Kaleidoscope Alternatives

Kaleidoscope is described as 'Use Kaleidoscope to spot the differences in text and image files. Review changes in seconds with the worlds most advanced file comparison application' and is a Diff Tool in the file management category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Kaleidoscope for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and BSD apps. The best Kaleidoscope alternative is WinMerge, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Kaleidoscope are Meld, Beyond Compare, KDiff3 and P4Merge.

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  1. GNU Diffutils is a package of several programs related to finding differences between files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. DiffMerge icon
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    DiffMerge is a graphical file comparison program for Windows, Mac OS X and Unix, published by SourceGear.

    57 DiffMerge alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  4. i-net PDFC icon
     3 likes

    Compare PDFs intelligently with i-net PDFC. It detects content differences—not just text or images—and displays them beautifully, like holding two pages to the light.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. WinMerge 2011 icon
     30 likes

    WinMerge 2011 series is a fork of the original WinMerge application that compiles without ATL/MFC dependencies to enable zero-budget developers to build WinMerge from sources using Visual C++ Express editions.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
     
  6. WinMerge JP icon
     15 likes

    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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. FileMerge icon
     14 likes

    FileMerge lets you compare one file to another or one directory to another and merge the files or directories together.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Xcode
     
  8. SmartSynchronize is a multi-platform file and directory compare tool. It allows you to compare files or perform 3-way-merges, both with the ability to edit the file contents. SmartSynchronize is specialized in comparing directory structures (for example, of software projects)...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. DeltaWalker icon
     12 likes

    Intuitive, multi-platform application for two and three-way visual file and folder comparison.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. VisualDiffer icon
     2 likes

    Visualize folders side-by-side and find immediately which files are different, colors help to understand the diff type. Colors identify older, modified and newer files.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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