KDiff3
KDiff3 is a file and directory diff and merge tool.
- Free • Open Source
- Diff Tool
- Version Control
- Linux
Recent user activities on KDiff3
- buckee Upvoted a comment on Meld as an alternative to KDiff3Meld isn’t as well-suited for syncing whole directory trees.
- buckee reviewed KDiff3buI was really happy to discover that KDiff3 was resurrected in 2018 after being unmaintained since 2014. While my favorite recursive dir/file comparison tool is WinMerge, that is Windows only. KDiff3 was the next best option for Linux/Mac. It works quite well for comparing recursive dirs/files for large backups. You can do a quick compare (size only) or a full binary compare.
- buckee edited KDiff3bu
I was really happy to discover that KDiff3 was resurrected in 2018 after being unmaintained since 2014. While my favorite recursive dir/file comparison tool is WinMerge, that is Windows only.
KDiff3 was the next best option for Linux/Mac. It works quite well for comparing recursive dirs/files for large backups. You can do a quick compare (size only) or a full binary compare.
Simple and effective, if a bit outdated visually.
Official Website is for Linux installer only ...
https://kde.org/applications/development/org.kde.kdiff3
... not a hint of Windows anywhere.
Latest Linux appears to be v1.8 (Feb-2020)
https://cgit.kde.org/kdiff3.git
Windows version is older v0.9.98 (2014-07-04) on http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/
Softpedia have Windows version too https://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/Text-editors/KDiff3.shtml
Those are all outdated links. You can get the URL for Linux/Win/Mac binary downloads from the README https://invent.kde.org/sdk/kdiff3
Reply written 14 days ago
Much faster than Meld on Windows, good for working with SVN
I have two CSV files that only differ in the date format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS vs. M/D/YYYY HH:MM.
KDiff3 takes 25 seconds to compare these files and freezes. Bug filed at https://sourceforge.net/p/kdiff3/bugs/217/.
At least the authors of Kdiff don't go around spamming review sites with their shilling.
Reply written over 2 years ago
Developer last update (2014) ... v0.9.98 (2014-07-04) ... at ... http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/
AlternativeTo app page (2017) ... latest update was made in Feb 2017 ... ?
Developer's update (2014) is well after Kissaki's comment below , so there is a possibility kfiff3 is fixed
I would like to know if Kissaki's concerns have been addressed by the developer?
This is my first venture into text comparison, so I am a bit nervous at the reliability of kdiff3
I was very enthusiastic about finally having found a merge tool where I could make out which changes came in from two sides against a base version when merging.
Being able to see 3 columns of base file, remote and local changes, and the resulting file is very nice.
Unfortunately, I had to notice the auto-resolving of conflicts produces wrong results. I can thus not use it in this state for solving merge conflicts sadly.