WinMerge AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Diff Tools for Linux - Page 2

WinMerge is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux Diff Tool alternative is Meld, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to WinMerge and many of them are Diff Tools available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux Diff Tool alternatives to WinMerge are Beyond Compare, KDiff3, P4Merge and SemanticDiff.

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WinMerge is an open source differencing and merging tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle.

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WinMerge alternatives page was last updated May 15, 2022
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  1. Difftastic icon
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    Difftastic is a diff tool that compares files based on their syntax. It supports over 20 programming languages and when it works, it's fantastic.

    52 Difftastic alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Difftastic Features

    1.  Syntax Highlighting
    2.  Command line interface
    3.  Compare Source Code
    4.  Side-by-Side Comparison

    Difftastic VS WinMerge

     
  2. Kompare icon
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    Kompare is a graphical diff and merge tool targeting developers. It allows users to compare two different text files or two directories. It is part of KDE Applications (and formerly part of KDE Software Compilation) and therefore primarily used on Linux and other Unix-like...

    57 Kompare alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE
    • Flathub

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  3. 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.

    51 DiffPlug alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    DiffPlug Features

    1. Git icon  Git Support
    2.  Compare Source Code
    3.  Compare Text

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    Not just Windows. Multiple OS Support. Free & OSS except for the "Matlib" and/or "Simulink" diffs. Free version supports diff for: File, Folder, Archive, Image, GIT, SVN, (maybe more?)

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    • DiffPlug is Freemium and ProprietaryWinMerge is Free and Open Source
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    Diffuse is a small and simple text merge tool written in Python. With Diffuse, you can easily merge, edit, and review changes to your code.

    51 Diffuse Merge Tool alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Side-by-Side Comparison
    2.  Fast file and folder search
    3.  3 way merge
    4.  Compare Text

    Diffuse Merge Tool VS WinMerge

     
  5. ECMerge icon
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    ECMerge is a comparison and synchronization tool with two and three-way merge for text and folders and difference on binary, text, images and folders, locally, via FTP/S, SFTP or in version controls. For Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris and Linux.

    47 ECMerge alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    ECMerge Features

    1.  Support for scripting
    2.  Portable
    3.  Support for SFTP
    4.  Synchronization
    5.  Folders

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  6. SemanticMerge icon
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    SemanticMerge - The diff and merge tool that understands C#, Vb.net, Java and now C

    48 SemanticMerge alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    SemanticMerge Features

    1.  Compare Text

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  7. 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.

    39 xxdiff alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    xxdiff Features

    1.  Visual Comparison

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    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.

    20 Ediff alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

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    GumTree is a complete framework to deal with source code as trees and computing differences between them.

    12 GumTreeDiff alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Java

    GumTreeDiff Features

    1.  Compare Source Code

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