GNU Diff Utilities Alternatives

GNU Diff Utilities is described as 'GNU Diffutils is a package of several programs related to finding differences between files' and is a Diff Tool in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to GNU Diff Utilities for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and BSD apps. The best GNU Diff Utilities alternative is WinMerge, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GNU Diff Utilities are Meld, Beyond Compare, KDiff3 and SyncToy.

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  1. WellCompareDir is a tool to compare and select images with the same name from two folders, and copy to a third folder.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Guiffy is a diff merge tool and folder compare application and API. SureMerge is the most trustworthy source code 3-way merge tool available. Advanced features include tuneable inline diff highlighting, syntax highlighting and a blend of 3 diff algorithms.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Eclipse
    • NetBeans
     
  3. diffoscope icon
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    diffoscope tries to get to the bottom of what makes files or directories different. It will recursively unpack archives of many kinds and transform various binary formats into more human-readable form to compare them.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
    • diffoscope is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to GNU Diff Utilities.

    • diffoscope is Free and Open SourceGNU Diff Utilities is also Free and Open Source
  4. Vovsoft Compare Two Lists is a list comparison tool that can perform set operations over lists of words or numbers. Copy and paste your lists into the program, then click the "Compare" button to get the difference between the two lists.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Text Comparator, is a portable tool that can be used to compare text from two distinct sources in order to see if they perfectly match or not each other!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Text compare! icon
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    Text compare! is a online diff tool that allows you to easily spot the differences between to texts. Just paste two texts and hit the compare button. The two texts are shown side by side, with differences highlighted.

    51 Text compare! alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Tkdiff icon
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    tkdiff is a graphical diff viewer based on the Tk framework. It is capable of inter-operating with source-control systems like CVS and Subversion to show differences between a local copy and a repository version.

    55 Tkdiff alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • TK
    • Cygwin
     
  8. Riff icon
     3 likes

    A diff filter highlighting which parts of lines have changed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. 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 (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. WinDiff icon
     3 likes

    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.

    25 WinDiff alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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