File Comparison Tools

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  1. Total Commander icon
     893 likes

    Comprehensive file manager with built-in FTP, file compare, archive navigation, multi-rename tool with regular expression support, and side-by-side windows.

    • File Manager
    • FreemiumProprietary
    • Windows
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    Total Commander screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Double Commander iconDouble Commander175 alternatives
  2. Meld icon
     414 likes

    Open-source tool for dynamic file and folder comparisions, syntax highlighting, offline functionality, and version control integration.

    • Diff Tool
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
    • GTK
    File comparison
    Best alternatives are WinMerge iconWinMergeandBeyond Compare iconBeyond Compare47 alternatives
  3. WinMerge icon
     546 likes

    WinMerge is an open source differencing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle.

    • Diff Tool
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
    File Comparison
    Best alternatives are Meld iconMeldandBeyond Compare iconBeyond Compare64 alternatives
  4. Beyond Compare icon
     322 likes

    Compares files with source control integration, supports FTP and cloud storage, offers 3-way merge, and uses commands to manage syncs and differences.

    Folder compare
    Best alternatives are Meld iconMeldandWinMerge iconWinMerge65 alternatives
  5. KDiff3 icon
     117 likes

    KDiff3 is a file and directory diff and merge tool.

    • Diff Tool
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    KDiff3 screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Meld iconMeldandWinMerge iconWinMerge56 alternatives
  6. P4Merge icon
     26 likes

    P4Merge uses color coding to allow users to visualize the differences between file or images. It allows three-way merging among files, and shows side-by-side file/image comparison.

    P4Merge screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Meld iconMeldandWinMerge iconWinMerge43 alternatives
  7. Diffchecker icon
     15 likes

    Diffchecker Pro enables you to compare various types of content, on your desktop or directly in the browser.

    • Diff Tool
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Compare text
    Best alternatives are WinMerge iconWinMergeandBeyond Compare iconBeyond Compare52 alternatives
  8. SemanticDiff icon
     5 likes

    SemanticDiff is a programming language aware diff for Visual Studio Code and GitHub. It helps software developers understand code changes faster by hiding irrelevant changes, detecting moved code, and highlighting refactorings.

    • Diff Tool
    • FreeProprietary
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Moved code blocks are highlighted.
    Best alternatives are Meld iconMeldandWinMerge iconWinMerge49 alternatives
  9. 010 Editor icon
     29 likes

    010 Editor is a professional text/hex editor designed to edit any file, drive, or process on your machine. Using Binary Templates technology, 010 Editor allows a binary file to be parsed into a data structure that can be understood.

    010 Editor screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are ImHex iconImHexandHxD iconHxD48 alternatives
  10. ViceVersa icon
     15 likes

    ViceVersa does File Synchronization, File Replication, File Backup and File Comparison. It can automatically verify data using a CRC32 checksum.

    Main Window
    Best alternatives are FreeFileSync iconFreeFileSyncandDuplicati iconDuplicati53 alternatives
  11. Araxis Merge icon
     43 likes

    Merge is the visual file comparison (diff), merging and folder synchronization application from Araxis. Use it to compare and merge source code, web pages, XML and other text files with native application performance.

    Overview
    Best alternatives are Meld iconMeldandWinMerge iconWinMerge58 alternatives
  12. wxHexEditor icon
     42 likes

    Hex Editor. Support editing or comparing (diff) very large files up to 2^64 bytes. Cross-platform Linux, Mac OS, Windows.

    Discontinued
    wxHexEditor screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are ImHex iconImHexandHxD iconHxD55 alternatives
  13. Compare icon
     37 likes

    Comparison plugin for Notepad++ editor.

    Discontinued
    • Diff Tool
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Windows
    • Notepad++
    Settings
    Best alternatives are Meld iconMeldandWinMerge iconWinMerge56 alternatives
  14. Meld for OSX icon
     11 likes

    Meld is a visual diff and merge tool targeted at developers. Meld helps you compare files, directories, and version controlled projects. It provides two- and three-way comparison of both files and directories, and has support for many...

    Meld for OSX screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Meld iconMeldandWinMerge iconWinMerge42 alternatives
  15. Diffinity icon
     23 likes

    Diffinity is a diff and merging tool with focus on accurate and easy to read source code diffs. It will compare the content of two files and present the differences in an easy to read line by line and char by char basis.

    Diffinity screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Meld iconMeldandWinMerge iconWinMerge43 alternatives