Alternatives to compare++ for all platforms with any license

WinMerge

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...
- Discontinued Works smoothly on Windows 8.1, but the last version, 2.14.0, was released on February 3rd, 2013. https://alternativeto.net/software/winmerge-2011/ is an updated fork of the project.
Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com
Portable Directory sync Folder Comparison Add a feature

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Beyond Compare

Beyond Compare allows you to compare files and folders. By using simple, powerful commands you can focus on the differences you're interested in and ignore those...

Commercial Mac Windows Linux
Folder Comparison Windows Explorer integration File-sync Support for FTP ... Support for SFTP Version and Source control Add a feature

261 Like
kdiff3

KDiff3 is a file and directory diff and merge tool which compares and merges two or three text input files or directories, shows the differences line by line and...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Folder Comparison Side-by-Side comparison Version and Source control Add a feature

93 Like
WinMerge 2011

WinMerge 2011 series is a fork of the original WinMerge application that compiles without ATL/MFC dependencies.

Free Open Source Windows Linux PortableApps.com Wine
Portable Folder Comparison Support for FTP Add a feature

33 Like
SyncToy

SyncToy is a free PowerToy designed by Microsoft, that provides an easy to use graphical user interface that can automatically synchronize local or network files and...
- Discontinued Latest version 2.1 published on 11/24/2009
Free Windows
Comparing folders File-sync Add a feature

115 Like
Compare

Comparison plugin for Notepad++ editor. Features Side-by-side visual differencing Comparison against SVN...

Free Open Source Windows Notepad++
Side-by-Side comparison Add a feature

30 Like
WinMerge JP

WinMerge JP is a fork of original WinMerge that incorporates many own features including 3-way compare, high DPI support and many more.

Free Open Source Windows
High-dpi support Portable Compare Source Code Add a feature

13 Like
Diffuse

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. Diffuse is able to compare...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Side-by-Side comparison Add a feature

19 Like
SmartSynchronize

SmartSynchronize is a multi-platform file and directory compare tool. It allows you to compare files or perform 3-way-merges, both with the ability to edit the file...

Free Personal Mac Windows Linux
Merge Files Add a feature

14 Like
Araxis Merge

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...

Commercial Mac Windows
Folder Comparison Add a feature

34 Like
FileMerge

FileMerge lets you compare one file to another or one directory to another and merge the files or directories together.

Free Mac Xcode
Compare texts analysis Merge Files Add a feature

9 Like
DiffMerge

DiffMerge is a graphical file comparison program for Windows, Mac OS X and Unix, published by SourceGear. * Integrates with Windows Explorer; adds a shortcut to the...
- Discontinued No releases since October 2013: latest version, 4.2.0, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Free Mac Windows Linux
Configurable Windows Explorer integration Merge Files Folder Comparison ... Side-by-Side comparison Support for Unicode Add a feature

36 Like
Diff Checker

Diff Checker is a free online diff tool that quickly and easily gives you the text differences between two files.

Free Linux Web
No features added Add a feature

8 Like
Kompare

Kompare is a GUI front-end program that enables differences between source files to be viewed and merged. It can be used to compare differences on files or the contents...

Free Open Source Linux KDE
No features added Add a feature

8 Like
SemanticMerge

SemanticMerge - The diff and merge tool that understands C#, Vb.net, Java and now C

Commercial Windows Linux
Merge Files Add a feature

4 Like