Open Source Meld Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to Meld for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Linux alternative is KDiff3. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Meld and 15 are open source and available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Linux alternatives to Meld are Diffuse Merge Tool, ForskScope, Difftastic and Kompare.

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  1. KDiff3 icon

    KDiff3

     118 likes

    KDiff3 is a file and directory diff and merge tool.

    62 KDiff3 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • KDE Plasma
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    KDiff3 vs Meld Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    better identification of the modifications

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • KDiff3 is Free and Open SourceMeld is also Free and Open Source
  2. Diffuse Merge Tool icon

    Diffuse Merge Tool

     22 likes

    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.

    58 Diffuse Merge Tool alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
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    Diffuse Merge Tool vs Meld Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    2

    written in python works natively in linux

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Diffuse Merge Tool is Free and Open SourceMeld is also Free and Open Source
  6. Kompare icon

    Kompare

     12 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...

    64 Kompare alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Flathub
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    Kompare vs Meld Comments
    marioliulion
    Negative
    0

    It can't be used for git merges

    git mergetool --tool=kompare error: 'kompare' can not be used to resolve merges
    Mehrad Mahmoudian
    Positive
    0

    It has almost all features that Meld provides with very similar visual effects.

    • Kompare is Free and Open SourceMeld is also Free and Open Source
  7. diffoscope icon

    diffoscope

     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.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  9. GNU Diff Utilities icon

    GNU Diff Utilities

     8 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  10. E

    Ediff

     3 likes

    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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. vimdiff icon

    vimdiff

     1 like

    CLI Visual Merge/Diff tool.

    4 vimdiff alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  12. Tkdiff icon

    Tkdiff

     6 likes

    tkdiff is a graphical diff viewer based on the Tk framework. It is capable of inter-operating with source-control systems like CVS and Subversion to show differences between a local copy and a repository version.

    56 Tkdiff alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • TK
    • Cygwin
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  13. G

    GumTreeDiff

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    GumTree is a complete framework to deal with source code as trees and computing differences between them.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java
     
  14. Riff icon

    Riff

     3 likes

    A diff filter highlighting which parts of lines have changed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Riff vs Meld Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Distinctive highlighting for added and removed characters within lines, including very long lines.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Riff is Free and Open SourceMeld is also Free and Open Source
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