Open Source Beyond Compare Alternatives

The best open source alternative to Beyond Compare is Meld. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Beyond Compare and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Beyond Compare are WinMerge, KDiff3, Unison File Synchronizer and Meld for OSX.

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Beyond Compare alternatives are mainly Diff Tools but may also be File Comparison Tools or Folder Comparison Tools. Other popular filters include Linux + Open Source and Mac + Open Source and Online + Free + Diff Tool. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Beyond Compare.
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Compares files with source control integration, supports FTP and cloud storage, offers 3-way merge, and uses commands to manage syncs and differences.

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Beyond Compare alternatives page was last updated Feb 13, 2025
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  1. Diffuse Merge Tool icon

    Diffuse Merge Tool

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    Diffuse is a small and simple text merge tool written in Python. With Diffuse, you can easily merge, edit, and review changes to your code.

    51 Diffuse Merge Tool alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Side-by-Side Comparison
    2.  Fast file and folder search
    3.  3 way merge
    4.  Compare Text

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  2. Difftastic icon

    Difftastic

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    Difftastic is a diff tool that compares files based on their syntax. It supports over 20 programming languages and when it works, it's fantastic.

    52 Difftastic alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Difftastic Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Compare Source Code
    4.  Side-by-Side Comparison

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  4. mergely icon

    mergely

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    Merge is an online merge and diff tool that allows you to share and save your documents.

    26 mergely alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  5. GNU Diff Utilities icon

    GNU Diff Utilities

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    GNU Diffutils is a package of several programs related to finding differences between files.

    58 GNU Diff Utilities alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux

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  6. Ediff

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    Ediff is a comprehensive visual interface to Unix diff and patch utilities.

    Ediff provides a convenient way for simultaneous browsing through the differences between a pair (or a triple) of files or buffers (which are called ‘variants’ for our purposes). The files being compare.

    20 Ediff alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

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  7. GumTreeDiff

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    GumTree is a complete framework to deal with source code as trees and computing differences between them.

    12 GumTreeDiff alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java

    GumTreeDiff Features

    1.  Compare Source Code

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  9. TextDiff UWP icon

    TextDiff UWP

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    Just fun with XAML ;).

    11 TextDiff UWP alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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    TextDiff UWP Features

    1.  XAML
    2.  Windows UWP

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  10. Riff icon

    Riff

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    A diff filter highlighting which parts of lines have changed.

    32 Riff alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Riff Features

    1. Git icon  Git Support
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Rust

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  11. xxdiff icon

    xxdiff

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

    39 xxdiff alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    xxdiff Features

    1.  Visual Comparison

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