ExamDiff Pro is a powerful, intuitive, and easy to use visual side-by-side comparison tool for comparing and merging text and binary files, and directories.




ForskScope is described as 'GUI tool with cross-platform support named after "forske forskjell" (research difference) 🤍' and is a File Comparison tool in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to ForskScope for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, KDE Plasma and Web-based apps. The best ForskScope alternative is WinMerge, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ForskScope are Meld, Beyond Compare, KDiff3 and Araxis Merge.
ExamDiff Pro is a powerful, intuitive, and easy to use visual side-by-side comparison tool for comparing and merging text and binary files, and directories.




Free file and folder merge tool providing two-way comparison, Visual Studio and Atmel Studio integration, enhanced folder sync, syntax highlighting, batch operations, Intellisense, navigation by change type, command line support, and detailed control over merges.




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 contents. SmartSynchronize is specialized in comparing directory structures (for example, of software projects)...



Kompare is a graphical diff and merge tool targeting developers. It allows users to compare two different text files or two directories. It is part of KDE Applications (and formerly part of KDE Software Compilation) and therefore primarily used on Linux and other Unix-like...

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.

Perform detailed folder and file comparisons on Mac with side-by-side expandable trees, colour and icon indicators, content-based matching, manual synchronisation, filename templates, quick reload, tabbed interface, drag-and-drop, and intuitive visual controls.




diffoscope tries to get to the bottom of what makes files or directories different. It will recursively unpack archives of many kinds and transform various binary formats into more human-readable form to compare them.
diffoscope is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to ForskScope.