Meld Alternatives

Meld is described as 'Open-source tool for dynamic file and folder comparisions, syntax highlighting, offline functionality, and version control integration' and is a very popular Diff Tool in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Meld for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Meld alternative is WinMerge, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Meld are Beyond Compare, KDiff3, P4Merge and Araxis Merge.

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  1. FileMerge icon
     13 likes

    FileMerge lets you compare one file to another or one directory to another and merge the files or directories together.

    58 FileMerge alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Xcode
     
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    FileMerge vs Meld Comments
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    Doesn't handle multiple files, UI is terrible and unintuitive.

    • FileMerge is Free and ProprietaryMeld is Free and Open Source
  2. DiffVue icon
     2 likes

    DiffVue is a diff tool, also known as a diff utility for Windows XP and Windows 7, and it lets users compare folders and files as well as ftp site's files against the local files by displaying differences visually.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. 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
     
  4. Riff icon
     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
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    Positive
    0

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

    • Riff is Free and Open SourceMeld is also Free and Open Source
  5. DiffFork icon
     2 likes

    DiffFork is a diff tool for Mac OS X. DiffFork can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual format.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Riffle is a fast, native macOS diff and merge tool with 2-way diff, 3-way merge with an editable result, and folder compare, built for git, Tower, and the command line.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Homebrew
     
  7. Diff Doc icon
     4 likes

    Compare Files Using ' Diff Doc' a visual file compare and folder compare utility that creates a detailed file diff. File comparison can optionally be done with the command line. Compare Word and Compare XLS files in addition to PDF, txt, rtf...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8.  1 like

    Review and refine Git diffs before you push.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Homebrew
    • Neovim
     
  9. Online Text compare is a browser based data compare tool that highlights the differences between two versions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. xxdiff icon
     1 like

    xxdiff is a QT based graphical file and directories comparator and merge tool. It provides comparing two files, three files.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. CompareMerge icon
     3 likes

    CompareMerge is a Mac OSX's software tool for file comparison and merging text-like files.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. AptDiff icon
     2 likes

    AptDiff is a visual text / binary files comparison and merging utility for Windows. It is highly useful for web designers, software developers, and other professionals.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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