Generate pretty diff html in Python

Question

I have two chunks of text that I would like to compare and see which words/lines have been added/removed/modified in Python (similar to a Wiki's Diff Output).

I have tried difflib.HtmlDiff but it's output is less than pretty.

Is there a way in Python (or external library) that would generate clean looking HTML of the diff of two sets of text chunks? (not just line level, but also word/character modifications within a line)

Answer 1

Since the .. library from google seams to have no active development any more, I suggest to use diff_py

From the github page:

The simple diff tool which is written by Python. The diff result can be printed in console or to html file.