odiffr: Fast Pixel-by-Pixel Image Comparison Using 'odiff'

R bindings to 'odiff', a fast SIMD pixel-by-pixel image comparison tool <https://github.com/dmtrKovalenko/odiff>. Compares PNG, JPEG, WEBP, TIFF and BMP images, plots and PDF pages with configurable thresholds, antialiasing detection and ignore regions. Provides 'testthat' expectations and snapshot testing (including for 'shinytest2' screenshots), batch and directory comparison, HTML, Markdown and JUnit reports, baseline approval and audit records. Requires the 'odiff' binary, which can be downloaded with install_odiff().

Version: 0.6.0
Depends: R (≥ 4.1.0)
Imports: graphics, grDevices, grid, tools
Suggests: base64enc, digest, ggplot2, jsonlite, knitr, lattice, magick, openssl, pdftools, png, ragg, rmarkdown, testthat (≥ 3.1.7), tibble, withr, xml2
Published: 2026-10-05
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.odiffr
Author: Ben Wolstenholme [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Ben Wolstenholme <odiffr at benwolst.dev>
BugReports: https://github.com/BenWolst/odiffr/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Copyright: see file COPYRIGHTS
URL: https://benwolst.github.io/odiffr/, https://github.com/BenWolst/odiffr
NeedsCompilation: no
SystemRequirements: odiff (>= 4.1.1) - https://github.com/dmtrKovalenko/odiff
Language: en-GB
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: odiffr results

Documentation:

Reference manual: odiffr.html , odiffr.pdf
Vignettes: Getting Started with Odiffr (source, R code)
Comparing PDF outputs (source, R code)
Using odiffr with shinytest2 (source, R code)
Comparing web pages and htmlwidgets (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source: odiffr_0.6.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: odiffr_0.5.1.zip, r-release: odiffr_0.5.1.zip, r-oldrel: odiffr_0.6.0.zip
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): odiffr_0.6.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): odiffr_0.6.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): odiffr_0.6.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): odiffr_0.6.0.tgz
Old sources: odiffr archive

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