Patchword Alternatives

Patchword is described as 'Compare text files or entire directory hierarchies, export and apply patches, and perform non-destructive find and replace operations on text files' and is a File Comparison tool in the file management category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Patchword for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and KDE Plasma apps. The best Patchword alternative is WinMerge, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Patchword are Meld, Beyond Compare, KDiff3 and P4Merge.

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  1. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. DeltaWalker icon
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    Intuitive, multi-platform application for two and three-way visual file and folder comparison.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. AptDiff icon
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    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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Riff icon
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    A diff filter highlighting which parts of lines have changed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. CompareMerge icon
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    CompareMerge is a Mac OSX's software tool for file comparison and merging text-like files.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  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 (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. DiffFork icon
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    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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Typescript
    • npm
    • JavaScript
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Pretty Diff is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Patchword.

    • Pretty Diff is Free and Open SourcePatchword is Free and Proprietary
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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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