WinDiff Alternatives for Linux

WinDiff is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Beyond Compare. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try SemanticDiff or GNU Diff Utilities. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to WinDiff and nine of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to WinDiff are Diffchecker, Riff, Ediff and DiffPlug.

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  1. Beyond Compare icon
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    File and folder comparison tool offering source control integration, 3-way merge support, and selective synchronization. Supports FTP, cloud, runs offline, uses simple commands for files, customization, and scripting for reporting. Lightweight, portable with CLI and built-in viewer.

    75 Beyond Compare alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
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    Intuitive interface many options for looking at the data such that it makes sense to the end user, easy to determine the next step for the user based on their initial objective. I love the drag and drop from either side to the other and the way it displays the status of the job in real time.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Beyond Compare is Paid and ProprietaryWinDiff is Free and Proprietary
    • Beyond Compare is LightweightWinDiff is not according to our users
  2. SemanticDiff icon
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    SemanticDiff is a programming language aware diff for Visual Studio Code and GitHub. It helps software developers understand code changes faster by hiding irrelevant changes, detecting moved code, and highlighting refactorings.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  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
     
  4. Riff icon
     3 likes

    A diff filter highlighting which parts of lines have changed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5.  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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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  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
     
  7.  Like

    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.

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    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Fedora
    • NetBSD
    • Slackware
     
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