Folder Comparison Tools

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Beyond Compare icon
     321 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. QuickHashGUI icon
     14 likes

    Linux, Windows, and Apple Mac GUI that enables rapid selection & hashing of files (individually or recursively), text and physical disks.

    QuickHashGUI screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are ViceVersa iconViceVersaandHash-o-matic iconHash-o-matic6 alternatives
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. DirEqual icon
     4 likes

    DirEqual is a Folder Compare Tool that makes it extremely easy to compare local files and folders on your Mac.

    DirEqual screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Meld iconMeldandWinMerge iconWinMerge49 alternatives
  11. Kaleidoscope icon
     21 likes

    Use Kaleidoscope to spot the differences in text and image files. Review changes in seconds with the worlds most advanced file comparison application.

    Kaleidoscope screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Meld iconMeldandWinMerge iconWinMerge41 alternatives
  12. UltraCompare icon
     6 likes

    UltraCompare Professional is folder/file compare utility loaded with features to enable you to compare text files and folders, word documents, and even zip files and jar archives. UltraCompare includes text compare, binary file compare with the capability to merge differences...

    UltraCompare screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are WinMerge iconWinMergeandBeyond Compare iconBeyond Compare15 alternatives
  13. Compare Advance makes comparing any two folders an easy job. The stylish interface highlights what's different between the two folders and a powerful synchronization dialog makes reconciling those differences easy too.

    Compare Advance screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are SyncBack iconSyncBackandSyncToy iconSyncToy9 alternatives
  14. i-net PDFC icon
     3 likes

    Compare PDFs intelligently with i-net PDFC. It detects content differences—not just text or images—and displays them beautifully, like holding two pages to the light.

    i-net PDFC screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Adobe Acrobat DC iconAdobe Acrobat DCandDiffPDF iconDiffPDF7 alternatives
  15. DiffMerge icon
     39 likes

    DiffMerge is a graphical file comparison program for Windows, Mac OS X and Unix, published by SourceGear.

    Discontinued
    • Diff Tool
    • FreemiumProprietary
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    DiffMerge screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Meld iconMeldandWinMerge iconWinMerge52 alternatives