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15 Best Alternatives to WinMerge for 2021

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  1. WinMerge is an open source differencing and merging tool for Windows.
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    • Open Source
    Data comparison between files and folders can be a tiresome and time-consuming task. There are tools available that make the task much easier. WinMerge is one such tool. We share with you, brief details of WinMerge alternatives. You can compare data and then merge text files using WinMerge. It helps you locate the changes between the versions of a file or folder. After that’s done, the changes are merged. You’ve just got to mention the files or folders to be compared in two fields, the first and the second. You can do that by mentioning the path names into the fields directly. The tool shall compare the files and folders after you click on ‘compare’.

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    What is Meld? Meld is a visual diff and merge tool targeted at developers.
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    • Open Source
    Meant for developers, Meld is a visual difference locater and works as a merging tool. Not only files and folders, with Meld, you can compare version-controlled projects too. Meld is capable of two and three-way comparisons. Both files and directories can be compared. You can understand patches with Meld by reviewing code changes. That way, you can make out what’s happening during the merge.

    #File Management #Merge Tools #Diff And Merge Tools 42 social mentions

  3. Beyond Compare allows you to compare files and folders.
    Beyond Compare claims that it’s a focused comparison tool. That’s because with this tool, you can use simple, yet powerful commands and concentrate only on the differences that interest you. The tool lets you ignore the others. That makes it a suitable alternative to WinMerge. The changes can then be merged smoothly and the files synchronized. You’re ready with a report for your reference and records after a quick and easy comparison of the file or folder you had chosen.

    #File Management #Diff And Merge Tools #Data Comparison 5 social mentions

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    KDiff3 is a file and directory diff and merge tool which compares and merges two or three text...
    KDiff3 helps you merge files through a detailed process of spotting differences and then merging. Two or three text input files or directories can be compared or merged with the differences between every single line being shown character by character. It comes with a merge facility that works automatically and also has an integrated editor that helps remove merging conflicts.

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    XXDiff is the name of a graphical file and directories comparison system.
    xxdiff isa convenient WinMerge alternative you may try. Itis a graphical file that compares directories and merges them. It’s an open-source software. It helps spot the differences that exist between files and directories and then come up with a merged version. The texts contained in the files are arranged beside each other and the differences are marked out in colors for you to identify them easily. Xxdiff has features that help perform merge reviews or policing.

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  6. A valuable tool for diagnosing continuous integration bugs, Folder Diff also measures how much code must be resolved in pending merge scenarios. Visually compare two versions using image diff within P4Merge to determine changes made.
    With P4Merge, you are given a base file that helps spot differences when you compare two text files with it. You can select the text that you would like to include in the final merged file. You’ll find purple bands that shall highlight texts unique to the file edited by another user. Green bands are there to highlight changes that you’ve made in your file but are not present in the file that the other user edited. The base file has text highlighted in yellow bands that show text present in the base file but missing in the other two. The base file shows the revisions that need to be made in the final merged results file.

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  7. Code Compare is an advanced file and folder comparison tool. Its intuitive interface allows you to merge differing files and folders fast and easily! And it's FREE!
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    Code Compare works with cutting-edge technology and compares and merges different source code files. You can use it as a visual studio add-in or as a standalone application. Change tracking and synchronization is enhanced as Code Compare’s integration with a range of version control systems like TFS, SVN, Git, Perforce and Mercurial is possible. Code Compare has over 70,000 users today and it’s a great solution to file merging conflicts. Differently colored blocks indicate inserted, modified or deleted text.

    #Code Review #Developer Tools #Software Development

  8. Merge and compare your documents online and share.
    An online web application, Mergely lets you view and then merge changes between files online. You can enhance your online CMS system with Mergely as it’s a pure Javascript library. It can be used for commercial purposes and is open source. It involves merging on a real-time basis and there are no calls to any server. You can take control of the changes in your online content with your browser.

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  10. NOTE: bitbucket.org WinMerge 2011 has been discontinued.
    The WinMerge 2011 series is a fork of the original WinMerge application published on SourceForge by Thingamahoochie Software.
    WinMerge 2011 helps in differentiating between visual text files and them merging them and it’s open source. With this, you can check what’s changed between the versions of a project and then merge the changes that the versions show. You can differentiate between text files visually and merge them. It is capable of handling DOS, UNIX, and MAC text files. It comes with syntax highlighting and a flexible editor, word wrap and line numbers.

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  11. A diff and merging tool with focus on accurate and easy to read source code diffs.
    Diffinity, we say is one of the best alternatives to WinMerge. It’s free and it’s meant for Windows. The emphasis is on accurate source code differences that are also easy to read. Not only does it compare the contents of two text files, it shows the differences in each line marking out even the characters and words that are different. It features a thumbnail view showing all the differences. It is also capable of showing the differences between lines that have been added, changed or removed.

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  12. Xcode includes the Xcode IDE, Instruments, Simulator, the latest macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS SDKs, and more. View the many features included with Xcode.
    FileMerge works on Mac OS X. With this tool, you can compare two files and the differences between the two will be highlighted to you. It’s a boon for developers with the tracking of all major and minor differences being possible with FileMerge. All you need to do to get it working is just launch the application, select the files you want to compare and let the tool work in it. Merging of the files can be done too if you so desire.

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    Kompare is a GUI front-end program that enables differences between source files to be viewed and merged.
    With Kompare you can apply and un-apply differences between files by just pointing and clicking with your mouse. You can work on multiple differences using the apply and un-apply functions with all the functions being carried out in the memory not involving any writing to the files on the disk until the operation is saved. Being a part of the KDE operations, it’s used mainly on Linux and other operating systems similar to Unix. It works on Windows too.

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  14. Easily spot the differences in text and image files. Review changes in seconds with the world's most advanced iOS and Mac diff tool.
    While being a good similar software to WinMerge, Kaleidoscope works only on Mac and iPads. It helps in comparing images, folders and text files too. The changes can be reviewed and merged in a matter of seconds. Kaleidoscope works by finding the differences between two files, A (the older one) and B (the newer one). It’ll not only find the text added in file B, it’ll also find the text that’s been deleted from file A. The tracking algorithm locates the changes marking them in purple.

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  15. NOTE: Sublimerge has been discontinued.
    Diff and merge files directly in Sublime Text 2 and 3. Supports Git, SVN and Mercurial to compare files with their other revisions.
    Sublimerge calls itself a “different diff plugin”. It is claimed to be a full-featured plugin that’s amazingly advanced. It turns what might only be your editor to a side-by-side diff and merging tool that’s very professional. It has side-by-side two-way and three-way diff running inside the Sublime Text itself. The diff view is editable which makes Sublimerge stand out from other plugins. There’s also easy comparison between files side-by-side and you can run the comparison from Sublime or the command line too.

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  16. Home of the award-winning Araxis Merge two and three-way file comparison (diff) and merging application, Araxis Find Duplicate Files, Araxis Replace In Files, and the Araxis Ketura issue tracking, project scheduling and time tracking application.
    An advanced application, Araxis Merge enables you to compare, merge and synchronize folders and also lets you compare files two-way or three-way. You can use two versions to work on both Windows and Mac OS. With the 64-bit version of Araxis Merge you can compare large files as it offers a lot of memory space. You can simply open MS Office, PDF and RTF files and compare the texts. Copied text can be pasted straight into text comparison from other applications like MS Word.

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