Diff Text Alternatives

Diff Text is described as 'Instantly find the differences between two blocks of text. Works with plain text, code, json, yaml, html, css, markdown, and more' and is a Diff Tool in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Diff Text, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac and Flathub apps. The best Diff Text alternative is WinMerge, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to Diff Text are Beyond Compare, KDiff3, Diffchecker and SemanticDiff.

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  1. CompareMerge icon
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    CompareMerge is a Mac OSX's software tool for file comparison and merging text-like files.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. DiffPlug icon
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    DiffPlug is a free text editor/differ and image viewer/differ. Purchasing a license allows you to diff other kinds of files such as Simulink.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. WinDiff icon
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    WinDiff is a graphical file-comparison program published by Microsoft (from 1992[1]), and is distributed with certain versions of Microsoft Visual Studio as well as in source-code form with the Platform SDK code samples.

    25 WinDiff alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    "TableTextCompare" (TTC) is a small utility that provides easy comparison of two-tab-delimited or comma-delimited (csv) files, to determine the difference between the two files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • TableTextCompare is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Diff Text.

    • TableTextCompare is Free and ProprietaryDiff Text is also Free and Proprietary
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    Diff Checker compares two snippets of text, source code, JSON or full files and highlights every change side-by-side. Everything runs locally inside the browser extension—no data ever leaves the user’s machine—so it suits security-sensitive workflows.

    54 Diff Checker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
     
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    dwdiff is a diff program that operates at the word level instead of the line level. It is different from wdiff in that it allows the user to specify what should be considered whitespace, and in that it takes an optional list of characters that should be considered delimiters.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Fedora
    • NetBSD
    • Slackware
     
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    Pretty Diff is a language aware code comparison tool, beautifier, minifier, and parser for a variety of web oriented languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Typescript
    • npm
    • JavaScript
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    The Text Compare tool is a valuable online resource designed to assist writers, editors, and anyone working with textual content. This tool proves indispensable when you need to compare two pieces of text, whether for differences, similarities, or both.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Twofold icon
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    Modern online file and folder diff tool that runs entirely in your browser — no uploads.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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