Ediff Alternatives

Ediff is described as 'Comprehensive visual interface to Unix diff and patch utilities' and is a Diff Tool in the file management category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Ediff for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Web-based, Linux, Mac and SaaS apps. The best Ediff alternative is WinMerge, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ediff are Meld, Beyond Compare, KDiff3 and Diffchecker.

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  1. WinMerge JP icon
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    WinMerge JP is a fork of the original WinMerge, but after 2018 the two are nearly identical. WinMerge JP's features including 3-way compare has been merged into the original.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. Diff Match Patch is a high-performance library in multiple languages that manipulates plain text.

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    • Online
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  3. TextCompare icon
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    Text Compare is a tool to find difference between two different texts. Supports many different languages. Just paste your text and click check.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  4. 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

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Eclipse
    • NetBeans
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  5. 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.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  6. 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
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Draftable icon
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    Draftable API Self-hosted is built for on-premise deployments. It is supplied as a virtual appliance and comparisons run entirely in that appliance. That means the confidentiality and privacy of your data is guaranteed.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  8. 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!

    44 Text Comparator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. 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.

    54 Text compare! alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. 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.

    59 Tkdiff alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • TK
    • Cygwin
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