mendsley/bsdiff
bsdiff and bspatch are libraries for building and applying patches to binary files. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5324
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1092
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2130 stars · 368 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A C library fork of Colin Percival's bsdiff/bspatch for building and applying binary file patches, redesigned to be dependency-free and easily embeddable. It was motivated by game patching needs and supports streaming without disk I/O or seeks.
Use cases
- generate binary patches between file versions
- apply patches to update game assets without full downloads
- embed delta update functionality in a C/C++ application
- patch files on embedded or streaming-only systems
- build a self-updating desktop application
When to choose
- you need an embeddable, dependency-free binary diff library in C
- you must apply patches without disk I/O or seek operations
- you target multiple platforms including Windows, Linux, and macOS
When to avoid
- you need patches compatible with the original bsdiff tool
- you want a maintained, actively developed project
- you need a high-level language binding out of the box
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
compression file-system cli developer-tools files cross-platform cpp c cross-platform cli binary-diff patching delta-encoding embeddable game-patching
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/mendsley/bsdiff · fetched 2026-08-28 · 3971ac9d7a7d
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mendsley/bsdiff | main | 32 |
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