Open Source Meld AlternativesDiff Tools & File Comparison Tools like Meld

The best open source alternative to Meld is WinMerge. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Meld and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Meld are KDiff3, Meld for OSX, Diffuse Merge Tool and WinMerge JP.

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  1. WinMerge icon
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    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 easy to understand and handle.

    85 WinMerge alternatives

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
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  2. KDiff3 icon
     118 likes

    KDiff3 is a file and directory diff and merge tool.

    71 KDiff3 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • KDE Plasma
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  3. Meld for OSX icon
     11 likes

    Meld is a visual diff and merge tool targeted at developers. Meld helps you compare files, directories, and version controlled projects. It provides two- and three-way comparison of both files and directories, and has support for many...

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    • Mac
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  4. 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.

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    • Linux
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  5. WinMerge JP icon
     15 likes

    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

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. Difftastic icon
     3 likes

    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.

    64 Difftastic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  7. ForskScope icon
     2 likes

    GUI tool with cross-platform support named after "forske forskjell" (research difference) 🤍

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Kompare icon
     11 likes

    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...

    69 Kompare alternatives

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    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Flathub
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  9. Compare icon
     37 likes

    Comparison plugin for Notepad++ editor.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Notepad++
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  10. diffoscope icon
     1 like

    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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  11. WinMerge 2011 icon
     30 likes

    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.

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
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  12. GNU Diffutils is a package of several programs related to finding differences between files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
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