diff --git a/docs/doc-site/project/maintainers/ROADMAP.md b/docs/doc-site/project/maintainers/ROADMAP.md
index 59eece511..55c50512a 100644
--- a/docs/doc-site/project/maintainers/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/docs/doc-site/project/maintainers/ROADMAP.md
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ timeline
 
 ### Adoption timeline at go-openapi
 
-1. [x]  Jan 2026: all go-openapi projects adopts the forked testify
-2. [ ] Feb 2026: all go-openapi projects transition to generics
+1. [x] Jan 2026: all go-openapi projects adopts the forked testify
+2. [x] Feb 2026: all go-openapi projects transition to generics
 3. [x] Mar 2026: go-swagger transitions to the forked testify
 
 ### What won't come anytime soon
diff --git a/tools/difflib/difflib.go b/tools/difflib/difflib.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..458695628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/difflib/difflib.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 go-swagger maintainers
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+// Package difflib provides a unified diff for sequences of strings.
+//
+// It exposes the unified diff formatter used internally by [github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2].
+package difflib
+
+import (
+	"io"
+
+	idifflib "github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/difflib"
+)
+
+// SplitLines splits a string on "\n" while preserving them. The output can be used
+// as input for the [UnifiedDiff] structure.
+func SplitLines(s string) []string {
+	return idifflib.SplitLines(s)
+}
+
+// UnifiedDiff holds the unified diff parameters.
+type UnifiedDiff = idifflib.UnifiedDiff
+
+// Options to fine-tune the rendering of the diff output.
+type Options = idifflib.Options
+
+// Formatter is a formatting function like [fmt.Printf].
+type Formatter = idifflib.Formatter
+
+// Printer outputs a formatted string, e.g. to some underlying writer.
+type Printer idifflib.Printer
+
+// FormatterBuilder is a function that builds a [Formatter] given a buffered [bufio.Writer].
+type FormatterBuilder = idifflib.FormatterBuilder
+
+// PrinterBuilder is a function that builds a [Printer] given a buffered [bufio.Writer].
+type PrinterBuilder = idifflib.PrinterBuilder
+
+// GetUnifiedDiffString is like [WriteUnifiedDiff] but returns the diff as a string instead of writing to an [io.Writer].
+func GetUnifiedDiffString(diff UnifiedDiff) (string, error) {
+	return idifflib.GetUnifiedDiffString(diff)
+}
+
+// WriteUnifiedDiff writes the comparison between two sequences of lines.
+//
+// It generates the delta as a unified diff.
+func WriteUnifiedDiff(writer io.Writer, diff UnifiedDiff) error {
+	return idifflib.WriteUnifiedDiff(writer, diff)
+}
diff --git a/tools/difflib/difflib_test.go b/tools/difflib/difflib_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4559c93cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/difflib/difflib_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 go-swagger maintainers
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package difflib
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSplitLines(t *testing.T) {
+	lines := SplitLines("a\nb\nc\n")
+	if len(lines) != 4 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 4 lines, got %d: %q", len(lines), lines)
+	}
+	if lines[0] != "a\n" || lines[1] != "b\n" || lines[2] != "c\n" {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected split result: %q", lines)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSplitLinesEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	lines := SplitLines("")
+	if len(lines) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 1 line for empty string, got %d: %q", len(lines), lines)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetUnifiedDiffString(t *testing.T) {
+	diff := UnifiedDiff{
+		A:        SplitLines("a\nb\nc\n"),
+		B:        SplitLines("a\nB\nc\n"),
+		FromFile: "original",
+		ToFile:   "modified",
+		Context:  1,
+	}
+
+	result, err := GetUnifiedDiffString(diff)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(result, "---") {
+		t.Errorf("expected unified diff header, got: %s", result)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(result, "-b") {
+		t.Errorf("expected removed line '-b', got: %s", result)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(result, "+B") {
+		t.Errorf("expected added line '+B', got: %s", result)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGetUnifiedDiffStringIdentical(t *testing.T) {
+	lines := SplitLines("a\nb\nc\n")
+	diff := UnifiedDiff{
+		A: lines,
+		B: lines,
+	}
+
+	result, err := GetUnifiedDiffString(diff)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	if result != "" {
+		t.Errorf("expected empty diff for identical inputs, got: %s", result)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestWriteUnifiedDiff(t *testing.T) {
+	diff := UnifiedDiff{
+		A:        SplitLines("a\nb\nc\n"),
+		B:        SplitLines("a\nB\nc\n"),
+		FromFile: "original",
+		ToFile:   "modified",
+		Context:  1,
+	}
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	err := WriteUnifiedDiff(&buf, diff)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	result := buf.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(result, "-b") {
+		t.Errorf("expected removed line '-b', got: %s", result)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(result, "+B") {
+		t.Errorf("expected added line '+B', got: %s", result)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tools/spew/spew.go b/tools/spew/spew.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88e6ccfcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/spew/spew.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 go-swagger maintainers
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+// Package spew implements a deep pretty printer for Go data structures to aid in
+// debugging.
+//
+// It exposes the pretty-printer used internally by [github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2].
+//
+// This a modernized version of the well-known [github.com/davecgh/go-spew].
+//
+// The original software is Copyright: 2012-2016 Dave Collins, under an ISC license.
+package spew
+
+import (
+	"io"
+
+	ispew "github.com/go-openapi/testify/v2/internal/spew"
+)
+
+// ConfigState houses the configuration options used by spew to format and
+// display values.
+type ConfigState = ispew.ConfigState
+
+// Config is the active configuration of the top-level functions.
+//
+// This is an independent copy that does not affect the internal testify configuration.
+// The configuration can be changed by modifying the contents of [spew.Config].
+var Config = ConfigState{ //nolint:gochecknoglobals
+	Indent:             " ",
+	EnableTimeStringer: true,
+}
+
+// Dump displays the passed parameters to standard out with newlines, customizable
+// indentation, and additional debug information such as complete types and all
+// pointer addresses used to indirect to the final value.
+func Dump(a ...any) {
+	Config.Dump(a...)
+}
+
+// Fdump formats and displays the passed arguments to [io.Writer] w.  It formats
+// exactly the  same as [Dump].
+func Fdump(w io.Writer, a ...any) {
+	Config.Fdump(w, a...)
+}
+
+// Sdump returns a string with the passed arguments formatted exactly the same
+// as [Dump].
+func Sdump(a ...any) string {
+	return Config.Sdump(a...)
+}
diff --git a/tools/spew/spew_test.go b/tools/spew/spew_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf8637109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/spew/spew_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 go-swagger maintainers
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package spew
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestDump(_ *testing.T) {
+	// Smoke test: Dump should not panic.
+	Dump("hello", 42, []int{1, 2, 3})
+}
+
+func TestFdump(t *testing.T) {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	Fdump(&buf, "hello", 42)
+
+	out := buf.String()
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "hello") {
+		t.Errorf("Fdump output should contain %q, got: %s", "hello", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "42") {
+		t.Errorf("Fdump output should contain %q, got: %s", "42", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSdump(t *testing.T) {
+	out := Sdump("hello", 42)
+
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "hello") {
+		t.Errorf("Sdump output should contain %q, got: %s", "hello", out)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "42") {
+		t.Errorf("Sdump output should contain %q, got: %s", "42", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	if Config.Indent != " " {
+		t.Errorf("expected default Indent to be a single space, got %q", Config.Indent)
+	}
+}