Free Meld Alternatives for Mac

Meld is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best free Mac alternative is KDiff3, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Meld and 16 are free and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Mac alternatives to Meld are P4Merge, Meld for OSX, SemanticDiff and ForskScope.

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  1. KDiff3 icon

    KDiff3

     118 likes

    KDiff3 is a file and directory diff and merge tool.

    62 KDiff3 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • KDE Plasma
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    Comments about KDiff3 as an Alternative to Meld
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    Positive
    0

    better identification of the modifications

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • KDiff3 is Free and Open SourceMeld is also Free and Open Source
  2. P4Merge icon

    P4Merge

     27 likes

    P4Merge uses color coding to allow users to visualize the differences between file or images. It allows three-way merging among files, and shows side-by-side file/image comparison.

    47 P4Merge alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Meld for OSX icon

    Meld for OSX

     11 likes

    Meld is a visual diff and merge tool targeted at developers. Meld helps you compare files, directories, and version controlled projects. It provides two- and three-way comparison of both files and directories, and has support for many...

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  5. SemanticDiff icon

    SemanticDiff

     6 likes

    SemanticDiff is a programming language aware diff for Visual Studio Code and GitHub. It helps software developers understand code changes faster by hiding irrelevant changes, detecting moved code, and highlighting refactorings.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  9. Difftastic icon

    Difftastic

     3 likes

    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
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  10. diffoscope icon

    diffoscope

     1 like

    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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  11. DiffPlug icon

    DiffPlug

     2 likes

    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
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. vimdiff icon

    vimdiff

     1 like

    CLI Visual Merge/Diff tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  13. Tkdiff icon

    Tkdiff

     6 likes

    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.

    56 Tkdiff alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • TK
    • Cygwin
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  14. FileMerge icon

    FileMerge

     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
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    Comments about FileMerge as an Alternative to Meld
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    Negative
    4

    Doesn't handle multiple files, UI is terrible and unintuitive.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • FileMerge is Free and ProprietaryMeld is Free and Open Source
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