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== Table Comments ==
=== Table Enhancements ===
I'd like to see a column added that indicates the programs ability to synchronize files. I believe Beyond Compare can do this for example.
Also while the table could be improved I found it useful to know what the various programs are, the costs, licensing, and key features and versions etc. [[User:HEnnulat|HEnnulat]] ([[User talk:HEnnulat|talk]]) 21:54, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
=== Agruments for Axing the table ===▼
▲Agruments for Axing the table
*Documents
*:What documents? HTML documents can be compared by all the utilities.
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''@Pdev3'': that you don't know how to do something doesn't mean it can't be done. In fact the things you tagged with "Not true at all!" are quite easy to do. [[User:Gerbrant|Shinobu]] 16:17, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
== Miscellaneous ==▼
I am looking for a File- and Directory-Tree Comparer for MacOS before X... Please don't let fall that under the table! Thanks!!▼
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Would be useful to know which tools can handle large volumes of data without needing memory for each file processed (even if no differences were found). I need to compare directories with terabytes of data (millions of files). Even DirDiff on the Amiga could do this (and still can, in the emulation), but every tool I tried on Windows runs out of memory because it seems to allocate memory for each file it processes.▼
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Suggestion: addition of <code>[http://www.schweikhardt.net/samefile/ samefile]</code> to tables. ([[User:203.87.122.227|203.87.122.227]] 01:11, 3 January 2007 (UTC))▼
The bullet-list of uses in the lead section seems random/arbitrary at best. What is the criteria for the list? How can a diff tool be used to check for rain exposure (for example)? [[User:Mrsuperboot|Mrsuperboot]] ([[User talk:Mrsuperboot|talk]]) 16:41, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
I also thought the lead in section for this page could use some cleanup. I attempted to do so by removing some redundant bullet points at least. Apparently this wasn't a very popular edit of mine for some reason. I am curious to understand how removing identical and unnecessary bullets is a bad edit.
[[User:DesertEagle PWN|DesertEagle PWN]] ([[User talk:DesertEagle PWN|talk]]) 19:27, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
== Capability of non-standard-latin characters not mentioned ==
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Same remark as the one related to xml diff tools below: it would be interesting to list wich tools can compare 2 dimensional arrays, eg: compare spreadsheets, csv files. csvdiff is listed and can do that, but maybe there are other tools.
--[[User:Norz|Norz]] ([[User talk:Norz|talk]]) 09:44, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
▲== Miscellaneous ==
▲Would be useful to know which tools can handle large volumes of data without needing memory for each file processed (even if no differences were found). I need to compare directories with terabytes of data (millions of files). Even DirDiff on the Amiga could do this (and still can, in the emulation), but every tool I tried on Windows runs out of memory because it seems to allocate memory for each file it processes.
▲I am looking for a File- and Directory-Tree Comparer for MacOS before X... Please don't let fall that under the table! Thanks!!
▲Suggestion: addition of <code>[http://www.schweikhardt.net/samefile/ samefile]</code> to tables. ([[User:203.87.122.227|203.87.122.227]] 01:11, 3 January 2007 (UTC))
== Need info on handling document formats! ==
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It seems there are some notable missing tools from the list.
What about KDiff or [http://tortoisesvn.net/TortoiseMerge.html Tortoise Diff]? The new integrated VS diff (not windiff) could be for completeness though it lacks most features. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/70.89.113.109|70.89.113.109]] ([[User talk:70.89.113.109|talk]]) 16:27, 16 June 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:Nobody has come around to add them, you're free to do so if you believe you can significantly contribute to the article. That's generally how these things work — [[User:Masklinn|Masklinn]] ([[User talk:Masklinn|talk]])
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Also missing "diffuse" http://diffuse.sourceforge.net/ ? Haven't used it much but found it when looking for something that can compare more than 3 files at once, and it seems to do this kind of n-way diff quite nicely. [[Special:Contributions/130.217.40.226|130.217.40.226]] ([[User talk:130.217.40.226|talk]]) 01:49, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
:I agree that diffuse should be included. It's the only tool I could find that can compare any number of files.--[[Special:Contributions/208.125.94.82|208.125.94.82]] ([[User talk:208.125.94.82|talk]]) 21:20, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
Missing Araxis Merge. Missing ViceVersa Pro. Missing Windows command console tools Xcopy and Robocopy. Ironic that not a single one of the powerful file and folder comparison tools that I've used for the past 10+ years are on this list. [[User:N3362|N3362]] ([[User talk:N3362|talk]]) 20:28, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
Missing DevArt Code Compare: https://www.devart.com/codecompare/ 14:42, 20 October 2016 <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/89.152.249.250|89.152.249.250]] ([[User talk:89.152.249.250#top|talk]]) </small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
Missing Diffoscope: https://diffoscope.org/ (Debian "Reproducible Effords", in-depth comparison of files, archives, and directories) [[Special:Contributions/194.25.240.90|194.25.240.90]] ([[User talk:194.25.240.90|talk]]) 13:16, 4 July 2017 (UTC)
Missing "sdiff", in Unix/Linux since before 1980. A wrapper for "diff" that produces side-by-side output. [[User:Mdmi|Mdmi]] ([[User talk:Mdmi|talk]]) 13:17, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Note that this is a comparison of stuff that already has a Wikipedia article. You can pitch in by [[WP:WTAF|writing a new article]] for one of these tools, provided [[WP:GNG|proper sourcing]] exists. - [[User:MrOllie|MrOllie]] ([[User talk:MrOllie|talk]]) 21:23, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
Missing UltraCompare: https://www.ultraedit.com/products/ultracompare/ <!-- Template:Unsigned --><span class="autosigned" style="font-size:85%;">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:CoreyEMTP|CoreyEMTP]] ([[User talk:CoreyEMTP#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/CoreyEMTP|contribs]]) 19:47, 30 June 2022 (UTC)</span> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
== Why is Lazarus listed as a diff tool? ==
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:Surely you can just remove it (it's apparently been added at 16:47, 22 April 2009 and never been touched since) if you believe it doesn't belong here. — [[User:Masklinn|Masklinn]] ([[User talk:Masklinn|talk]]) 21:00, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
== NetBeans ==
Why is Netbeans not listed ? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/192.35.17.21|192.35.17.21]] ([[User talk:192.35.17.21|talk]]) 09:34, 26 September 2011 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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Contrary to this article, WinMerge stable release does not seem to support binary compare (hex compare). According to http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/winmerge/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=61 it's only in dev versions. [[Special:Contributions/212.29.231.179|212.29.231.179]] ([[User talk:212.29.231.179|talk]]) 09:24, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
: Still does not support <ref>http://forums.winmerge.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=61</ref><ref>http://forums.winmerge.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=337</ref>. Deleting feature from table. [[User:\chAlx|\chAlx]] ([[User talk:\chAlx|talk]]) 18:59, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
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== Comparison tools failed to compare comparison tools ==
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: I have removed it again - Please read the note at the top of the article when editing,
"This article is limited only to comparison tools that have a separate article on Wikipedia. Please do not add examples without an existing Wikipedia article. If you want to add a notable comparison tool to this article please write a separate article on the comparison tool first and then link to it from this page."
Please do not keep adding it [[User:Vrenator|<span style="font-family: Papyrus"><
You should delete many of the entries then, because they don't all have their own page. You are reducing the fidelity and quality with a deletion power trip. Who says "This article is limited only to comparison tools that have a separate article on Wikipedia"? Do you own this article? You are hampering the sharing of knowledge for what? the satisfaction of knowing you can undo changes automatically and systematically with the twinkle tool? I won't get into an undo war with you. Please revert the changes or we need to seek community and moderator input.
Avé 21:13, 19 December 2012 (UTC)
::If you go into edit the article you will see the words that I quoted about only adding tools with their own page. All the other additions link to Wikipedia articles. DiffMerge had an article which was deleted in August 2011 because there was no demonstrated notability. If you can provide citations demonstrating notability then you are welcome to create an article first. see [[WP:WTAF]]. I am not being "Rash", "Rude" nor am I on a "Power trip" so please could you keep your comments [[Wikipedia:Civility|Civil]] [[User:Vrenator|<span style="font-family: Papyrus"><
/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=61 it's only in dev versions. [[Special:Contributions/212.29.231.179|212.29.231.179]] ([[User talk:212.29.231.179|talk]]) 09:24, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
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The last time I checked, 2 GB referred to significantly more data than 64 bits <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Authun|Authun]] ([[User talk:Authun|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Authun|contribs]]) 08:46, 10 October 2013 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:64 bits refers to the amount of data addressable by a 64 bit value (i.e., 2^64). This was fixed in https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_file_comparison_tools&oldid=816501926, but then reverted https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_file_comparison_tools&oldid=816711101 (apparently, because WP:COMPUNITS, huh??) [[User:Npostavs|Npostavs]] ([[User talk:Npostavs|talk]]) 20:09, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
:: Thanks, [[User:Npostavs|Npostavs]], for mentioning my old edit and its weird revert. I was actually rather pissed that it was reverted with a stupid reasoning, but I was growing sick and tired of Wikipedia exactly because of these foolish reverts made by dumb and trigger-happy people that don't really look into what they are reverting; so instead of objecting, I just left Wikipedia for a while to let it rot. The problem with this specific revert was of course that the reverter did not look into what I actually did, but only saw part of it, and then reverted the whole thing because a tiny part of it didn't follow the Holy Book, the Manual of Style. The person could have been helpful instead of disruptive by actually adjusting it to Wikipedia's silly standard of not following the standard instead of reverting the whole damn thing. What he did was kind of like reverting an entire helpful addition with the reasoning that it contains a spelling error, instead of simply being helpful and correcting the spelling error. I actually thought my edit was quite helpful in translating the rather non-layman sizes of "64 bit" etc. into actual memory sizes. Laymen cannot be expected to understand how much data 31 or 64 bits can address (Authun illustrated this very well above), and we do ''not'' write Wikipedia for specialists; we write for laymen, so writing "31 bits" or "64 bits" is a clear failing from our side. --[[User:Jhertel|Jhertel]] ([[User talk:Jhertel|talk]]) 23:55, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
== araxis merge ==
http://www.araxis.com/merge <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:SysTom|SysTom]] ([[User talk:SysTom|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/SysTom|contribs]]) 16:22, 22 January 2015 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:+1, I also miss it from the tables. --[[Special:Contributions/94.21.221.129|94.21.221.129]] ([[User talk:94.21.221.129|talk]]) 15:51, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
== API ==
Other features ought to include API. <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:SysTom|SysTom]] ([[User talk:SysTom|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/SysTom|contribs]]) 16:24, 22 January 2015 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
== ECMerge ==
[http://www.elliecomputing.com ECMerge] is missing, maybe because it doesn't have its own wikipedia page either.
If someone wants to take the trouble...
It is quite good, although the latest version is a little old now (september 2014). <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Gabrolf|Gabrolf]] ([[User talk:Gabrolf|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Gabrolf|contribs]]) 11:48, 19 February 2015 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
== Semantic Merge by Plastic ==
http://semanticmerge.com/ [[User:CarlJohanSveningsson|CarlJohanSveningsson]] ([[User talk:CarlJohanSveningsson|talk]]) 10:08, 16 March 2015 (UTC)
== FTP support in KDiff3? ==
I currently have KDiff3 installed on Windows, and cannot find any way to compare files/folders via FTP. Searching for information online, the only thing I found was that KDiff3 "has support for KDE-KIO (ftp, sftp, http, fish, smb)": https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/kdiff3
I'm not familiar with KDE-KIO; but as I see it, that means KDiff3 does not truly offer FTP support. I think at most, we could mention "supported by OS" in the "FTP support" column, as is done for FileMerge. But I think it's misleading to colour the cell in green, as KDiff3 only seems to support FTP on Linux systems. [[User:Tanynep|Tanynep]] ([[User talk:Tanynep|talk]]) 19:15, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
== Windows Explorer Integration ==
I will be the first to admit that this is a very Windows-centric thing, but one feature that that can make a significant difference to the ease of use of a diff tool is integration into Windows Explorer. As an example, Beyond Compare integrates very well, while WinDiff has no integration at all. Adding a column to the "Other Features" table to cover this would, IMHO, improve this page. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/71.198.85.139|71.198.85.139]] ([[User talk:71.198.85.139#top|talk]]) 22:13, 29 April 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
== Kdiff3 ==
Where is Kdiff3? It is super-popular and free. Why it was removed? Is this (bad) joke?.. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/94.179.70.44|94.179.70.44]] ([[User talk:94.179.70.44#top|talk]]) 04:28, 11 September 2017 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
I agree. My impression was that it is among the best, which is why I use it a lot. If this doesn't get fixed soon, I'll probably do some more digging. [[User:Alias65536|Alias65536]] ([[User talk:Alias65536|talk]]) 14:40, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
It got removed on 2017-03-03T17:00:46 reasoning ''Rm entry which lacks a wikipedia article''. If all the other utilities mentioned in this article do have their own wikipedia article, then of course kdiff3 should have its own as well, before it gets listed in this one. But then ... this is neither my rule nor my decision, I am just trying to explain you what happened. --[[User:Johayek|johayek]] ([[User talk:Johayek|talk]]) 20:28, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
If it doesn't have a wiki-page then it does not exist. This is just stupid. --[[Special:Contributions/2A02:8109:8AC0:4C12:3DC5:5981:27CD:EDA8|2A02:8109:8AC0:4C12:3DC5:5981:27CD:EDA8]] ([[User talk:2A02:8109:8AC0:4C12:3DC5:5981:27CD:EDA8|talk]]) 10:59, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
== Viewing Diff Files ==
There seems to be a lack of a function that goes the other way.
Countless tools allow the user to compare two files and produce a 'diff' of the changes between them.
But what if you have only a 'diff' output and want to see the original and changed versions side by side?
Just the 'diff' text is not very readable.
I have put in some real effort to finding a tool to do this and have followed several dead ends
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