diff --git a/ifex/model/stable_sort_ifex.py b/ifex/model/stable_sort_ifex.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2023 Novaspring AB
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+
+# This file is part of the IFEX project
+
+from collections import OrderedDict
+import argparse
+import sys
+import yaml
+
+# This file formats a YAML input in a fixed order ("sorted", basically).
+# This facilitates reliable comparisons / diffing.
+
+# The implementation is separated from diff/comparison-scripts to factor
+# it out of that code. The first implementation is simple but it might be
+# refined over time.
+
+
+def ifex_stable_order(data):
+    # To define a stable order we need two things.
+    # 1. Use an OrderedDict instead of a normal dict
+    # 2. Fill the dict by inputting the keys in the right order.
+    if isinstance(data, dict):
+        ordered_data = OrderedDict()
+        # Insert the name first, but only if the node has a name.
+        name = data.get("name")
+        if name is not None:
+            ordered_data["name"] = name
+
+        # (Note: Make sure to use a loop instead of dict comprehension here
+        # because dict comprehension supposedly does not guarantee key order?)
+        for key in sorted(data.keys()):
+            ordered_data[key] = ifex_stable_order(data[key])
+
+        return ordered_data
+
+    elif isinstance(data, list):
+        return [ifex_stable_order(item) for item in data]
+
+    else:
+        return data
+
+
+# If an ordered dict is printed as a normal dict we get a lot of unrelated
+# metadata output.  Therefore, we need to specify how PyYAML shall represent an
+# ordered dict: (PyYAML does not seemingly have OrderedDict support built in...?)
+#
+# Solution from:
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16782112/can-pyyaml-dump-dict-items-in-non-alphabetical-order
+def represent_ordereddict(dumper, data):
+    value = []
+
+    for key, val in data.items():
+        node_key = dumper.represent_data(key)
+        node_val = dumper.represent_data(val)
+        value.append((node_key, node_val))
+
+    return yaml.nodes.MappingNode("tag:yaml.org,2002:map", value)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+# MAIN, used if this file is run standalone
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+def usage():
+    print(
+        """
+This script reorders IFEX (YAML) input into a stable ("sorted") order and prints the result back out.
+The stable order is basically:
+   0. Comments have no semantic meaning so they will be filtered out completely
+   1. For dicts with key-value mappings, put the item 'name' first (if there is a key for 'name')
+   2. Then, all other keys in alphabetical order
+   3. Lists are not re-arranged (TODO: consider if lists should be sorted "by name" somehow?)
+   4. Anything else remains in the input order.
+"""
+    )
+
+
+def main():
+    # Create the parser
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Reorder IFEX (YAML) input ) input into a stable ("sorted") order and prints the result back out.'
+    )
+    # Add the arguments
+    parser.add_argument("file1", help="Input file. (- to use STDIN)", nargs="?")
+
+    # Parse the arguments
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if args.file1 is None:
+        parser.print_help()
+        usage()
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    if args.file1 == "-":
+        # Use STDIN if file is '-'
+        data = yaml.safe_load(sys.stdin)
+        out = ifex_stable_order(data)
+    else:
+        with open(args.file1, "r") as file:
+            data = yaml.safe_load(file)
+        out = ifex_stable_order(data)
+
+    yaml.add_representer(OrderedDict, represent_ordereddict)
+    print(yaml.dump(out, sort_keys=False))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/ifex/scripts/diff_ifex.py b/ifex/scripts/diff_ifex.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2023 Novaspring AB
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+
+# This file is part of the IFEX project
+
+import argparse
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import yaml
+from collections import OrderedDict
+from ifex.model.stable_sort_ifex import ifex_stable_order, represent_ordereddict
+
+# The program compares two IFEX (YAML) files after normalizing ("sorting",
+# basically) the order of elements so that the comparison becomes more relevant.
+
+# The normal unix diff command seems to give the most useful output:
+def diff_files_with_external_program(path1, path2):
+    """Run standard unix diff program on the given paths"""
+    # diff returns an error code if there is a difference => use run with check
+    # False to ignore the error, (instead of check_output())
+    return subprocess.run(
+        ["diff", path1, path2], text=True, check=False, stdout=subprocess.PIPE
+    ).stdout
+
+
+# Alternative, using difflib
+def diff_files(path1, path2):
+    import difflib
+
+    """Use difflib to print the difference between the given files"""
+    with open(path1, "r") as f1:
+        l1 = f1.readlines()
+    with open(path2, "r") as f2:
+        l2 = f2.readlines()
+
+    for line in difflib.context_diff(l1, l2):
+        print(line, end="")
+
+
+def stable_order_file(file1):
+    """Writes a new file containing the YAML content with keys in order, and
+    returns the file name"""
+    with open(file1, "r") as f1:
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile("w", delete=False) as f2:
+            yaml.add_representer(OrderedDict, represent_ordereddict)
+            f2.write(yaml.dump(ifex_stable_order(yaml.safe_load(f1)), sort_keys=False))
+            return f2.name
+
+    return None  # Will fail on exception before this
+
+
+def compare_yaml_files(file1, file2):
+    """Order the keys of the given file names, write them to new temporary
+    files, then diff the results"""
+    f1 = stable_order_file(file1)
+    f2 = stable_order_file(file2)
+
+    print("Stable sorting...")
+    print(f"temporary files are {file1} -> {f1}, {file2} -> {f2}")
+    print("Comparing files:")
+    return diff_files_with_external_program(f1, f2)
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+# MAIN, used if this file is run standalone
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+def main():
+    # Create the parser
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Compare IFEX (YAML) file contents, after normalizing order of elements."
+    )
+
+    # Add the arguments
+    parser.add_argument("file1", help="First, original file")
+    parser.add_argument("file2", help="Second, possibly changed file")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-p",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help="Only print the created temporary file paths, for use with an external diff program",
+    )
+
+    # Parse the arguments
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # If print filenames only
+    if args.p:
+        print(stable_order_file(args.file1))
+        print(stable_order_file(args.file2))
+        return
+
+    # Otherwise, output diff as well
+    print(compare_yaml_files(args.file1, args.file2))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()