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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Meld alternatives are mainly Diff Tools, but if you're looking for File Comparison Tools or Merge File Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Linux, Windows and Mac + Free. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Meld.
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  1. Twofold icon
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    Modern online file and folder diff tool that runs entirely in your browser — no uploads.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Pretty Diff is a language aware code comparison tool, beautifier, minifier, and parser for a variety of web oriented languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Typescript
    • npm
    • JavaScript
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    dwdiff is a diff program that operates at the word level instead of the line level. It is different from wdiff in that it allows the user to specify what should be considered whitespace, and in that it takes an optional list of characters that should be considered delimiters.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Fedora
    • NetBSD
    • Slackware
     
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    Diff Checker compares two snippets of text, source code, JSON or full files and highlights every change side-by-side. Everything runs locally inside the browser extension—no data ever leaves the user’s machine—so it suits security-sensitive workflows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
     
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    A file and folder comparison tool, targeted at developers, with powerful merging capabilities. Easily integrate with git or other version control system and diff and merge files with the 3-ways merge and powerful alignment...

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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