-4k.png water-4k-2.png -o water-diff.png` | 1754.9 ± 23.3 | 1716.2 | 1799.6 | 43.68 ± 0.74 |
| `dify www.cypress.io.png www.cypress.io-2.png -o www.cypress.io-diff.png` | 1228.0 ± 17.6 | 1203.6 | 1251.7 | 30.56 ± 0.54 |
Ran on MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2019, Two Thunderbolt 3 ports), macOS Catalina 10.15.7.
## Roadmap
See the [open issues](https://github.com/jihchi/dify/issues) for a list of proposed features (and known issues).
## Contributing
Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to be learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are **greatly appreciated**.
1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (`git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature`)
3. Commit your Changes (`git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature'`)
4. Push to the Branch (`git push origin feature/AmazingFeature`)
5. Open a Pull Request
## License
Distributed under the MIT License. See [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE.md) for more information.
## Acknowledgements
- This project is inspired by [dmtrKovalenko/odiff](https://github.com/dmtrKovalenko/odiff) and [mapbox/pixelmatch](https://github.com/mapbox/pixelmatch)
- This project implements ideas from the following papers:
- [Measuring perceived color difference using YIQ NTSC transmission color space in mobile applications](http://www.progmat.uaem.mx:8080/artVol2Num2/Articulo3Vol2Num2.pdf) (2010, Yuriy Kotsarenko, Fernando Ramos)
- [Anti-aliased pixel and intensity slope detector](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234126755_Anti-aliased_Pixel_and_Intensity_Slope_Detector) (2009, Vytautas Vyšniauskas)
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