Kaleidoscope Alternatives

Kaleidoscope is described as 'Use Kaleidoscope to spot the differences in text and image files. Review changes in seconds with the worlds most advanced file comparison application' and is a Diff Tool in the file management category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Kaleidoscope for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Kaleidoscope alternative is WinMerge, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Kaleidoscope are Meld, Beyond Compare, KDiff3 and P4Merge.

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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. Difftastic icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  4. i-net PDFC icon
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    Compare PDFs intelligently with i-net PDFC. It detects content differences—not just text or images—and displays them beautifully, like holding two pages to the light.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • i-net PDFC is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Kaleidoscope.

    • i-net PDFC is Paid and ProprietaryKaleidoscope is also Paid and Proprietary
    • i-net PDFC is Privacy focusedKaleidoscope is not according to our users
  5. WinMerge 2011 icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
     
  6. WinMerge JP icon
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    WinMerge JP is a fork of the original WinMerge, but after 2018 the two are nearly identical. WinMerge JP's features including 3-way compare has been merged into the original.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    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)...

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. ExamDiff Pro icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. DeltaWalker icon
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    Intuitive, multi-platform application for two and three-way visual file and folder comparison.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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