Riff Alternatives

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

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  1. Folder Sync icon
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    An application to help you keep multiple pairs of folders in sync, quickly and easily. View differences between pairs of folders on screen using user defined coloured coding. Folder Sync allows you to utilise a fully automatic sync or manually manipulate the files yourself to...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  2. WinDiff icon
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    WinDiff is a graphical file-comparison program published by Microsoft (from 1992[1]), and is distributed with certain versions of Microsoft Visual Studio as well as in source-code form with the Platform SDK code samples.

    27 WinDiff alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  3.  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

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Utilities for web, compare text online with Syntax highlight and support for languages like Java, Javascript, Typescript, C#, HTML and CSS

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  6. "TableTextCompare" (TTC) is a small utility that provides easy comparison of two-tab-delimited or comma-delimited (csv) files, to determine the difference between the two files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Self-Hosted
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  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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  8. Patchword icon
     1 like

    Compare text files or entire directory hierarchies, export and apply patches, and perform non-destructive find and replace operations on text files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

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

    45 xxdiff alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. 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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. The Text Compare tool is a valuable online resource designed to assist writers, editors, and anyone working with textual content. This tool proves indispensable when you need to compare two pieces of text, whether for differences, similarities, or both.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  12. LineDiff icon
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    Free AI-powered text and file comparison tool. Compare PDF, Word, Excel, JSON, YAML, CSV, XML and Markdown online. End-to-end encryption, real-time collaboration, AI explanations. No installation needed.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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