Meld Alternatives

Apps similar to Meld include WinMerge, which is free and open source. Other options are Beyond Compare, KDiff3, P4Merge and Araxis Merge. Diff Tools like Meld are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, the web and self-hosting.

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  1. 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.

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
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  2. VisualDiffer icon
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    Visualize folders side-by-side and find immediately which files are different, colors help to understand the diff type. Colors identify older, modified and newer files.

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
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    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

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Workshare Compare is the leading document comparison software that lets you perform file comparison of two documents against multiple modified versions.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  6. DiffPlug icon
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    DiffPlug is a free text editor/differ and image viewer/differ. Purchasing a license allows you to diff other kinds of files such as Simulink.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Guiffy is a diff merge tool and folder compare application and API. SureMerge is the most trustworthy source code 3-way merge tool available. Advanced features include tuneable inline diff highlighting, syntax highlighting and a blend of 3 diff algorithms.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Eclipse
    • NetBeans
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    VbaDiff is a tool for developers who use Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). It reads Microsoft Office documents and compares the VBA code they contain, displaying the differences in a clear manner to the developer.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. vimdiff icon
     1 like

    CLI Visual Merge/Diff tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. Tkdiff icon
     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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • TK
    • Cygwin
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  11. SemanticMerge icon
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    SemanticMerge - The diff and merge tool that understands C#, Vb.net, Java and now C

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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