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<h2 id="general">General</h2> <p>Basic general information about <a href="/facts/File_comparison/rCRIKwFM">file comparison</a> software. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Creator</th><th><a href="/facts/Free_and_open-source_software/1cHtjLCB">FOSS</a></th><th>Free</th><th>First public release date</th><th>Year of latest stable version</th><th>Windows</th><th>Macintosh</th><th>Linux</th><th>Other platforms</th><th>Max supported file size</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Beyond_Compare/xyKpGEmb">Beyond Compare</a></th><td>Scooter Software<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></td><td>No; <a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">Proprietary</a></td><td>No</td><td>1996</td><td>2025-04-16 (v5.0.7)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>> 2GB (64 bits)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Compare%252B%252B/8QVzz6sS">Compare++</a></th><td>Coode Software<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td><td>No; Proprietary</td><td>No</td><td>2010</td><td>2016-7-17 (3.0.1.0b)</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Diff/MtzRWwql">diff</a>, <a href="/facts/Diff3/Hxq5N54e">diff3</a></th><td><a href="/facts/AT%2526T/y3Lo9uhk">AT&T</a></td><td>Yes; <a href="/facts/BSD_licenses/XLtmLp5x">BSD 3-clause</a>, <a href="/facts/BSD_licenses/XLtmLp5x">BSD 4-clause</a>, <a href="/facts/CDDL/f1gcKWVz">CDDL</a>, GPL, Proprietary</td><td>Yes</td><td>1974</td><td></td><td>No</td><td>Yes (<a href="/facts/Mac_OS_X/Y93vVpTm">Mac OS X</a>)</td><td>Yes</td><td>ported to most platforms as part of <a href="/facts/Source_Code_Control_System/v85GIeBx">SCCS</a></td><td>> 2GB but less than 64 bits</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Eclipse_(software)/YoqHVjas">Eclipse</a> (compare)</th><td></td><td>Yes; <a href="/facts/Eclipse_Public_License/jQvqgpN8">Eclipse Public License</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>2004-07-21</td><td>2016-09-28 (4.6.1 (Neon.1))</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Anything with <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Ediff/MPxf7qRC">Ediff</a></th><td>Michael Kifer<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></td><td>Yes; <a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GPL</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>1994</td><td>2.81.4</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td><td>Yes (<a href="/facts/Mac_OS_X/Y93vVpTm">Mac OS X</a>)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Anything with <a href="/facts/Emacs/BvGxuAxQ">Emacs</a> and <a href="/facts/Diff/MtzRWwql">diff</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/ExamDiff_Pro/3lkjkd17">ExamDiff Pro</a></th><td>PrestoSoft<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td><td>No; Proprietary</td><td>No</td><td>1998</td><td>2025-04-11 (Build 16.0.1.0)</td><td>Yes (<a href="/facts/Windows_XP/IozrkAYS">WinXP</a> and up)</td><td>Yes (in Wine)</td><td>Yes (in Wine)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Far_Manager/oowTjWe4">Far Manager</a> (compare)</th><td>Eugene Roshal (original); FAR Group</td><td>Yes; Revised <a href="/facts/BSD_license/XLtmLp5x">BSD license</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>1996</td><td>2022-02-02 (v3.0 build 5959)</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>There's a beta-version of far2l,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> a Linux fork of FAR Manager v2 which also works on OSX/MacOS and BSD.</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/File_Compare/ktLTXQmV">fc</a></th><td>Microsoft<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td><td>No; Proprietary</td><td>Yes; Part of <a href="/facts/Operating_System/8XTuvMh2">OS</a></td><td>1987</td><td></td><td>Yes (DOS)</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Apple_Developer_Tools/mJdDT5SJ">FileMerge (aka opendiff)</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple Inc.</a></td><td>No; Proprietary</td><td>Yes; (part of <a href="/facts/Apple_Developer_Tools/mJdDT5SJ">Apple Developer Tools</a>)</td><td>1993 (part of <a href="/facts/NEXTSTEP/eL0bymga">NEXTSTEP</a> 3.2<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a>)</td><td>2014 (v2.8)</td><td>No</td><td>Yes (Mac OS X)</td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/FreeFileSync/1Gdh2vRB">FreeFileSync</a>[<i>data missing</i>]</th><td>Zenju</td><td>Yes; <a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GPLv3</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>2008</td><td>2023-10-23 (v13.2)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Guiffy SureMerge</th><td>Guiffy Software<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td><td>No; Proprietary</td><td>No</td><td>2000</td><td>2024-05-07 (v12.3)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Anything with <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a></td><td>> 2GB</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/IntelliJ_IDEA/h689XrQz">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (compare)</th><td>JetBrains<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></td><td>No; Proprietary</td><td>No</td><td>2001</td><td>2019-08-20 (2019.2.1)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/JEdit/PBeuB4wm">jEdit JDiff plugin</a></th><td>Various<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td>Yes; GPL</td><td>Yes</td><td>1998</td><td>2020-09-03 (5.6.0)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Anything with <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Lazarus_(software)/6Il32HeV">Lazarus</a> Diff</th><td><a href="/facts/Lazarus_(software)/6Il32HeV">Lazarus (software)</a></td><td>Yes; GPL</td><td>Yes</td><td>2000</td><td>2020-07-11 (2.0.10)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>FreeBSD</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Meld_(software)/j4UAjqy1">Meld</a></th><td>Stephen Kennedy<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td><td>Yes; <a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GPLv2+</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>2002</td><td>2024-03-24 (3.22.2)</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td><a href="/facts/Berkeley_Software_Distribution/XQKcURrh">BSD</a>, <a href="/facts/Solaris_(operating_system)/KPfT98EJ">Solaris</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Notepad%252B%252B/dVSHsYxQ">Notepad++ (compare)</a></th><td>Various</td><td>Yes; <a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GPLv3</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>2009</td><td>2015-01-06 (1.5.6.6)</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Perforce/y9wI1f6T">Perforce P4Merge</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Perforce/y9wI1f6T">Perforce</a></td><td>No; Proprietary</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>2019 (2019.1/1815056)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Sun Solaris</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Pretty_Diff/VVBR7UMS">Pretty Diff</a></th><td>Austin Cheney<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></td><td>Yes; MIT-compatible</td><td>Yes</td><td>2009</td><td>2019-09-02 (101.2.6)</td><td>Yes (<a href="/facts/World_Wide_Web/wvnTrWFq">Web</a>)</td><td>Yes (<a href="/facts/World_Wide_Web/wvnTrWFq">Web</a>)</td><td>Yes (<a href="/facts/World_Wide_Web/wvnTrWFq">Web</a>)</td><td><a href="/facts/Node.js/FKzhV4Qa">Node.js</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Tkdiff/SWFeSV9M">Tkdiff</a></th><td>Tkdiff<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></td><td>Yes; <a href="/facts/GNU_General_Public_License/S75KhLSX">GPLv2+</a></td><td>Yes</td><td>2003 (or before)</td><td>2021-03-24 (v5.2.1)</td><td>Yes (<a href="/facts/Tcl/s7fbKYtR">Tcl</a>)</td><td>Yes (Tcl)</td><td>Yes (Tcl)</td><td>Anything with Tcl</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Total_Commander/QB9TrQBR">Total Commander</a> (compare)</th><td>Christian Ghisler<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></td><td>No; Proprietary</td><td>No</td><td></td><td>2020-03-25 (v9.51)</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/TextWrangler/vXArymXF">twdiff</a> (TextWrangler Diff Helper)[<i>data missing</i>]</th><td>Bare Bones Software, Inc.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></td><td>No; Proprietary</td><td>Yes; with <a href="/facts/TextWrangler/vXArymXF">TextWrangler</a></td><td></td><td>2012 (1.0 (v22))</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Vim_(text_editor)/JXAYMDgt">vimdiff</a></th><td><a href="/facts/Bram_Moolenaar/luSRRue7">Bram Moolenaar</a> et al.</td><td>Yes; GPL-compatible<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td><td>2001</td><td>2016-10-03 (v8.0.0022)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Anything with <a href="/facts/Vim_(text_editor)/JXAYMDgt">vim</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/WinDiff/BjtzoUxE">WinDiff</a></th><td>Microsoft<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></td><td>No; Proprietary</td><td>Yes; Part of <a href="/facts/Platform_SDK/8otR4u2w">Platform SDK</a></td><td>1992</td><td>2010-05-14 (v6.1.7716.0)</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/WinMerge/D11yYBLB">WinMerge</a></th><td>Dean Grimm<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></td><td>Yes; GPL</td><td>Yes</td><td>1998</td><td>2025-04-27 (v2.16.48)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></td><td>Yes (<a href="/facts/Windows_95/1E1L93qC">Win95</a> and up)</td><td>Yes (in wine<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a>)</td><td>Yes (in wine<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a>)</td><td></td><td>2 GB</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/KDE_Gear/PW6RokRK">KDiff3</a>[<i>data missing</i>] (part of KDE SDK,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> as well as a plug-in to KDE Dolphin file manager)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></th><td>Joachim Eibl and KDE SDK KDiff3 Team<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></td><td>Yes GPL v2</td><td>Yes</td><td><2004 (v0.9.86)</td><td>2023-01-13 (v1.10)</td><td>Yes as part of <a href="/facts/KDevelop/CFUunpL9">KDevelop</a> <a href="https://kdevelop.org/get-it/">KDE SDK download site</a> or from <a href="https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/kdiff-3-diff-utility/9NDVVX243RFH?hl=en-sg&gl=sg">Windows store</a> or <a href="https://download.kde.org/stable/kdiff3/">KDE download</a> site (most recent version) as separate application.</td><td>Yes Can be downloaded from <a href="https://kdevelop.org/get-it/">KDE SDK download site</a> or as separate stand-alone application from <a href="https://download.kde.org/stable/kdiff3/">KDE download site</a></td><td>Yes Install from your Linux distribution repositories, or as AppStream, from <a href="https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.kde.kdiff3%7CFlatHub">[1]</a>, or as GIT project <a href="https://invent.kde.org/sdk/kdiff3%7CInvent">KDE Gitlab</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> or from/on <a href="https://github.com/KDE/kdiff3%7CGithub">[2]</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></td><td>Any other <a href="/facts/Unix/0pNL2seI">Unix</a> with KDE/KF5, Qt5 and CMake, e.g. <a href="/facts/FreeBSD/RKsFTm7F">FreeBSD</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> & <a href="/facts/NetBSD/PTm5HWls">NetBSD</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a></td><td>?</td></tr><tr><th>Name</th><th>Creator</th><th><a href="/facts/Free_and_open-source_software/1cHtjLCB">FOSS</a></th><th>Free</th><th>First public release date</th><th>Year of latest stable version</th><th>Windows</th><th>Macintosh</th><th>Linux</th><th>Other platforms</th><th>Max supported file size</th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="compare-features">Compare features</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Showin-linechanges</th><th>Directory comparison</th><th>Binarycomparison</th><th>Moved lines</th><th>3-way comparison</th><th>Merge</th><th>Structured comparison<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a></th><th>Manual compare alignment</th><th>Imagecompare</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Beyond_Compare/xyKpGEmb">Beyond Compare</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes (Files and Folders)</td><td>Yes (Pro only)</td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Compare%252B%252B/8QVzz6sS">Compare++</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes (C/C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, CSS3)</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Diff/MtzRWwql">diff</a></th><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>partly</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Diff3/Hxq5N54e">diff3</a></th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes (non-optional)</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Eclipse_(software)/YoqHVjas">Eclipse</a> (compare)</th><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>No (only ancestor)</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>No</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Ediff/MPxf7qRC">Ediff</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/ExamDiff_Pro/3lkjkd17">ExamDiff Pro</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></td><td>Yes (ExamDiff Pro Master only)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>manual synchronization</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Far_Manager/oowTjWe4">Far Manager</a> (compare)</th><td>Yes (Via plugin)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes (Via plugin)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a></td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Microsoft_File_Compare/ktLTXQmV">fc</a></th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Apple_Developer_Tools/mJdDT5SJ">FileMerge (aka opendiff)</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Yes (optional ancestor)</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Guiffy SureMerge</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/IntelliJ_IDEA/h689XrQz">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (compare)</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/JEdit/PBeuB4wm">jEdit JDiff plugin</a></th><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Lazarus_(software)/6Il32HeV">Lazarus</a> Diff</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Meld_(software)/j4UAjqy1">Meld</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>line alignment, unlink scroll</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Notepad%252B%252B/dVSHsYxQ">Notepad++ (compare)</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Perforce/y9wI1f6T">Perforce P4Merge</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Pretty_Diff/VVBR7UMS">Pretty Diff</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Tkdiff/SWFeSV9M">Tkdiff</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Total_Commander/QB9TrQBR">Total Commander</a> (compare)</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>resync comparison</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Vim_(text_editor)/JXAYMDgt">vimdiff</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes (via DirDiff plugin)</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/WinDiff/BjtzoUxE">WinDiff</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/WinMerge/D11yYBLB">WinMerge</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes (via Options)</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th>Name</th><th>Showin-linechanges</th><th>Directory comparison</th><th>Binarycomparison</th><th>Moved lines</th><th>3-way comparison</th><th>Merge</th><th>Structured comparison<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a></th><th>Manual compare alignment</th><th>Imagecompare</th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="api--editor-features">API / editor features</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th><a href="/facts/Graphical_User_Interface/wBlQFWDP">GUI</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Command-line_interface/R9JpGmXQ">CLI</a></th><th>Scripting</th><th>Horizontal / vertical</th><th>Syntax highlighting</th><th>Reports</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Beyond_Compare/xyKpGEmb">Beyond Compare</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Both</td><td>Yes</td><td>XML, HTML, CSV, Text, Unix Patch</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Compare%252B%252B/8QVzz6sS">Compare++</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Both</td><td>Yes</td><td>HTML, Text(combined or side-by-side)</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Diff/MtzRWwql">diff</a></th><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Horizontal</td><td>Yes pipe to diff-highlight<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Diff3/Hxq5N54e">diff3</a></th><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Horizontal</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Eclipse_(software)/YoqHVjas">Eclipse</a> (compare)</th><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td>Vertical</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Ediff/MPxf7qRC">Ediff</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>elisp</td><td>Both</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/ExamDiff_Pro/3lkjkd17">ExamDiff Pro</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>optional</td><td>Yes</td><td>UNIX, HTML, Diff</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Far_Manager/oowTjWe4">Far Manager</a> (compare)</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Microsoft_File_Compare/ktLTXQmV">fc</a></th><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Horizontal</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Apple_Developer_Tools/mJdDT5SJ">FileMerge (aka opendiff)</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Vertical</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th>Guiffy SureMerge</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Java API</td><td>Both</td><td>Yes</td><td>HTML, Text, Unix Patch</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/IntelliJ_IDEA/h689XrQz">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (compare)</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Vertical</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/JEdit/PBeuB4wm">jEdit JDiff plugin</a></th><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td>Both</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Lazarus_(software)/6Il32HeV">Lazarus</a> Diff</th><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Meld_(software)/j4UAjqy1">Meld</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Notepad%252B%252B/dVSHsYxQ">Notepad++ (compare)</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Both</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Perforce/y9wI1f6T">Perforce P4Merge</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Vertical</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Pretty_Diff/VVBR7UMS">Pretty Diff</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>JavaScript</td><td>Both</td><td>Yes</td><td>XHTML</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Tkdiff/SWFeSV9M">Tkdiff</a></th><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Total_Commander/QB9TrQBR">Total Commander</a> (compare)</th><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td>Both</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Vim_(text_editor)/JXAYMDgt">vimdiff</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>vim script</td><td>Both</td><td>Yes</td><td>HTML</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/WinDiff/BjtzoUxE">WinDiff</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Horizontal</td><td>No</td><td>Text</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/WinMerge/D11yYBLB">WinMerge</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Both</td><td>Yes</td><td>CSV, Tab-delimited, HTML, XML</td></tr><tr><th>Name</th><th><a href="/facts/Graphical_User_Interface/wBlQFWDP">GUI</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Command-line_interface/R9JpGmXQ">CLI</a></th><th>Scripting</th><th>Horizontal / vertical</th><th>Syntax highlighting</th><th>Reports</th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="other-features">Other features</h2> <p>Some other features which did not fit in previous table </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>ZIP support</th><th>FTP support</th><th>SFTP support</th><th>Version control browsing</th><th>Patch creation</th><th>Patch application</th><th>Patch preview</th><th>Unicode support</th><th>XML-aware</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Beyond_Compare/xyKpGEmb">Beyond Compare</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>SVN</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Compare%252B%252B/8QVzz6sS">Compare++</a></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>SVN, CVS, Git, Microsoft TFS, Perforce, VSS using command line</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Diff/MtzRWwql">diff</a></th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes with patch</td><td>Yes with patch</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Diff3/Hxq5N54e">diff3</a></th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Eclipse_(software)/YoqHVjas">Eclipse</a> (compare)</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes <a href="/facts/Concurrent_Versions_System/PKnqSra2">CVS</a>, <a href="/facts/Apache_Subversion/b5j9wAbt">Subversion</a>, <a href="/facts/Git_(software)/U5Ty9QmQ">Git</a>, <a href="/facts/Mercurial/lEkoYb6C">Mercurial</a>, <a href="/facts/GNU_Bazaar/TQ3AEzcS">Baazar</a></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Ediff/MPxf7qRC">Ediff</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>RCS, CVS, SVN, Mercurial, git (anything supported by Emacs' VC-mode)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/ExamDiff_Pro/3lkjkd17">ExamDiff Pro</a></th><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a></td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a></td><td></td><td></td><td>normal diff only</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Far_Manager/oowTjWe4">Far Manager</a> (compare)</th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Microsoft_File_Compare/ktLTXQmV">fc</a></th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Apple_Developer_Tools/mJdDT5SJ">FileMerge (aka opendiff)</a></th><td>No</td><td>supported by OS</td><td></td><td></td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th>Guiffy SureMerge</th><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/IntelliJ_IDEA/h689XrQz">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (compare)</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/JEdit/PBeuB4wm">jEdit JDiff plugin</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Lazarus_(software)/6Il32HeV">Lazarus</a> Diff</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Meld_(software)/j4UAjqy1">Meld</a></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Concurrent_Versions_System/PKnqSra2">CVS</a>, <a href="/facts/Subversion/PS53X6dN">Subversion</a>, <a href="/facts/Git_(software)/U5Ty9QmQ">Git</a>, <a href="/facts/Mercurial/lEkoYb6C">Mercurial</a>, <a href="/facts/GNU_Bazaar/TQ3AEzcS">Baazar</a></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Notepad%252B%252B/dVSHsYxQ">Notepad++ (compare)</a></th><td>No</td><td>Yes<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a></td><td></td><td>Git, Subversion (compare against base)</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Perforce/y9wI1f6T">Perforce P4Merge</a></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Pretty_Diff/VVBR7UMS">Pretty Diff</a></th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Tkdiff/SWFeSV9M">Tkdiff</a></th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td>CVS, RCS, Subversion</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Total_Commander/QB9TrQBR">Total Commander</a> (compare)</th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Vim_(text_editor)/JXAYMDgt">vimdiff</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/WinDiff/BjtzoUxE">WinDiff</a></th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td><td>No</td><td></td><td></td><td>No</td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/WinMerge/D11yYBLB">WinMerge</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td></td><td>Mercurial,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a> Subversion,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a> Visual Source Safe, Rational ClearCase<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:48" href="#fn:48"><sup>48</sup></a></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Name</th><th>ZIP support</th><th>FTP support</th><th>SFTP support</th><th>Version control browsing</th><th>Patch creation</th><th>Patch application</th><th>Patch preview</th><th>Unicode support</th><th>XML-aware</th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="aspects">Aspects</h2> <p>What aspects can be / are compared? </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Filename casing</th><th>CRC</th><th>Filedate</th><th>Daylight saving</th><th>Character casing</th></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Beyond_Compare/xyKpGEmb">Beyond Compare</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Compare%252B%252B/8QVzz6sS">Compare++</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Diff/MtzRWwql">diff</a></th><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Optional</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Diff3/Hxq5N54e">diff3</a></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Eclipse_(software)/YoqHVjas">Eclipse</a> (compare)</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Ediff/MPxf7qRC">Ediff</a></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/ExamDiff_Pro/3lkjkd17">ExamDiff Pro</a></th><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Far_Manager/oowTjWe4">Far Manager</a> (compare)</th><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Microsoft_File_Compare/ktLTXQmV">fc</a></th><td>No</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Optional</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Apple_Developer_Tools/mJdDT5SJ">FileMerge (aka opendiff)</a></th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td>Optional</td></tr><tr><th>Guiffy SureMerge</th><td>filesystem dependent</td><td></td><td>Yes</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/IntelliJ_IDEA/h689XrQz">IntelliJ IDEA</a> (compare)</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/JEdit/PBeuB4wm">jEdit JDiff plugin</a></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Lazarus_(software)/6Il32HeV">Lazarus</a> Diff</th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Meld_(software)/j4UAjqy1">Meld</a></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Notepad%252B%252B/dVSHsYxQ">Notepad++ (compare)</a></th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Perforce/y9wI1f6T">Perforce P4Merge</a></th><td>—</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Pretty_Diff/VVBR7UMS">Pretty Diff</a></th><td>—</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Optional</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Tkdiff/SWFeSV9M">Tkdiff</a></th><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Total_Commander/QB9TrQBR">Total Commander</a> (compare)</th><td></td><td></td><td>Optional</td><td>Yes (in synchronize only)</td><td>Optional</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/Vim_(text_editor)/JXAYMDgt">vimdiff</a></th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/WinDiff/BjtzoUxE">WinDiff</a></th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>when different</td><td>Yes</td><td>Optional</td></tr><tr><th><a href="/facts/WinMerge/D11yYBLB">WinMerge</a></th><td>No</td><td>No</td><td>Optional</td><td></td><td>Optional</td></tr><tr><th>Name</th><th>Filename casing</th><th>CRC</th><th>Filedate</th><th>Daylight saving</th><th>Character casing</th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="time-zone-effects">Time zone effects</h2> <p>When files are transferred across time zones and between Microsoft <a href="/facts/File_Allocation_Table/uFvpmWxa">FAT</a> and <a href="/facts/NTFS/dryNM3BK">NTFS</a> <a href="/facts/File_system/FdPm90uc">file systems</a>, the timestamp displayed by the same file may change, so that identical files with different storage histories are deemed different by a comparer that requires the timestamps to match. The difference is an exact number of quarters of an hour up to 95 (same minutes modulo 15 and seconds) if the file was transported across zones; there is also a one-hour difference within a single zone caused by the transition between standard time and <a href="/facts/Daylight_saving_time/bEWvB1Rt">daylight saving time</a> (DST). Some, but not all, file comparison and synchronisation software can be configured to ignore the DST and time-zone differences.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:49" href="#fn:49"><sup>49</sup></a> Software known to have daylight-saving compensation is marked in the Aspects table. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/File_comparison/rCRIKwFM">File comparison</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/File_synchronization/CLEyRRpc">File synchronization</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_file_synchronization_software/ChgSQflv">Comparison of file synchronization software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_disk_cloning_software/detNAb59">List of disk cloning software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_disk_cloning_software/detNAb59">Comparison of disk cloning software</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Comparison_of_hex_editors/9QV78FnV">Comparison of hex editors</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Scooter Software <a href="http://www.scootersoftware.com/" target="_blank">http://www.scootersoftware.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Coode Software". Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2020-12-13. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181221013311/http://coodesoft.com/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20181221013311/http://coodesoft.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Compare++ Operating system information <a href="http://download.cnet.com/Compare/3000-2229_4-75206501.html?tag=mncol" target="_blank">http://download.cnet.com/Compare/3000-2229_4-75206501.html?tag=mncol</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Michael Kifer <a href="http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/emacs/ediff_toc.html" target="_blank">http://www.delorie.com/gnu/docs/emacs/ediff_toc.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Ediff requires a diff utility to function. As of December 2017, diff is not bundled with Emacs or Windows, so use of Ediff in a Windows environment requires installation of both Emacs and a diff implementation like GNU diff. <a href="/wiki/Diff_utility" target="_blank">/wiki/Diff_utility</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>PrestoSoft <a href="http://www.prestosoft.com" target="_blank">http://www.prestosoft.com</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Far2l". GitHub. 26 July 2022. <a href="https://github.com/elfmz/far2l" target="_blank">https://github.com/elfmz/far2l</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Microsoft <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/fc.mspx" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/fc.mspx</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>NeXT Product Marketing (Fall 1993). "What's New in Release 3.2?". NEXTSTEP in Focus. 3 (4). NeXT Computer, Inc. Retrieved 18 July 2014. <a href="http://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/computing/nextstep-openstep/NEXTSTEP_In_Focus/InFocusFall1993/1489_Whats_New_in_Release_3.2.rtf" target="_blank">http://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/computing/nextstep-openstep/NEXTSTEP_In_Focus/InFocusFall1993/1489_Whats_New_in_Release_3.2.rtf</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Guiffy Software <a href="https://www.guiffy.com/" target="_blank">https://www.guiffy.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>JetBrains <a href="http://www.jetbrains.com/" target="_blank">http://www.jetbrains.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>jedit.org <a href="http://www.jedit.org" target="_blank">http://www.jedit.org</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Stephen Kennedy <a href="http://meld.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">http://meld.sourceforge.net/</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Meld/Windows <a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Meld/Windows" target="_blank">https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Meld/Windows</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Notepad++ compare plugin <a href="https://bitbucket.org/uph0/compare" target="_blank">https://bitbucket.org/uph0/compare</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Pretty Diff <a href="http://prettydiff.com/" target="_blank">http://prettydiff.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>tkdiff <a href="http://tkdiff.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">http://tkdiff.sourceforge.net/</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>Christian Ghisler <a href="http://www.ghisler.com/" target="_blank">http://www.ghisler.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>Bare Bones Software, Inc. <a href="http://www.barebones.com/" target="_blank">http://www.barebones.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>vim license <a href="http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/uganda.html#license" target="_blank">http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/uganda.html#license</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>Microsoft <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/159214" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/159214</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>Dean Grimm <a href="http://winmerge.org/" target="_blank">http://winmerge.org/</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/releases/tag/v2.16.42.1 <a href="https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/releases/tag/v2.16.42.1" target="_blank">https://github.com/WinMerge/winmerge/releases/tag/v2.16.42.1</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>WinMerge in Wine <a href="https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1755" target="_blank">https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1755</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>WinMerge in Wine <a href="https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1755" target="_blank">https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1755</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:26"><p>"KDE SDK Project Page". KDE Invent: KDE SDK. Retrieved 2023-03-09. <a href="https://invent.kde.org/sdk" target="_blank">https://invent.kde.org/sdk</a> <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:27"><p>"KDiff3". KDE Applications. Retrieved 2023-03-09. <a href="https://apps.kde.org/kdiff3/" target="_blank">https://apps.kde.org/kdiff3/</a> <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:28"><p>"The KDiff3 Handbook". docs.kde.org. Retrieved 2023-03-09. <a href="https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/kdiff3/kdiff3/index.html" target="_blank">https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/kdiff3/kdiff3/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:29"><p>"KDE KDiff3". Retrieved 2023-03-09. <a href="https://invent.kde.org/sdk/kdiff3" target="_blank">https://invent.kde.org/sdk/kdiff3</a> <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:30"><p>"KDevelop / KDevelop · GitLab (full KDevelop project)". GitLab. Retrieved 2023-03-09. <a href="https://invent.kde.org/kdevelop/kdevelop" target="_blank">https://invent.kde.org/kdevelop/kdevelop</a> <a href="#fnref:30" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:31"><p>"Using KDiff3 as a Git Diff and Merging Tool". docs.kde.org. Retrieved 2023-03-09. <a href="https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/kdiff3/kdiff3/git.html" target="_blank">https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/kdiff3/kdiff3/git.html</a> <a href="#fnref:31" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:32"><p>"FreeBSD/Setup/Ports - KDE Community Wiki". community.kde.org. Retrieved 2023-03-09. <a href="https://community.kde.org/FreeBSD/Setup/Ports" target="_blank">https://community.kde.org/FreeBSD/Setup/Ports</a> <a href="#fnref:32" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:33"><p>"pkgsrc.se | The NetBSD package collection". pkgsrc.se. Retrieved 2023-03-09. <a href="https://pkgsrc.se/devel/kdiff3" target="_blank">https://pkgsrc.se/devel/kdiff3</a> <a href="#fnref:33" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:34"><p>Compare logical sections (class, methods). <a href="#fnref:34" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:35"><p>Examdiff <a href="http://blog.prestosoft.com/2008/09/moved-blocks.html" target="_blank">http://blog.prestosoft.com/2008/09/moved-blocks.html</a> <a href="#fnref:35" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:36"><p>Examdiff <a href="http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_features.asp" target="_blank">http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_features.asp</a> <a href="#fnref:36" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:37"><p>Visual Compare <a href="http://forum.farmanager.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5193" target="_blank">http://forum.farmanager.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5193</a> <a href="#fnref:37" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:38"><p>Visual Compare <a href="http://forum.farmanager.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5193" target="_blank">http://forum.farmanager.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=5193</a> <a href="#fnref:38" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:39"><p>Compare logical sections (class, methods). <a href="#fnref:39" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:40"><p>"Git/Contrib/Diff-highlight at master · git/Git". GitHub. <a href="https://github.com/git/git/tree/master/contrib/diff-highlight" target="_blank">https://github.com/git/git/tree/master/contrib/diff-highlight</a> <a href="#fnref:40" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:41"><p>gnu.org Support-for-Version-Control <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/ediff/Support-for-Version-Control.html" target="_blank">https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/ediff/Support-for-Version-Control.html</a> <a href="#fnref:41" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:42"><p>through a plug-in <a href="http://www.prestosoft.com/ps.asp?page=edp_plugins#9" target="_blank">http://www.prestosoft.com/ps.asp?page=edp_plugins#9</a> <a href="#fnref:42" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:43"><p>through a plug-in <a href="http://www.prestosoft.com/ps.asp?page=edp_plugins#10" target="_blank">http://www.prestosoft.com/ps.asp?page=edp_plugins#10</a> <a href="#fnref:43" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:44"><p>UTF8, UTF16, MBCS, SJIS, over 150 file encoding and character set formats. <a href="#fnref:44" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:45"><p>Notepad++ FTP plugin <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/nppftp" target="_blank">https://sourceforge.net/projects/nppftp</a> <a href="#fnref:45" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:46"><p>"tortoisehg / stable / wiki / FAQ —". Bitbucket.org. Archived from the original on 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2010-07-06. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100715205329/http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/stable/wiki/FAQ#how-can-i-use-winmerge-as-my-visual-diff-tool" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100715205329/http://bitbucket.org/tortoisehg/stable/wiki/FAQ#how-can-i-use-winmerge-as-my-visual-diff-tool</a> <a href="#fnref:46" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:47"><p>"Using WinMerge with other tools – WinMerge 2.12 Manual". Winmerge.org. Archived from the original on 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2010-07-06. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100710012031/http://winmerge.org/docs/manual/VersionControl.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100710012031/http://winmerge.org/docs/manual/VersionControl.html</a> <a href="#fnref:47" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:48"><p>"About". WinMerge. Archived from the original on 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2010-07-06. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100703223053/http://winmerge.org/about/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20100703223053/http://winmerge.org/about/</a> <a href="#fnref:48" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:49"><p>Example: "Beyond Compare" help describes a user setting "timezone differences – ignores timestamp differences that are multiples of an exact hour." <a href="#fnref:49" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>