Free Beyond Compare Alternatives Filtered by 'Folder Comparison'

The best free alternative to Beyond Compare is Meld, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Beyond Compare and 14 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Beyond Compare are WinMerge, KDiff3, Meld for OSX and DiffMerge.

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  1. Meld icon

    Meld

     423 likes

    Meld is an open-source, Python-based visual diff and merge tool that allows you to compare and edit files, supports syntax highlighting, and integrates with version control systems like CVS, Subversion, and Mercurial for dynamic diff updates. It works offline, is lightweight, portable, and ad-free.

    57 Meld alternatives

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
    • GTK
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  2. WinMerge icon

    WinMerge

     564 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.

    74 WinMerge alternatives

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
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  4. KDiff3 icon

    KDiff3

     118 likes

    KDiff3 is a file and directory diff and merge tool.

    63 KDiff3 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • KDE Plasma
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  5. Meld for OSX icon

    Meld for OSX

     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...

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    • Mac
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  6. DiffMerge icon

    DiffMerge

     39 likes

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

    59 DiffMerge alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. WinMerge 2011 icon

    WinMerge 2011

     30 likes

    WinMerge 2011 series is a fork of the original WinMerge application that compiles without ATL/MFC dependencies to enable zero-budget developers to build WinMerge from sources using Visual C++ Express editions.

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
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  9. Diffinity icon

    Diffinity

     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.

    50 Diffinity alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  11. ApexSQL Compare icon

    ApexSQL Compare

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    ApexSQL Compare is a tool that can compare files, SQL Server objects, and folders. It can be integrated as an add-in into SQL Server Management Studio and Visual Studio or it can be used as a desktop application.

    5 ApexSQL Compare alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Riff icon

    Riff

     3 likes

    A diff filter highlighting which parts of lines have changed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    xxdiff

     1 like

    xxdiff is a QT based graphical file and directories comparator and merge tool. It provides comparing two files, three files.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  14. Patchword icon

    Patchword

     1 like

    Compare text files or entire directory hierarchies, export and apply patches, and perform non-destructive find and replace operations on text files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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